Comments on: Lock your Mac Desktop with the Locker Widget

By: max

max — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 22:44:44 +0000

Matt –> System Preferences – Security – Require password after sleep or screensaver begins

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:54:14 +0000

+1 for Vincents approach

I used MacLoc in the past however it is a bit buggy – I found out about the keychain capabilties from this article a few weeks ago and much prefer this approach: http://bit.ly/ce0C5v

I like maigrait’s suggestion of using Ctrl + Shift + Eject however it does not lock my macbook pro – but rather just blackens the screen … any idea why this is?

By: Salvador

Salvador — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:56:12 +0000

excellent thank you everyone i can now lock my mac

By: Kris

Kris — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:49:15 +0000

I just use a service available to all applications that runs

do shell script “‘/System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/User.menu/Contents/Resources/CGSession’ -suspend”

and set to a keyboard shortcut.

By: Nago

Nago — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:19:02 +0000

For those of you who use Quicksilver,
enable the Extra Scripts plug-in.

It includes Lock Screen, Shutdown, logout, get Ip…and many many more.

Check the whole list at http://docs.blacktree.com/quicksilver/plug-ins/extra_scripts

By: rob wilke

rob wilke — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:12:28 +0000

yeah, or you could download this automator action

http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/automator/lockdesktop.html

then invoke with quicksilver with your hotkey then start to type “Lock…”

By: maigrait

maigrait — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:09:28 +0000

Actually if you do what vincent said above, you can do it even faster than clicking the lock icon. Do CTRL+Shift+Eject. Bosh your screen is locked. Far superior…

By: yene

yene — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:02:41 +0000

or you can put this command where you want:
/System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/User.menu/Contents/Resources/CGSession -suspend

By: Chris Wanja

Chris Wanja — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:42:38 +0000

@vincent – I liked your method a lot better than the posted and as well as my own I had previously been using. I made an Automator action that ran a script to send the computer to the login screen.

By: Vincent Colombo

Vincent Colombo — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:10:54 +0000

Utilities -> Keychain Access -> Preferences -> Show Status in Menu Bar

Then just click on the lock icon in your menu bar and choose ‘Lock Screen’. Fewer clicks than the tip above once enabled and it’s built in to OS X.

By: neo

neo — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:43:50 +0000

I simply set the hot spot lower corner to go to screensaver and I have it set to require login. It is simple and highly effective.

I simply move the mouse to the corner and done.
Also…. after a designated time… it locks.. done.

Enough said.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:03:26 +0000

I use MacLoc which works perfectly and has a dashboard app or or menu bar option. But if you want it in the dashboard Locker looks good.