How can I lock my Mac when I walk away?

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Published on 2010-03-31T15:03:23Z Indexed on 2010/03/31 15:13 UTC
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This has got to be an easy, trivial question but as a new Mac user, how can I lock my Mac when I walk away?

On Windows this is dead simple - Win+L. Or hit Ctrl-Alt-Del and select "Lock this Computer"

The best thing I've found for the Mac is to rig the screensaver to require password on wake, set a hot corner to fire off the screen saver, and do that as I leave. Which feels really "Windows 3.1" to me.

Is there a Win+L-style method to quickly lock my Mac when I walk away?

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