When I step away from my Mac at work, I want a quick way to lock the screen, and hitting a hot-corner with the mouse is problematic for me. This hint details how to lock the screen from the keyboard by using Automator to build a Service in Snow Leopard.
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Locking your Mac’s display (or “sleeping” the display) can be a great security measure when paired with a user account password. While it won’t prevent the outright theft of your Mac, it can be a quick and easy way to prevent nosy family members or coworkers from getting access to your data.Of course, sometimes laptops get stolen from coffee shops, offices, and homes, and a locked MacBook at least provides some protection of your date.Before doing anything else, set your “Require Password” system preferences Configure Your System PreferencesIn order for a MacBook lock screen command to be effective, you’ll first need to configure System Preferences to require your user account password when unlocking or waking up. Amon,If you have a password on your user account, press any key on your keyboard to wake the Mac up.
It will then prompt you for your user password. If you don’t have a user password, the system should just wake up with a key press.If you’re having trouble, make sure your Mac’s screen brightness is up.
If the Mac still won’t respond, hold the power button down for about 7 to 10 seconds. Note that this is called a “hard reset” and may result in the loss of unsaved data (such as open unsaved documents). The Mac should power off. Wait about 10 seconds once it’s off then press the power button once to turn it back on. If you notice that your Mac is not waking up after sleep and requires a hard reset to work again, it may indicate a hardware issue such as a failing hard drive or bad RAM. Typical Mac user.
“You must be holding it wrong!”Amon Bennett’s probably more like a typical.MacBook Air. user.For well over a year, some of the MBAs had an issue where, under certain conditions, if you put your Mac to sleep, it.won’t.
wake up.I, myself, ran into this just this past weekend on my wife’s MBA running 10.8.x. I selected Apple Menu - Sleep, while plugged in. About a minute later, I tried waking it up, and no key sequence would wake it up. Even holding down the power button for 15+ seconds didn’t work.I ended up having to Control-Command-Power, because even Control-Command-Option-Power didn’t work.
Where did my Passbook go?iOS 9 ditched the old Passbook app and replaces it with the all-new Wallet program. Wallet does everything Passbook was capable of, and then some more.In addition to storing boarding passes, tickets, rewards cards and other Passbook items, Wallets also stores your credit cards, debit cards and store credit cards, and keeps track of the most recent Apple Pay purchase for your convenience.If you’re adding the credit or debit card to Wallet that’s already tied to your iTunes account, you will only need to enter the card security code. To add more cards to your Wallet, open Settings → Wallet & Apple Pay, tap the plus sign (or “Add Credit or Debit Card”) and follow the onscreen instructions.
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