Re: Locking Keyboard & Mouse Access

Jochem Huhmann <joh@xxxxxxx> writes:
> muraii@xxxxxxxxx writes:

> > I'd like an easy way to lock access to the keyboard and mouse. There

> > Is this a built-in functionality?
>
> Activate a screensaver and make it require a password to awake?

Or just lock the screen. Apple makes it a bit less than obvious,
but there's a Lock Screen command. The easiest way to get it
into an accessible place is - here's the less-than-obvious
part - is to start up Applications->Utilities->Keychain Access.
Then, go to Keychain Access->Preferences and in the Preference
window, select "Show Status in Menubar".

That activates a menu on the right side of your menubar which
looks like a padlock. The first thing in that menu is "Lock Screen".



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