Sleep rebooted iMac?

[Puppybasher]

Hey all

This weird thing happend yesterday. I wanted to sleep my imac so I pressed cmd+alt+eject. But instead of sleeping it simply rebooted

Any ideas why this might have happend?

cheers!

 

[spinnerlys]

Are you sure you haven't used CTRL + CMD + EJECT instead of OPTION + CMD + EJECT?

 

[Puppybasher]

mmm good question. But is ctrl cmd eject a shortcut? (kinda new to mac )

 

[spinnerlys]

mmm good question. But is ctrl cmd eject a shortcut? (kinda new to mac )

Yes, it is the shortcut to RESTART.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1343-keyboard - shortcuts

Also have a look at the following links, as the information presented there might be helpful in your future endeavours into Mac OS X and could clear up initial confusion and may even prevent harm to your system or your files.

http://www.apple.com/support/switch101/ - text

http://www.apple.com/findouthow/mac/ - videos

http://www.apple.com/support/mac101/ - text

 

[Puppybasher]

Oh, allright ^^

Thanks for the extra info!

 

[bobr1952]

I was having a bad day a few weeks back and did that very same thing--never really looked up the shortcut for reboot--very similar to sleep--lol