TIP : Fast screen locking for your Mac
Posted by Ross Chevalier in Apple, Mac Mini, Mac Pro, MacBook, MacBook Pro, Macintosh, OS X, Utilities, tags: lock mac screeen fast, macintosh screen lock
I’m a big fan of security as well as of screen savers, but not necessarily together. In fact I find entering the password every time the screen saver kicks in to be a major pain, but I do want to be able to lock the screen, preferably with a click.
Well today I learned you can, courtesy of an older post at Macworld. Here’s how to make it easy.
1. Open the Utilities folder, usually found in your Applications folder.
2. Launch Keychain Access
3. Open Keychain Access | Preferences
4. Click the box to show Keychain Access in the menu bar
5. Verify you see the little black unlocked padlock in the menu bar, then close the Preferences panel and exit Keychain Access.
Now to lock your screen with a click, just click the padlock and select Lock Screen. It’s that simple. This is going to be a huge time saver for me. Hope it is for you as well.
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Hi Ross,
there’s an even easier way to do this. Simply set your screensaver to require a password to disengage or wake from sleep. On your laptop, you simply close it to engage the lock. On a desktop you can set expose to engage screensaver or sleep with hot corners. Then all you have to do is swipe to the hot
corner and voilà!
Hi Ross,
there’s an even easier way to do this. Simply set your screensaver to require a password to disengage or wake from sleep. On your laptop, you simply close it to engage the lock. On a desktop you can set expose to engage screensaver or sleep with hot corners. Then all you have to do is swipe to the hot
corner and voilà!
Thanks Kirk, I specifically did not want to involve the screensaver at all as I find them most annoying. Plus my corners are busy and in multiple monitor scenarios, I find this method awkward.