The only real solution I've found is what the-sleepy-dog posted, namely to use Keychain Access to make a lock appear on the system menu bar, of which one of the options is "Lock Screen". So whenever I use the Ctrl-Shift-Eject to "lock the screen", it logs me out of the VPN, which I find highly irritating (logging in to a VPN is a time consuming process, given network latencies, and terrible interfaces, particularly coupled with large Enterprise wide VPNs that have a LOT of selections from an unsorted pick list for a Group Policy Selector - don't worry about it if you don't know what I'm talking about, but suffice it to say that logging in the VPN can be a minute+ long affair).
Keyboard shortcut for mac sleep software#
If that VPN software isn't amenable to switching users without invalidating the VPN connection (which makes sense from a security standpoint), then, it will log you out of the VPN. The problem arises if you are also using that machine to connect via a VPN to some corporate/enterprise infrastructure. However, on a corporate/enterprise machine, you will have multiple accounts (usually, your account, an "admin" rights like account, and the "corporate admin" like account). If you're finished working with your Mac for the day and want a quick way to turn off the monitors or put your system to sleep, you don't need to use a hot corner or special app to do it, just a. Normally, this isn't a problem, as it has the same behavior as just locking the computer. If you have multiple accounts on the computer, you will see those appear. Ctrl-Shift-Eject really brings up the "login" screen.
Locking your computer is an ancillary benefit to what it's really doing.
Keyboard shortcut for mac sleep pdf#
Here they all are on a single PDF page, downloadable and printable: The MacMost MacOS Big Sur Power User Keyboard Shortcuts. So MacMost has compiled a list of our top power user keyboard shortcuts for macOS 11.0 (Big Sur). And some are harder to remember than others. Voilà Now the display will sleep only if you hold down the Command key before moving the cursor to the chosen Hot Corner. Before clicking 'Put Display to Sleep' hold down the Command key (or another modifier key) and then click 'Put Display to Sleep'. For completeness sake, Ctrl-Shift-Eject does more than just lock your computer. But some keyboard shortcuts are more useful than others. Open the dropdown for the corner you prefer.
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