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Re: small problem with new computer

 

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Since I don¡¯t have that model keyboard or any device that has Touch ID, it was a WAG, a wild a?? guess. I thought that the button with the depression could perform other functions, but not sleep. It was more than had been suggested up to that point. I thought since it the new iMac had a M4 chip, it was a 2024 model, with macOS 15, so no optical drive and therefore no eject key.?

I¡¯m surprised the OP could use a keyboard shortcut to put heralded ?Mac to sleep. It hasn¡¯t been available from System 7 to Catalina, that I can tell, unless it was done somehow with a third party app or something like Hot Corners, but not a key combination.


Brent ?

On my Mac mini running 10.15.7?

On Nov 14, 2024, at 12:06 PM, jimrobertson via <jimrobertson@...> wrote:



On Nov 13, 2024, at 7:29?PM, Brent via <whodo678@...> wrote:

If that is for Touch ID, then that button alone is probably log out, not sleep, and would require a password to log in.?

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The Touch ID button on MacBook keyboards can be used to power down (not a forced and precipitous restart that doesn¡¯t close files, just an organized shutdown that DOES close files if you press and hold the Touch ID for several seconds. It can also bring up accessibility choices if you tap it rapidly 3 times, but I DON¡¯T think it can be used to sleep the machine or log out the active user. Of course, it¡¯s primary purpose is to log IN to the current account when the Mac is sleeping.



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Jim Robertson


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