OS X Mountain Lion: Shortcuts for sleep and shutting down

Shortcuts for sleep and shutting down

You can use these shortcuts when you shut down your computer or put it to sleep.

Action Shortcut

Put your Mac to sleep

Command (⌘)–Option–Media Eject key (⏏)

Turn off your Mac

Power button

Force your Mac to shut down

Hold down the power button

Force your Mac to restart

Command (⌘)-Control-Power button

Put all displays to sleep

Shift-Control-Media Eject key (⏏)

Open a dialog that lets you put your Mac to sleep, restart, or shut down

Control-Media Eject key (⏏)

Click a button in the dialog, or press S to sleep, R to restart, Return to shut down, or Esc to cancel.