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In macOS High Sierra, the new Lock Screen shortcut was added, but you can only use the shortcut ^ ⌘ Q . I'd like to change it to something more Windows-esque, like ⌘ ⌥ L . How can I go about this?

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You can do this by following this webpage instructions :

  1. Open System Preferences
  2. Open "Keyboard" preference pane
  3. Go to "Shortcuts" tab
  4. Select "App Shortcuts"
  5. Click "+"
  6. Select "All Applications". In the "Menu Title" field type "Lock Screen" and press your shortcut
  7. Quit System Preferences
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    6. Select "All Applications" 6.a. In the "Menu Title" field type: Lock Screen
    – Andrey Lebedenko
    Jun 9, 2022 at 8:54
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Some shortcuts are not honored by macOS (Ctrl+Shift +Escape, for example).

If you find that the default system shortcut tool doesn't work for you, you can add your desired keyboard shortcut using BetterTouchTool.

This way you will be able to lock the screen with the default shortcut as well as your pre-defined shortcut.

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    BetterTouchTool let me use the exact shortcut that I wanted whereas the default MacOS shortcut tool did not. +1
    – coolaj86
    Oct 3, 2022 at 17:46

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