MacBook Pro Security – Kensington Lock Alternatives

It is so light, I just rarely need to leave it unsupervised. I'll hand it to the staff to set behind the counter if I need to leave to feed a meter or use the facilities on the rare occasion when I don't have a shoulder bag.

They are so light and thin, it's not a hassle carrying it.

If you must, audible alarms that plug into USB ports are available, but who wants to be the guy with the alarm going off unintentionally? Not recommended.

I would bet Kensington comes out with a leash that goes around the display hinge and tightens before college starts in the fall.

There isn't one that I'm aware of, but one could use this workaround:

1. Open Automator, create a new Service.
2. Set the dropdowns at the top to "Service receives 'no input' in 'any application'"
3. Add the action "Run Shell Script"
4. Paste this command (all one line) into the action: /System/Library/CoreServices/Menu\ Extras/User.menu/Contents/Resources/CGSession -suspend
5. Save the service. You can call it whatever you like.
6. You can confirm that it's there by going to any application menu, going to services, and verifying that it shows up.
7. Head over to System Preferences, and into the Keyboard pane.
8. In the "Keyboard Shortcuts" tabs, select "Application Shortcuts" from the list on the left.
9. A list of shortcuts should load on the right, with "All Applications" at the top. Highlight this, and click the plus (+) under the list.
10. In the window that appears, make sure that "All Applications" is selected in the top dropdown.
11. For "Menu Title", enter the name of the service you created exactly as it appears - including any punctuation, capitalization, etc.
12. Assign any shortcut you like, then click "Add".

This will work even if the Fast User Switching menu extra isn't enabled.