How do I change the shortcut for lock screen?

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In macOS High Sierra, the new Lock Screen shortcut was added, but you can only use the shortcut ^ ⌘ Q . I'd like to change it to something more Windows-esque, like ⌘ ⌥ L . How can I go about this?

score 61 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 25 '22 at 13:59

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You can do this by following this webpage instructions :

Open System Preferences
Open "Keyboard" preference pane
Go to "Shortcuts" tab
Select "App Shortcuts"
Click "+"
Select "All Applications". In the "Menu Title" field type "Lock Screen" and press your shortcut
Quit System Preferences

edited Aug 25 '22 at 13:59

Míng

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answered Sep 13 '18 at 13:20

JKHA

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Select "All Applications"

6.a. In the "Menu Title" field type: Lock Screen

Andrey Lebedenko

Jun 09 '22 at 08:54

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 03 '22 at 18:00

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Some shortcuts are not honored by macOS (Ctrl+Shift +Escape, for example).

If you find that the default system shortcut tool doesn't work for you, you can add your desired keyboard shortcut using BetterTouchTool.

This way you will be able to lock the screen with the default shortcut as well as your pre-defined shortcut.

edited Oct 03 '22 at 18:00

nohillside

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answered Sep 25 '17 at 17:22

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BetterTouchTool let me use the exact shortcut that I wanted whereas the default MacOS shortcut tool did not. +1 – coolaj86 Oct 03 '22 at 17:46

How do I change the shortcut for lock screen?

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