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Re: Weekend Quickie: 3 Tips and tricks to manage your Mac

grim — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 15:26:20 -0000

Damn, I wanted to add that you can do it by creating a little apple script like:

tell application "ScreenSaverEngine"
activate
end tell

1) Save that in an applescript somewhere.
2) Then open the Quicksilver preferences and go to Triggers.
3) Add a new trigger by clicking on the plus Icon
4) Type in the name of your script and select it (you might need to rerun your indexing for quicksilver so it gets the script)
5) You can now add any keyboard shortcut you like.

(Taken from the comments in http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20...)

Re: Weekend Quickie: 3 Tips and tricks to manage your Mac

grim — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 15:21:31 -0000

You can also use quicksilver to lock your screen without clicking.

Re: Weekend Quickie: 3 Tips and tricks to manage your Mac

ScottMac — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 19:02:18 -0000

Ah, but when you use the screen saver hot corner, you have about 1.5 seconds after it starts to 'undo' it, so an accidental corner move can quickly be nullified.

And clicking the menubar item for Keychain access voids the 'without clicking anything' concept!
;)

Good tip though, thanks.

Re: Weekend Quickie: 3 Tips and tricks to manage your Mac

minime — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 18:52:07 -0000

Activate a passworded screensaver with hot corners is not actually a good idea. After a some days the accidental hits and the repeated
entering of your password will really piss you off.
IMHO the best way to immediately lock your screen on is to check the "Show status in Menu Bar" at the Keychain Preferences. Then clicking the new icon in the Menu Bar you 'll see the "Lock Screen" option.