OS X Tip: Adding to the Default Menu

OS X is a great operating system, but there are a couple of things it fails to include in its default menu "out of the box." Below we've described how to add three useful actions to the menu bar:

Locking the Screen From The Menu Bar

1. Use the Finder to go to the Applications Folder --> Utilities --> Keychain Access --> View
2. Make sure "Show Status in Menu Bar" is checked (you should see a padlock icon appear in the menu bar)

Ejecting a CD From the Menu Bar…and more

1. Use the Finder to go to System --> Library --> CoreServices -->Menu Extras
2. Drag Eject.menu to your menu bar.
3. While you're there, you'll see some other items you may also want to drag to the menu bar, including Clock.menu, Volume.menu, and Displays.menu