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Sleep and Lock are 2 different things. How to do it in mac. It always goes to sleep.

Like if I have set a file on download and I want it to lock it but it goes to sleep.

Please let me know how to do it.

My research by now is given below:

given below option is good when you only want to lock your system but what when you want your system to hybernate

In System Preferences > Energy Saver, set "Computer Sleep" to "Never" In System Preferences > Security & Privacy, check the box for "Require password [immediately] after sleep or screen saver begins"

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  • Confusing question... if it sleeps or hibernates, the download will stop. Set the computer to never sleep, then use Mission Control - Hot Corners to start the screensaver. – Tetsujin Aug 21 '15 at 08:46
  • there are 2 things that I want to do as we do in windows Sleep and Lock Either i am able to make it sleep or lock. Is there a way to do both thingsn depending on the situation? @Tetsujin – Vikas Bansal Aug 21 '15 at 09:05
  • You can't sleep it if you want it to continue downloading, you lock it by enabling the screensaver – Tetsujin Aug 21 '15 at 09:35
  • See also [Create a keyboard shortcut for fast user switching in Mac OS X](http://superuser.com/questions/44433/create-a-keyboard-shortcut-for-fast-user-switching-in-mac-os-x). – Arjan Sep 27 '15 at 08:57

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On keyboard, to put MacBook to sleep, I use

Shift + Control + FN + F8
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Keyboard shortcut for

Lock : ctrl+shift+Eject (If your mac has an optical drive)
           ctrl+shift+power (for the newer mac that doesn't have an optical drive)

Sleep: command+option+Eject (If your mac has an optical drive )
           command+option+power (for the newer mac that doesn't have an optical drive)

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  • Ctrl+Shift+Power puts the screen to sleep, which is not the same as locking (so, this is not the same as Keychain's "Lock Screen" option). To be prompted for a password when returning to the machine, one also needs to enable Security, General, Require password immediately after sleep or screen saver begins. – Arjan Sep 27 '15 at 08:54