How to shut down 16" MacBookPro (M1) from keyboard?

All my Intel based Macintosh computers have had a keyboard shortcut for shutting down the computer, they do not seem to work on this M1 machine with a touch-ID power button.


Is there any keyboard method for shutting down (without having to mouse up to the Apple menu and choose shutdown from the drop down menu)?


MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2021), Apple M1 Pro chip, Monterey 12.5.

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 12.5

Posted on Aug 16, 2022 12:08 AM

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Posted on Aug 16, 2022 02:53 PM

Having tried most of those, I can attest that the touch ID (power) key on this laptop does not function (in combination with other keys or alone) to initiate a system shutdown.


(If I have the a Terminal (command line) session open, the "shutdown -h now" command does work, but that was not what I was looking for.)

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Aug 16, 2022 02:53 PM in response to kaz-k

Having tried most of those, I can attest that the touch ID (power) key on this laptop does not function (in combination with other keys or alone) to initiate a system shutdown.


(If I have the a Terminal (command line) session open, the "shutdown -h now" command does work, but that was not what I was looking for.)

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