Command-Option-Eject not working M1 mini

[solodogg]

Received my M1 mini last night, and found out that the handy keyboard shortcut to go to sleep doesn’t work on the new Mac. Command-option-eject works on all others to immediately put the computer in sleep mode when walking away from your desk as described in this article.

Put your Mac to sleep or wake it

Save energy by putting your Mac to sleep when you’re not using it, then easily wake it when you’re ready.

support.apple.com

Has anyone else tested this to see if they are also experiencing the same issue?

 

[eric09]

I'm having a similar issue:

• With my Intel MacBook Pro running Catalina, I could press Control–Shift–Media Eject to put the display to sleep, a function Apple documents here: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201236.
• With my new M1 MacBook Air running Big Sur, that keyboard combination appears to do nothing.

Let me know if you figure out a solution and I'll do the same.

 

[adrianlondon]

All the sleep/reboot/shutdown key combos that used the power buttion, that worked on my 2013 MBP, didn't work on my 2020 Air. In fact, the power button did nothing once the computer was on.

Big Sur did give me one function - pressing the power button locks the screen (quickly followed by the screen sleeping as I have no screensaver configured).

To get around this, I added keyboard shortcuts to replicate what I was missing. Might help until you hopefully get your eject key working again as expected.

 

[solodogg]

I'm having a similar issue:

• With my Intel MacBook Pro running Catalina, I could press Control–Shift–Media Eject to put the display to sleep, a function Apple documents here: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201236.
• With my new M1 MacBook Air running Big Sur, that keyboard combination appears to do nothing.

Let me know if you figure out a solution and I'll do the same.

you’ll be thrilled to know this is fixed in 11.1

 

[Goob4822]

All the sleep/reboot/shutdown key combos that used the power buttion, that worked on my 2013 MBP, didn't work on my 2020 Air. In fact, the power button did nothing once the computer was on.

Big Sur did give me one function - pressing the power button locks the screen (quickly followed by the screen sleeping as I have no screensaver configured).

To get around this, I added keyboard shortcuts to replicate what I was missing. Might help until you hopefully get your eject key working again as expected.
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Hey! Just wondering, how were you able to assign a shortcut to Shut Down? I've been looking through all the settings on my M1 MacBook Air and cannot seem to find anything. If you could get back to me I would greatly appreciate it! Thank you!

 

[adrianlondon]

Hey! Just wondering, how were you able to assign a shortcut to Shut Down? I've been looking through all the settings on my M1 MacBook Air and cannot seem to find anything. If you could get back to me I would greatly appreciate it! Thank you!

In System Prefs / Keyboard / Shortcuts.

 

[jdb8167]

Hey! Just wondering, how were you able to assign a shortcut to Shut Down? I've been looking through all the settings on my M1 MacBook Air and cannot seem to find anything. If you could get back to me I would greatly appreciate it! Thank you!

I use Fn-Ctrl-Shift-Cmd-F12. I use it with Shut Down... so I get a dialog confirmation.

Edit: It's not there by default. You need to go to System Preferences->Keyboard->Shortcuts->App Shortcuts and add it under All Applications.

 

[HenryAZ]

If the old shortcuts are working as of 11.1, as solodogg mentions above, the old shortcut for shutdown is Control-Option-Command-Eject.

 

[jdb8167]

If the old shortcuts are working as of 11.1, as solodogg mentions above, the old shortcut for shutdown is Control-Option-Command-Eject.

That works but I prefer having the intermediate shutdown dialog.

 

[adrianlondon]

That works but I prefer having the intermediate shutdown dialog.

You can, I think, create your own shortcut (with the ... option to open the dialog box) using the exact same key combinations so it over-rides the original.

 

[jdb8167]

You can, I think, create your own shortcut (with the ... option to open the dialog box) using the exact same key combinations so it over-rides the original.

Yes, see above. I did exactly that but I didn't know about the built-in shortcut so that is good information.