Hot key or hot corner to put my monitors to sleep

Is there a way I can assign an entourage hot-corner or a hot key to put my monitors to sleep?
I'd love to be able to shut them down with a click, when I walk away.
Thanks in advance for any help!

Hi marglar,
I'm not sure if you can create a shortcut to put your display to sleep.
You can use this keyboard shortcut to put your mac to sleep: Option-Command-Eject.
Other shortcuts are here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75459
Also, this might help:
http://www.apple.com/support/mac101/customize/4/#l4
Guylaine

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"puts the system to sleep or wakes it" refers to both your monitor and G5.
to only turn your monitor on or off select option "turns the display on or off" does not affect G5.
no option to sleep monitor by itself with the power button on the display..
you can always use the sleep options in the Energy Saver window of system preferences then only your monitor will sleep and not your G5.
hope this helps.

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Interval Since Last Panic Report: 50222 sec
Panics Since Last Report:          1
Anonymous UUID:                    -
Tue Feb 26 04:19:38 2013
panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff800b8156b0): "Spinlock acquisition timed out: lock=0xffffff8034706638, lock owner thread=0xffffff8021d16000, current_thread: 0xffffff8021d16000, lock owner active on CPU 0x1, current owner: 0xffffff8021d16000"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-2050.20.9/osfmk/i386/locks_i386.c:363
Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff80fd0bbce0 : 0xffffff800b81d626
0xffffff80fd0bbd50 : 0xffffff800b8156b0
0xffffff80fd0bbd70 : 0xffffff800b820b80
0xffffff80fd0bbda0 : 0xffffff800b810448
0xffffff80fd0bbdf0 : 0xffffff800b820df2
0xffffff80fd0bbe20 : 0xffffff800b84f0a1
0xffffff80fd0bbe60 : 0xffffff800b816d00
0xffffff80fd0bbeb0 : 0xffffff800b819f64
0xffffff80fd0bbee0 : 0xffffff800b818c97
0xffffff80fd0bbf00 : 0xffffff800b8a5c5e
0xffffff80fd0bbfb0 : 0xffffff800b8cd9ce
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SX-Virtual Link
Soundflower
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Back up all data before making any changes.

Mountain Lion sleeps when using hot corner to sleep displays

Mountain Lion's Power Nap "feature" already ***** at sleeping the computer even if tasks are running (downloading files via Firefox or Chrome, encoding a video in HandBrake, etc...), but it also seems to make the computer sleep when using a hot corner to make the displays turn off. Previously in Snow Leopard, using a hot corner to sleep the displays wouldn't sleep the computer, since the hot corner was used for "Put Displays to Sleep", not "Put Computer to Sleep". But in Mountain Lion, using the hot corner also puts the computer to sleep, immediately, not at the timed setting in the Energy Saver preference pane.
Why is this?
Shouldn't putting the displays to sleep only put the displays to sleep? Why did Apple break this and not fix it in 10.8.1 or 10.8.2?

SuperDuper does do that, but the flaw has been posted regarding remote disks going to sleep and some even ejecting. That is truly where the problem arises. If I check don't put drives to sleep that is a lot of strain on the system.

Imac retina 5k; hot corner display sleep only works on attached display

Just taken delivery of iMac retina 5k. I have two Thunderbolt displays attached left and right. I always use the bottom left hot corner to put the display to sleep but on this new setup I have to swipe to the bottom left of the left display to get this to work. With my previous Macbook Pro it used to work if I swiped to the bottom left of the Pro, ie I didn't have to go to the left hand Cinema Display. Anyone had this problem?

Thanks but och I ken that. Thought some bright spark would save me the long Christmas wait. Actually I'm getting a callback soon re another issue so I'll try them on this too.

Shortcut for putting the computer to sleep?

Is there such thing cause i can't find it.
I'd like to be able to push a key or a combo
to put my mbp to sleep.
Note that the laptop itself is located a bit away
from where i'm standing at the desk; i'm using
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Thanks_

Try:
Option-Command-Eject or
Option-Command-Power
Either one works like a charm. Just make sure you don't hit the delete key.
The complete list can be found at:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75459

Is there a way to put a slight delay into hot corner activation?

I have my hot corners set up for Spaces, Expose, DashBoard etc. I find it pretty frustrating that I momentarily invoke a hot corner action every time I go for the Apple menu, or the trash, or something on the far left side of my over-populated dock. It's especially annoying when DashBoard kicks in doing this. I assume Apple made a user selectable delay on spring loaded folders to avert similar frustrations.
Is there some 'defaults write com.apple.blah...' command that fixes this?

I don't know of a delay function, but you can add a modifier key to the activation.
In the System Preferences, while you are setting up that corner for activation, press the modifier key (e.g., shift) then select the function (e.g., spaces). To use it, you'd have to have the modifier key pressed BEFORE you move the mouse to that corner for activation to work.

Screensaver hot corner no longer working in 10.9.1

Upgraded to 10.9.1 from 10.9
Moved my moise pointer into the hot corner to activate the screensaver and it did not work.
I tried:
A different screensaver.
Activating a different corner
Changing the option on the corner to "Mission Control" (which worked) then back to Activate ScreenSaver and it did not work.
Turning the corner to "-", setting it. Then going back in and setting it back to the screensaver. It did not work.

Back up all data.
Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist
Right-click or control-click the line and select
Services ▹ Reveal in Finder (or just Reveal)
from the contextual menu.* A folder should open with an item selected. Move the selected item to the Desktop, leaving the window open. Log out, log back in, and test. If there's no change, quit again and put the item you moved back where it was, overwriting the one that may have been created in its place. Otherwise, delete the item you moved. If possible, restore it from a backup that predates the problem.
*If you don't see the contextual menu item, copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. In the Finder, select
Go ▹ Go to Folder...
from the menu bar, paste into the box that opens (command-V). You won't see what you pasted because a line break is included. Press return.

Single hot corner, multiple options?

Hi guys,
I recently updated my iMac from app store's downloadable Mountain Lion (10.8.2).
And I bought a Mac Pocket Book for learning about this new OS.
Here's the thing confused me a lot.
The author said these:
Use the drop-down menus to set options for any corner you want. After that, when you move your mouse to that corner, your Mac fires up the screensaver (or does what you told it to—put the display to sleep, launch Mission Control, or whatever). The only downside of setting hot corners is that Apple gives you eight options for each corner, so unless you want to use a modifier key with the corner, you don’t have enough corners to use all the options.
By using modifier keys (you can choose from Shift, ⌘, Option, and Control), you can get a single corner to do many different things. To add a modifier key to a hot corner, hold down the modifier key while you select what you want the hot corner to do from the Active Screen Corners window’s menus. Using modifiers with hot corners not only gives you extra flexibility, but it also prevents you from accidentally invoking the hot corner action when you’re mousing around.
But I cannot set a single corner with multiple options! Could you guys can do that???

I'm with you. I can get 10.8.2 to require a specific modifier key in a corner, but I cannot get multiple modifier keys to do different things in the same corner.
However, the author is right that on the last point. It can help prevent unintended activation.

Is there a way to view just one open Finder window (without any other Finder or other application windows coming into view) from a Desktop hot corner in Yosemite?

I just upgraded to Yosemite from Snow Leopard on a MacBook Pro. Previously, I could view just one open Finder window by viewing the Desktop via a hot corner and then selecting Finder from the Dock. This would pull only the top Finder winder into view, without showing any other open Finder windows, and most importantly, any other open application windows. I could then easily drag files/folder from my Desktop into the Finder window (which I do A LOT). Since upgrading to Yosemite, whenever I use the Desktop hot corner and select Finder from the Dock, it pulls every open application and Finder window back into view, putting Finder in front.
Is there any way to view just one already open Finder window (or all Finder windows for that matter) without seeing all other open applications, without having to Hide the other applications or using Spaces?

Yes I've created an Automator Application that does the job, but the "watch me do" function that does the Mail Merge is a rather Clunkey work around, as the mouse moves all over the place, thats the part i want to remove and replace with a script, or work out a different way around it that avoids the "watch me do" function.
Is this Possible? or where/who is there i can ask to write me a script, im not a novice to scripting, but i am a novice to Applescript.

Can you assign a keystroke to a hot corner?

Can you assign a keystroke to a hot corner?
For example, I want to assign option-D (toggles something in some app I use) to a hot corner.

This would be like executing any program with a combination of buttons. It's going to depend on your operaating system. My guess would be that most operating systems aren't going to make it easier to 'take over' keystrokes because that could interfere with the operation of some programs. For example, if you have MSWord up on your screen, it is quietly listening for a bunch of keys Alt-F, ctrl-x, crtl-o, ctrl-p....
You might be able to find some kind of program like this, but it's not going to be java specific.

Hot corner screen shutoff -- what am i seeing?

When I put the mouse in the hot corner set to shut off the monitor on my Macbook, it appears that the crystals in the LCD are actually zeroing as well, so that the monitor is truly shut off. This would differ from dimming the LED backlight till it's off, as you can actually see that the image is still in the monitor. (Put a light behind the Mac logo with the backlight off, computer running, and you'll see what I mean)
The funny thing is it looks like I can actually see the LCD clearing the screen as it happens a split second after the backlight shuts off when using the hot corner.

Scott and Raehan: I see your points, but I think we are all just guessing which words in Apple's publicity are significant and what they mean. I don't find either of your interpretations any more persuasive than my own, and any or all of us could easily be wrong.
Somewhere in one of these threads is a post in which someone figured out a way to determine (beyond what one can read from its color profile) who manufactured his display and what model it is. What we need is for people who own the new antiglare and the old matte display to use that method to identify the units in question.

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