Since there is no longer an eject button on the new Macbook Pro Retina (Mid 2012), what is the shortcut key to make it go to sleep (without shutting the lid) and (separately) to make the display turn off. It used to be ALT+CMD+Eject for Sleep and SHIFT+CTRL+Eject to turn off display.
Has anyone got an answer? Is there a list of new shortcut keys somewhere for this new model?
MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.1)
Function Key + Power Key.
Function Key + Power Key.
This doesn't work for me unfortunately. This just brings up the normal dialog box that the Power Key alone brings up. There is an option for sleep obviously (but I'm looking for a direct keyboard shortcut for Sleep like in my question) and there is no option for sleeping the display alone (and leaving the computer awake).
Only one I'm aware of.
Just tried the two commands you put there and they seem to work here on my Macbook Pro mid 2012.
Hi Silvolde, sorry, I forgot to mention in the title (but I did put in th emain body), I have the Mid 2012 Retina model, it doesn't have an optical drive and thus doesn't have an Eject button. This is my problem.
Ahhhh, sorry I missed that one.
I am too new to Apple MacBook Pro to offer anymore suggestions other then to call Apple and put your question to them.
Wish I could be of more help.
Just hit the power button and then the S button -- this is just as fast as the old cmd-alt eject (if not even faster than that).
Harald, hitting the power button (then) the S button seems to take longer than the old ALT+CMD+Eject combination (at the same time) and this does not solve the being able to make the display turn off without sleeping the mac.
turn off screen without sleeping: control+shift+fn+power button
sleep: fn+option (aka alt)+command+power button
turn off: fn+control+option (aka alt)+command+power button
What I do is even quicker and more convenient. I use Hot Corners in the Screen Saver preferences. Simply make the lower right-hand corner for Display Sleep. Then, when you get up to walk away from your MBPr, just diagonally swipe from top-left to bottom-right on the trackpad and the display will sleep (and will password lock your workstation if prefs for that are set correctly in System Preferences -- Security & Privacy -- General). I have a 5 second delay for requiring password in case of a mistaken activation of display sleep (which almost never happens for me). Hope this helps. It is an easy habit to keep.
Evil Rob, THANK YOU!
Exactly what I was looking for. I can hit shift-fn-control all with just my left thumb and the power button with my right hand. quick and super easy..
No worries - it actually turns out you don't need to hit fn either; just control+shift+power button will do the trick.
I don't have a retina Mac but here is a simple Applescript to make it sleep. I can't test on a retina Macbook but it works on my iMac. Open up Applescript editor, paste this in, and run it.
tell application "Finder" to sleep
If it does what you want, you can create a Service for Finder using Automator and assign a keyboard shortcut to it or make an application that you can place on your desktop or in the dock
Shortcuts and the ability to change them and enable/disable them: System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Keyboard Shortcuts tab.
Oh, and don't forget the trackpad gestures... and the Hot Corners as already mentioned here...
Its great dmoser71. Thank you so much!
Shortcut key for Macbook Pro (Mid 2012) sleep and turn off display
