After installing the 10.4.9 update to OSX recently I was annoyed to find the usual alt+option+eject shortcut (which puts the computer to sleep) no longer did anything. It meant I had to then use the menu bar to activate the sleep mode. A small but annoying problem.
Well it turns out the short-cut does still work, you just have to hold the eject key down. So the function now behaves less like an instant OSX tranquillising dart and more like a Neil McKenna ‘look into my eyes…’ hypnosis.
Still, anything to avoid the ‘oh so tiring’ menu based point and click method… 
Tags: OSX, Sleep mode
