Mac OS X has a nifty shortcut - Ctrl+Eject - for shutting down your computer. On older Apple keyboards, these keys are on opposite diagonal corners of the keyboard, and at the end of the day you can simply hit the two corners of the keyboard then Return to switch off your computer. However, with the new Apple Aluminium Keyboard, the eject key in in the middle of the top ro>
w of keys - hardly as convenient! Instead, F19 takes the top right spot.
ProShutdown is a free program that restores the “opposite corners” shortcut by listening for Ctrl+F19, and displaying a shut down dialog when these are pressed. It displays a small “F19” icon in the menu bar to remind you that this shortcut is available. Want it gone? Press Ctrl+F18 to hide (or bring back) the icon.
What’s New in this Version - Added “Quick shutdown” shortcut of Ctrl + Option + Command + F19. - Now uses the login items list as a basis for the “Launch at Login” option, so ProShutdown will respect manually adding/removing the program to your login items list. - On Leopard, ProShutdown has a new, black, menu bar icon to better fit in with the rest of the new-look items. - Fixed a memory leak that occurred when toggling “Launch at Login”.
