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I want to lock my Mac running OS X 10.8 after it has powered up with a script.

I have autologin enabled.

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Open the AppleScript Editor, and type in this command:

/System/Library/CoreServices/Menu\ Extras/User.menu/Contents/Resources/CGSession -suspend

Save it as a script file. Then, open your System Preferences, go to Account, and add it to the programs that will run upon login.

This command will not log you out; it does the same thing as using the fast user switcher.

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