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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: Shutting down without a mouse
Date: 2 Oct 2015 23:12:10 GMT
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On 2015-10-02, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
> This afternoon, I had to change my mouse's battery.
>
> For some reason Yosemite failed to re-connect to the mouse (or
> vice-versa). (I have a USB Bluetooth dongle because the MacPro is below
> a tick desk that shields bluetooth frequencies).
>
> Is there a keyboard way to invoke the Apple menu or invoke the Shutdown
> item from the Apple menu of the Mac ?

It's been a while since I've used it, but try: 

	Command-Option-Control-Power/Eject

I believe this initiates an *immediate* shutdown, which may or may not
be what you want.

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