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Created December 23, 2015 19:12
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Programmatically immediately lock the screen of a Mac running OS X, regardless of security settings, screensaver settings, or Fast User Switch settings
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lockscreen.py
from ctypes import CDLL
loginPF = CDLL('/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/login.framework/Versions/Current/login')
result = loginPF.SACLockScreenImmediate()
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