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Dr. Mac's OS X Tip-of-the-Day 
Dr. Mac - Lock your screen from the menu bar!
By Bob LeVitus
I received a cool tip from a guy I know from out tenure at the
Rosenfelt School of Business and Marketing Weaselry. Or maybe it was
from Power Computing. Nevermind...
I loved his tip. He showed me how to put a "lock" menu in my menu bar,
which lets me lock my screen at any time, even though I don't use a
password for Screen Effects (formerly known as Screen Savers).
Best of all, it's not a hack, requires no new skills, doesn't use
Terminal commands, and requires no additional software. In other words,
it was there all the time (I just didn't know it).
Here's how to have one of your very own: First, launch your Keychain
Access application (which should be in /Applications/Utilities). Now,
choose "Show Status in Menu Bar" from the View menu.
You're done. You should now have a lock in the menu bar. From its menu
you can:
Lock the screen (activates Screen Effects until you type your
password).
Lock or unlock your Keychain.
Open the Keychain Access application.
So isn't that cool?
To discuss this tip (or anything you like) in Dr. Mac's OSXFAQ Forum, click
here:
http://forums.osxfaq.com/viewtopic.php?t=3563
Bob LeVitus is a leading authority on Mac OS and the author of 39 books,
including Mac OS X For Dummies and The Little iTunes Book.
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