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• Steps
• Method 1 of 2: Using a keyboard shortcut
• Method 2 of 2: Using Hot Corners
• Tips

You only need to press a few keys to turn off your monitor and leave your Mac running. The monitor turns off and goes to sleep, and the computer continues to operate.

Steps

Method 1 of 2: Using a keyboard shortcut

1. 1 Press Control – Shift – Eject at the same time.
   • If you can't find the Eject key, press Control-Shift-Power.

Method 2 of 2: Using Hot Corners

1. 1 Open the System Preferences window. Click Desktop & Screensaver.
2. 2 Tap Screensaver> Hot Corners.
3. 3 Change the option of one of the active corners to "Put the monitor to sleep".
4. 4 Turn on the selected hot corner. To do this, move the mouse cursor to it. For example, move your cursor to the lower-right corner (if you configured this exact corner) and wait a few seconds. The screen will turn off.

Tips

• The screen backlight uses up a lot of energy, so turn it off when not in use to reduce the rate at which your laptop's battery is draining.
• Putting the monitor into sleep mode improves the security of your computer.If you set a password to wake up from sleep mode in the security settings, the user will have to enter it to turn on the monitor.