Snow Leopard Has Changed the Way the Sleep Display Hot Corner Works.

01 September 2009 | Apple | Tags: , , , ,

Up until today, I have been using hot corners in Mac OS X Leopard in two ways:

  1. To start the screen saver as a way to lock my machine (require login)
  2. To put the display to sleep when I am in class and wish to conserve energy or hide my screen without having to log back in.

Hot Corners Put Display to Sleep

After installing Snow Leopard today, I encountered my first nuisance: they have changed the way “Put Display to Sleep” functions. Now, when you wake the display from sleep, it requires you to login. I have essentially lost the only way to turn the display off without having to log back in after turning it back on.

mac-os-x-snow-leopardMost people will be happy with this change since a lot of people have complained that there was no way of locking your Mac a-la Windows (Windows Key + L). But there was a way, turning on your screen saver. Now both the screen saver AND the putting the display to sleep lock your machine.

I have searched the web to see if anyone else has realized this very small change but to no avail. Doesn’t seem like anyone else knows or cares about it. So for now, I am posting it on my blog in case someone else, like me, decides this is indeed a problem.

*Yes, I do know that I can disable the requirement to login by going into Security and disabling it but I still want to be able to lock my computer using the Screensaver. If anyone knows of a way to lock your Mac quickly and easily feel free to drop a comment or send me an email using the contact form.


4 Responses to “Snow Leopard Has Changed the Way the Sleep Display Hot Corner Works.”

  • 1 Martin Ciastko Says:
    September 27th, 2009 saat: 8:00 pm

    I too use(d) this functionality, so I sent Apple a bug report. You can do the same, it can help when they get lots of duplicates.

    http://openradar.appspot.com/radar?id=80407

    Cheers,
    Martin

  • 2 Hugo Says:
    September 27th, 2009 saat: 8:12 pm

    Thank you Martin. I have already suggested to Apple that they revert this functionality back to how it was before. However, I think it will fall on deaf ears since Apple tends to do as they wish when they wish.

  • 3 alex dunn Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 saat: 3:54 pm

    i’m disappointed in the new “sleep security” setup as well, it is very frustrating. i used this feature a lot, especially when playing music on my computer through my stereo. i could put the display to sleep while listening, and if i wanted to change the song, i could just move the cursor around and over the desired track, but no more. Someone fix this! why change what isn’t broken?

  • 4 Mack Says:
    October 24th, 2009 saat: 10:12 am

    I have the same issue. It’s quite annoying. I found your Blog while searching for a work around. I didn’t find any.

    I’ll also be submitting a ticket to Apple.

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