I work often with my notebook at school or by customers, so I need something to quickly lock my screen for security reasons. There is an easy way to lock the screen of Mac OS X and also save battery life.
First check the checkbox for “Require password after sleep or screen saver begins”
Now I create a new active Screen Corner with “Put Display to Sleep”
No I can just move my cursor in the bottom left corner and my screen gets black. After I move my mouse or press a key I need to login again. But all programs run in the background.
Open your Keychain -> Preferences -> tick “Show Status in Menu Bar”.
Now you have a lock icon in the menu bar. You can lock your screen there (without starting a screensaver).
This saves even more battery life, because there’s no screensaver running in the background
Cheers
Open your Keychain -> Preferences -> tick “Show Status in Menu Bar”.
Now you have a lock icon in the menu bar. You can lock your screen there (without starting a screensaver).
This saves even more battery life, because there’s no screensaver running in the background
Cheers
This works with my settings too. This does not start a screensaver it you put the corner to “Put Display to Sleep”
This works with my settings too. This does not start a screensaver it you put the corner to “Put Display to Sleep”