Great! Just what I wanted…Įxcept in public computing environments. I’ve always added the Keychain access shortcut to my menu bar, which allowed me to immediately lock the desktop from its context menu.Įnter macOS 10.13 “High Sierra”… Among the new additions to macOS was an entry on the Apple menu to lock the screen. The not-so-enterprise-friendly folks at Apple did not go through that much to give admins or users too many options like their Windows counterparts. Then, there is the trusted Windows key + L keyboard command to lock things up immediately. Microsoft provides numerous ways to manage this particular setting.
In the Microsoft Windows operating system, the desktop will lock automatically when the screensaver is activated. I have long since developed the personal habit of locking my computer’s desktop whenever I walk away from it. It is amazing how many times I see people in all places just walk away from their desktops, with everything open, in full view of someone else. In an age where corporations and organizations seek to enhance their data collection methods from people’s computers through “telemetry”, cookies and targeted advertising, it is still important to stick to the basics. I consider privacy and security on one’s computer to be very important.
