For Mac Eyes Only Quick Tip Weekly – "Sleep, Restart and Shut Down from the Keyboard"

Quick Tip #082

Shave a little time off your workflow by using keyboard commands to Sleep, Restart or Shut Down your Mac.

Sleep – ⌥⌘⏏

Restart – ⌃⌘⏏

Shut Down – ⌃⌥⌘⏏

Display Shut Down Dialog – ⌃⏏

From the Finder:

Log Out – ⇧⌘Q

Log Out Immediately – ⌥⇧⌘Q

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Comments

  1. Neat! I'll definitely use this on my hackintosh.

  2. I was wondering about the exact same "problem" about a week before you published this quick tip. Those short cuts are really handy to know.

  3. MacWorkshop says

    To add to that: Shift-Control-Eject quickly turns your screen off.