Comments on: Get Fast Access to Sleep, Shut Down, and Restart Controls in Mac OS X

By: Don Montalvo

Don Montalvo — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:25:21 +0000

You can add the Keychain menu item and have a quick dropdown menu to lock screen.

Don

By: diane

diane — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 20:39:48 +0000

You’re probably right, Ben, but here’s my mid-2011 MBA (http://www.flickr.com/photos/flygrrl/8386794547/in/photostream) without an eject button

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:19:20 +0000

Dear Diane,

The Eject Button is on the MacBook without Super Drive.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:48:28 +0000

LOL, good point… though I have been asked this so many times by newbies that I figured it’s better to make it obvious!

By: Koolmagicguy

Koolmagicguy — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:09:50 +0000

Just a note. If someone doesn’t know what the power button looks like, or if they have no idea where it is, they’ve never been able to use their computer.

By: diane

diane — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 02:16:47 +0000

“It’s shown below on a MacBook Air if you’re still unsure:”

Dear Mr. Horowitz,

Please check your MacBook Air one more time. I think you’ll find there is NO Eject button on the keyboard. That is probably the case on all new MacBooks without a Super Drive.

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 22:46:15 +0000

Ctrl+Eject is the only combination that works for me because I have no power button on the keyboard. Smacking the power button on the back of the Mini puts it to sleep.

By: jyhem

jyhem — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 22:07:17 +0000

Still in use (ctrl pomme alt eject for a shutdown, and pomme option eject for a sleep)
… if the eject keyboard is here (not the case for the macbook air, mbp retina … )

By: Sharjeel Khan

Sharjeel Khan — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 22:02:38 +0000

Control+Eject also works too

By: a_

a_ — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:30:32 +0000

And what about the “old” shortcut (ctrl+Eject)?
Is it still in use?
It works at least since OSX 10.3, and still now both in my iMac mid-2012 and new MBP non-Retina, with every keyboard layout.