Lock Your Screen with LaunchBar
Posted Friday, February 08, 2008Mostly just so I don’t forget, here are some stupidly simple instructions for locking your screen using LaunchBar. (Technically, this actually starts the screen saver but as that is password protected it has the same effect as locking the screen.)
- Open the the Script Editor,
/Applications/AppleScript/Script Editor - Enter the text
activate application "ScreenSaverEngine" - Save it to
~/Library/Scripts/Lock Screen - Open LaunchBar > Configuration > Scripts > Options
- Enable “Home Library Scripts”
- Save and Rescan
To lock the screen, simply open LaunchBar and type lock screen (on my setup loc is enough) and hit enter. Voila!
Hotkey fans will probably want to consider using something like MenuMaster or iKey to execute the AppleScript.
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