Sarah Tew/CNET Putting your MacBook into its sleep state is a convenient and useful option when you need to step away for a moment. Provided you have an account password set up, sleep lets you lock your MacBook without shutting it down so you can quickly resume your labors upon your return. There are a number of ways -- seven, by my count -- to put your MacBook to sleep. Ctrl + v is the keyboard shortcut for. The first five require you to set up a log-in password, while the last two let you lock your Mac without needing a log-in password, which is convenient if you want to be able to close your Mac's lid, for instance, without needing to enter a password when you open it back up. Before we get started, let's first go over how to enable a log-in password. Go to System Preferences > Security & Privacy and check the box for Require Password after sleep or screen saver begins.
In the drop-down menu, you can set timing of the password, from immediately to up to 8 hours. Close the lid Simple. Just close the lid and when you open it next, you'll need to enter your password to log back in. Apple icon in menu bar Also simple.
Click the Apple icon in the upper-left corner and choose Sleep. Keyboard shortcut There are two keyboard shortcuts that effectively lock your Mac: Use Control-Shift-Power to lock your MacBook. (For older MacBooks with an optical drive, use Control-Shift-Eject.) Use Command-Option-Power to put your MacBook to sleep. (For older MacBooks with an optical drive, use Command-Option-Eject.) Both sleep and lock will turn off your display, but sleep conserves more energy by putting the CPU into low-power mode, spinning down the hard drive and stopping background tasks, among other things. Hot corners Go to System Preferences > Desktop & Screen Saver and click the Hot Corners button to assign an action when you move your cursor to one of the four corners of your screen.
Choose either Put Display to Sleep or Start Screen Saver for one of the corners.
Unfortunately, the Kinivo BTD-400 adapter we recommend for Windows PCs doesn’t work with Macs. Be sure to get a dongle that supports Macs as well as Windows PCs. How to check for mac drivers. If your Mac has an older version of Bluetooth and you want a newer one, you can also plug a Bluetooth dongle into your Mac’s USB port.
Jul 23, 2018 - There are a few different ways to lock your Mac's screen. First we'll take a look at how to immediately do this with a keyboard shortcut and with.