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applescript to lock screen on mac
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do shell script "/System/Library/CoreServices/Menu\\ Extras/User.menu/Contents/Resources/CGSession -suspend"
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gjoseph commented Sep 14, 2011

Don't you have a terminal opened more often than the AppleScript editor ? I have this in my ~/.profile

alias lock='/System/Library/CoreServices/Menu\ Extras/User.menu/Contents/Resources/CGSession -suspend'

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bryanl commented Sep 14, 2011

Actually, I call it from Launchbar. That is why I needed an applescript.

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gjoseph commented Sep 14, 2011

Arrhh, yeah, I guess I should have read your blog post completely before reacting.

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