Many system functions in OS X are accessible not only through menus and utilities, but also through hot keys that can be invoked from the keyboard. Often these can be found by perusing the menus and observing the keyboard shortcuts next to the various commands in them, but in addition to these there are a number of hidden keyboard shortcuts that can be used for managing specific functions.
When it comes to power management options in OS X, such as restarting or shutting down, people often access the Apple menu where Apple keeps these options; however, if your mouse is not working, then accessing this menu may be difficult. In these cases, if you need to shut down or restart you might consider pressing and holding the power button to reset the system, but this type of hard-reset can result in corruption and lead to potential problems.
If you need to access power management commands on your Mac without using the mouse, then you can do so using a number of built-in hot keys:
- The Power menu In old Mac systems, Apple included a power button on the keyboard that could be used to access the Power menu when the Mac was running. Apple has removed this button, but the functions invoked by it are still available in OS X by pressing Control-Eject on your keyboard. When you do this, a window will pop up that contains options to restart, sleep, or shut down the system. Pressing Enter will shut the system down immediately, or you can use the tab key to... [Read more]
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