I’m sure any macOS user knows how to shut down their Apple computer. Just go to the Apple menu in the upper left, click on it, and pick Shut Down…
Doing so pops up a dialog with a count down timer. You can skip the 60 second count down timer by clicking the Shut Down button.
It’s possible though to skip this dialog and shut down your Mac immediately. The trick to this is, as with my previous blog post, using the OPTION key.
With the above menu open, simply hold down the OPTION button. When you do the menu updates.
The change is very subtle, so look closely. The three periods after “Shut Down” disappear. Now when you click shut down, the shut down dialog is by-passed. Your macBook will now shut down immediately.
This technique works on Big Sur, Catalina, as well as several previous versions of macOS.
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