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jim - 01 May 2008 22:04 GMT

One for you iMac owners (well, I assume it works on an iMac - it
certainly works on a Mac Pro): press CTRL-SHIFT-EJECT and you will put
your screen to sleep immediately. Well, on 10.5 anyway - not sure about
10.4 or below.

Note that it's only the screen, not the computer.

Jim

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Jaimie Vandenbergh - 01 May 2008 22:11 GMT

>One for you iMac owners (well, I assume it works on an iMac - it
>certainly works on a Mac Pro): press CTRL-SHIFT-EJECT and you will put
>your screen to sleep immediately. Well, on 10.5 anyway - not sure about
>10.4 or below.
>
>Note that it's only the screen, not the computer.

Hmm. I was just trying related combos to see if there happened to be a
"lock screen" function nearby, and discovered that alt-control-shift
changes Parallels from Coherence to One Window mode.

Is there a "lock screen" combo somewhere? I'm spending a lot of time
on customer sites at the moment, and could do with one.

Cheers - Jaimie

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Gareth Slee - 01 May 2008 22:12 GMT

> One for you iMac owners (well, I assume it works on an iMac - it
> certainly works on a Mac Pro): press CTRL-SHIFT-EJECT and you will put
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>
> Jim

Yep that turns off the screen on my G4 PowerBook *but* it turns itself
back on after a few seconds???

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Wayne Stuart - 01 May 2008 22:22 GMT

> > One for you iMac owners (well, I assume it works on an iMac - it
> > certainly works on a Mac Pro): press CTRL-SHIFT-EJECT and you will put
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> Yep that turns off the screen on my G4 PowerBook *but* it turns itself
> back on after a few seconds???

Do you mean it disengages as soon as you removed your fingers from the
buttons? If so, you do need to take your fingers off all 3 buttons at
the same time.

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Gareth Slee - 01 May 2008 22:33 GMT

> > > One for you iMac owners (well, I assume it works on an iMac - it
> > > certainly works on a Mac Pro): press CTRL-SHIFT-EJECT and you will put
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> buttons? If so, you do need to take your fingers off all 3 buttons at
> the same time.

DOH!!!

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Pd - 01 May 2008 22:14 GMT

> One for you iMac owners (well, I assume it works on an iMac - it
> certainly works on a Mac Pro): press CTRL-SHIFT-EJECT and you will put
> your screen to sleep immediately. Well, on 10.5 anyway - not sure about
> 10.4 or below.

That could be handy.

> Note that it's only the screen, not the computer.

I've often used Cmd-opt-eject to sleep the computer when I'm leaving it
for a while, or Ctrl-eject for a choice of options.

Quiet in here this evening, in'tit?

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Ian Robinson - 01 May 2008 22:20 GMT

> or Ctrl-eject for a choice of options.

If on a portable pressing the power button on its own gives the same options.
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Pd - 01 May 2008 22:28 GMT

> > or Ctrl-eject for a choice of options.
>
> If on a portable pressing the power button on its own gives the same options.

Yar, but I have an external keyboard plugged in to my MBP, so the power
button is just that extra little bit further away.

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Quick tip - put screen to sleep instantly