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I am using the Logitech MX Keys which is great.

Logitech MX Keys

Since there is no Eject/Power key I miss some shortcuts, specifically Option–Command–Media Eject.

Is there a way to put my Mac to Sleep mode with this keyboard?

bmike
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supershivas
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    If you don't have an Eject key, you'll have to remap Eject to one that does exist. See this answer: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/323369/remap-eject-key-to-backslash – Allan Jan 13 '20 at 17:26
  • This keyboard layout is both non-US but the top row has the same physical keys as the MX version for macOS which has a properly labeled (and functioning) media eject key where this has an unlabeled “F13” key with a speaker stencil on it. I wonder if you could get that mapped precisely in software? – bmike Mar 27 '21 at 13:38

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As Sleep exists as a menu command, you could make your own…

System Prefs > Keyboard > Shortcuts > App Shortcuts

Select All Applications, press the + button, type Sleep then pick a key command - I'd pick something hard to do by accident, like maybe Cmd ⌘ Opt ⌥ Ctrl ⌃ Shift ⇧ S

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I used D in the example image, because I already have S used for Shutdown

Tetsujin
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Not sure why, but on my side, neither the solution above (maybe because I run French OSX?) nor some other options work well for me.

Anyway, I came with another solution using the Logitech Options application which allows to customize the keys with the actions of your choice. Out of the box, sleep is not available as action in the software of Logitech. But with a very simple Applescript, the magic can happen.

Full solution:

  • open the applescript editor
  • create a new script with 1 line : do shell script "pmset sleepnow"
  • export it as an application (File > Export - then select File format = application)
  • open Logitech Options and customize the key of your choice to launch the application that you just created

I hope it can help.

bmike
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David Kronfeld
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If you press the "lock" button top right on the full keyboard and perhaps "fn" + "lock" button on the mini keyboard to lock the screen. And then when the screen is locked press "esc" top left button I think it's the same thing as putting it to sleep?

Martino
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If you don't want to create a new short cut just for putting your Mac into sleep mode you can also press the Lock and then the ESC button afterwards. Locks and then cancels logging in = Sleep

ferdyyy
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