High Sierra: Set a Global Shortcut to Lock Screen

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Some time ago, I made ftiff/MenuLock to help users lock the screen of their Mac with a simple key shortcut (CMD+L, like on Windows). 

In High Sierra, this will be native with CMD+CTRL+Q, and I will deprecate MenuLock.

But this doesn't mean you cannot change the shortcut. macOS has a built-in way to change shortcuts:

  1. Open System Preferences

  2. Open Keyboard Preference Pane

  3. Go to Shortcuts tab

  4. Select "App Shortcuts"

  5. Click "+"

  6. Select "All Applications", then type "Lock Screen" (it is case sensitive) and type your shortcut.

  7. Quit System Preferences

Adding a shortcut

Adding a shortcut

Here it is!

Here it is!

Now, you can use CMD+L to lock your Mac. And it's changed in the Apple Menu!

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Note: This shortcut is system-wide and will take precedence over any other shortcut, like going to location bar on Safari. Learning CMD+CTRL+Q is best ;-)