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After upgrading to macOS Sierra the sleep keyboard shortcut doesn't work anymore. How do I re-enable it?
[Edit] I was using (cmd+opt+eject) before, apparently it's (ctrl+shift+eject) after the upgrade. Others might have different experiences, but the shortcuts have definitely been reset.
Ahhh this is embarrassing. Seems like this is a hardware problem. I tried following the steps Apple support suggested, and when I do the keyboard input identification in System Preferences OSX tells me my keyboard isn't recognised. I've just remembered I scrubbed the keyboard with a cleaner cloth a few weeks ago to try and get rid of the yellow grease it had accumulated - I guess this must've messed it up. Sorry Mavericks! Thanks a lot for your help Asmus!
Lesson: wear gloves when using white keyboard.
I am running a macOS Sierra Seed Beta (invitation-only, released before the public beta) and my VMs and other bootable OS', including bootcamp are working just fine. But as always, you will be on a beta so proceed with caution!
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Things definitely have changed:
⌥⌘⏏ (Cmd-Option-Eject) to put your machine to sleep no longer works in Sierra.
Supposedly, ⌃⏏ (Ctrl-Eject) has taken its place, but it doesn't work on my late-2012 iMac.
At least according to the documentation, that is the only change - compare below.
Sadly, you cannot bring the old shortcut back (at all?), because defining keyboard shortcuts in
System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > App Shortcutsdoesn't allow you define shortcuts involving ⏏ (Eject), and, in fact, even shortcuts that are permissible do not seem to put the machine to sleep (flickers briefly, but stays awake).Sleep-related shortcuts as of macOS Sierra:
Source: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201236
Sleep-related shortcuts as of OS X El Capitan:
Source (link effectively dead, redirects to the Sierra page): http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1343