Pairing two Internet-connected devices for the purpose of transferring files from one to the other.

Pairing a wireless headset with your mobile phone, so you can answer phone calls by tapping the headset and looking as if you have gone completely insane by talking to yourself. To put it simply, Bluetooth allows two devices to connect (“pair”) with one another. I’m sure you already know what Bluetooth is (and if you do, you can read a really complicated technical description over at Wikipedia to learn more), but for those who are not so knowledgeable, here’s a brief description.

Try typing that in 10-20 times a day (getting it wrong a lot!) and soon you will get rather tired of it!īut having no password at all is not an option so what else can you do to secure your computer which your wrists and hands will thank you for? Why, use Bluetooth of course. Especially if (and it should) your password is something along the lines of. Then assign whatever keyboard shortcut you'd like to use.But if you are in the habit of going for lots of coffee, or going to regular meetings, it can be a real pain having to log in and out of your computer all the time. In the left column, click on Services and scroll the right column down to the bottom to find the Service you just created (it will be listed under the General category). Next, open System Preferences > Keyboard and go to the Keyboard Shortcuts tab. Save your workflow with the same name you want it to have in the Services menu. Set the 'Service receives selected' option to 'no input'. Type 'screen' in the search field to locate the 'Start Screen Saver' action and drag it to the workflow. To do this, open Automator and choose Service as the template for a new workflow. It won't start the screen saver, but the display will go dark and you will need to enter your password to wake it up.Īnother option would be to use Automator to create a service to start the screen saver and set a keyboard shortcut to turn it on. If you have your security preferences set to require a password after sleep or screen saver begins (System Preferences > Security) then you can use Control-Shift-Eject to turn sleep the display.

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