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In Mavericks, simply press the Power key.

Use the keyboard shortcut of holding down the Command+Option/Alt+Power keys together (if your Mac does NOT have an internal Optical Drive or an Eject key).

Use the keyboard shortcut of holding down the Command+Option/Alt+Eject keys together (if your Mac has an internal Optical Drive and an Eject key).

To do this you can perform ANY of the following:

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However, your Mac is now in sleep mode and background services may not run unless you have the latest portable Mac, which has the Power Nap feature.

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You could also just put your entire Mac into sleep mode, which will also toggle the required user password on wake-up. However, for me, I think these methods take longer to setup and use. There are other methods of locking your Mac, for example you can enable a Keychain Access menu in your menu bar or configure a screen saver Hot Corner. Press any button to wake the display up and you should be asked to authenticate with your user’s password to unlock the screen: This is not sleep mode so your Mac will still function, you have just put the display to sleep. In both cases, you’ll see your Mac’s display shut off immediately, while the system continues to run in the background. Use the keyboard shortcut of holding down the Control+Shift+Power keys together (if your Mac does NOT have an internal Optical Drive or an Eject key).Use the keyboard shortcut of holding down the Control+Shift+Eject keys together (if your Mac has an internal Optical Drive and an Eject key).To do this you can perform EITHER of the following: Once you have the password feature setup, you are ready to toggle display sleep. Step 4: Close System Preferences and you’re done! Step 3: Click the checkbox next to ‘Require password after sleep or screen saver begins’ – you can select either immediately or a preferred time interval. Step 2: Open the “Security & Privacy” preference pane and select the “General” tab. If you do not have the password required feature enabled, then follow these simple steps to set this up on any Mac: The easiest and quickest way to lock an OS X screen is to put the display to sleep, ensuring you have configured your Mac to ask for a password after sleep or screen saver.

This is an updated version of that blog for Mavericks as I wanted to add a couple of new comments and an even quicker way in Mavericks to achieve a locked screen.

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In the Accounts pane, click the Mailbox Behaviors tab.Back in June 2012, I blogged about ‘ How to Instantly Lock your Mac OS X Screen in Lion’.

We recommend setting Apple Mail to never permanently erase deleted messages. Once a message is permanently erased in Apple Mail it cannot be recovered from the Deleted Items folder in Outlook on the web. In Apple Mail you can set how long to keep messages in the Trash folder. However, Outlook on the web and some desktop versions of Outlook let you recover deleted items that are no longer visible in the Deleted Items folder.

Select the apps you want to use with this account and then click Done.

User Name: your SUNet Password: your SUNet ID password.

Description: enter a name for this account if you wish.

In the Account Settings window, enter the following information and then click Continue.

A message displays staying that you couldn't log on to the Exchange server.

Password: stanford (do not enter your SUNet ID password here).

Email Address: (do not use an email alias).

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Full Name: the name you want displayed on your outgoing mail.Enter the following information and then click Continue when done:.Otherwise, go to the Mail menu and click Add Account > Exchange and then click Continue.If you have not previously configured an account in Mail you will be prompted to add an account.(Click the icon in the dock or go to the Applications folder to open it.) Otherwise, you won't be able to restore deleted messages. IMPORTANT: After configuring Apple Mail, be sure to change the Trash setting to never permanently erase messages.

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