Lock the screen in OS 10 from the menubar :: info

defiantdefiant
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in macOS edited January 2014




Here's a feature that many people have overlooked. The user interface for Keychain Access enjoys several improvements and one that I rely on all the time for my PowerBook is the ability to lock your keychain and most importantly, your screen, directly from the menu bar.

To enable this feature, open Keychain Access and choose "Show Status in Menu Bar" from the View menu.





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Comments

  • Reply 1 of 17
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    Yeah, I pointed this out a while ago when explaining the whole .menu fiasco (specifically about 3rd parties not using them).



    Alternatively, you can just open or drag this file to the menu bar:



    /Applications/Utilities/Keychain Access.app/Contents/Resources/Keychain.menu



    Overall, the entire Keychain Access app is a hundred times better in 10.2 than previous versions. It got a major overhaul with Jaguar. The old one reeked of "cheap carbon port" but the new one feels smooth like buttah'.
  • Reply 2 of 17
    trevormtrevorm Posts: 841member
    Thanks for pointing this out!



    Keychain truely is great in 10.2, has come in very handy! Really rocks!
  • Reply 3 of 17
    trevormtrevorm Posts: 841member
    Actually, While I am at it.



    Although not directly related to Keychain, what else can I pop up in the menu bar. It is very handy...

    Currently I know off:

    -iChat, Airport + Internet connection time

    -Volume

    -Display

    -keycahin

    -power

    -Clock

    -CPU (not that I use)
  • Reply 4 of 17
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    Here are the "official" .menu additions you can use:



    /Applications/AppleScript/Script Menu.menu

    /Applications/Utilities/Keychain Access.app/Contents/Resources/Keychain.menu.app/Contents/Resources/MMExtra.menu

    /System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/AirPort.menu

    /System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/Battery.menu

    /System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/Bluetooth.menu

    /System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/Clock.menu

    /System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/CPU.menu

    /System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/Displays.menu

    /System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/Eject.menu

    /System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/iChat.menu

    /System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/IrDA.menu

    /System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/PCCard.menu

    /System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/PPP.menu

    /System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/PPPoE.menu

    /System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras/Volume.menu
  • Reply 5 of 17
    alcimedesalcimedes Posts: 5,486member
    how do you use the CPU one? i haven't seen that option anywhere.
  • Reply 6 of 17
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    I believe the CPU one is installed with the CHUD tools.



  • Reply 7 of 17
    frank_tfrank_t Posts: 428member
    Can you give more info as to where we can find the cpu one? i don't know what CHUD tools are....sorry



    Frank_t
  • Reply 8 of 17
    rosettastonedrosettastoned Posts: 154member
    WOAH! I don't know how I missed the Lock Screen! Thanks for the tip! This really made my day. Fantastico!!



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    RosettaStoned
  • Reply 9 of 17
    nevynnevyn Posts: 360member
    The "Screen Effects" system preference can be set to require a password, has 'hot spots', and can be set to time out.



    Just another way of doing the same thing, but I find this one both easier and prettier.
  • Reply 10 of 17
    rodukroduk Posts: 706member
    [quote]Originally posted by frank_t:

    <strong>Can you give more info as to where we can find the cpu one? i don't know what CHUD tools are....sorry



    Frank_t</strong><hr></blockquote>



    <a href="http://developer.apple.com/tools/debuggers.html"; target="_blank">CHUD</a>



    Click the CHUD Tools link to download.



    [ 10-04-2002: Message edited by: RodUK ]</p>
  • Reply 11 of 17
    overhopeoverhope Posts: 1,123member
    Hey, that's really neat! Must try it.



    Keychain is a really great bit of software, insofar as it's unobtrusive, works perfectly and can be nigh-on invisible.
  • Reply 12 of 17
    defiantdefiant Posts: 4,876member
    thanks for the thanks
  • Reply 13 of 17
    overhopeoverhope Posts: 1,123member
    Yeah, yeah, don't let it go to your head...
  • Reply 14 of 17
    trevormtrevorm Posts: 841member
    Thanks Brad for that list!
  • Reply 15 of 17
    spartspart Posts: 2,060member
    [quote]Originally posted by Nevyn:

    <strong>The "Screen Effects" system preference can be set to require a password, has 'hot spots', and can be set to time out.



    Just another way of doing the same thing, but I find this one both easier and prettier. </strong><hr></blockquote>



    Yea...I thought this would be cool for keeping my friends and whoever out of my computer or whatever, then quickly realized that the screen saver does the exact same thing...in fact if you click the cancel button on the "Lock" screen it just puts the Screen Saver up...same exact thing.
  • Reply 16 of 17
    zapchudzapchud Posts: 844member
    Woot, now I can leave my computer without having to log our or fear that an admin-account is created by some idiot!
  • Reply 17 of 17
    keshkesh Posts: 621member
    This is great! Now I'm gonna run out of room on my menu bar!
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