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Also the defacto auto-login on macOS is with Apple Watch. That just works and most people I know with Macs have Apple watches already. Sudo / security approval

by hughrr 5y ago

Also the defacto auto-login on macOS is with Apple Watch. That just works and most people I know with Macs have Apple watches already. Sudo / security approvals appear on your watch too so you double press the side button to approve.

wlesieutre 5y ago
I use this with a Mac Mini but I don't love it. Most of the time when I lock my computer at home it's because I don't want my cat to be able to walk across the keyboard and type things into whatever window happens to be active. Unfortunately using unlock with Apple Watch means that I can be reading in a chair on the opposite side of the room, and when the cat walks across my desk the computer helpfully goes "lemme unlock that for you so we can type in this important sdxvi90weraklxczkopk." If Apple sold a webcam with FaceID built into it as an alternative to their keyboard with TouchID, I would definitely buy it. I don't like the keyboard options, it's either $150 for the too small one (I like having full size arrow keys and the isnert/home/etc block), or $180 for the too big one (numpad puts the mouse unnecessarily far away). I'm quite happy with a tenkeyless layout but I don't see Apple adding a "just right" keyboard size in between their existing models.
- hughrr 5y ago
  Interesting. Mine only works if I'm within 1m or so of the desk. Agree with your points about keyboard. I am fine with the basic Magic Keyboard though. I actually quite like that. I don't need Touch ID on it.
  - wlesieutre 5y ago
    This was more of a problem in my previous apartment where the computer desk was in a nook behind the living room couch. Sitting on the couch would only put you about 4' away from the computer. Not positive if it's still happens in my current layout, I got in the habit of pushing the keyboard back below the monitor when I get up so that the cats won't walk across it.
goosedragons 5y ago
Just add a $400 watch to your $1500 display to go with that $2000 computer. Oh and you better grab a $430 iPhone SE or perhaps a $800 iPhone 13 to replace your Android phone and actually use your watch.
- hughrr 5y ago
  Worth it.

by hughrr 5y ago

wlesieutre 5y ago

I use this with a Mac Mini but I don't love it. Most of the time when I lock my computer at home it's because I don't want my cat to be able to walk across the keyboard and type things into whatever window happens to be active. Unfortunately using unlock with Apple Watch means that I can be reading in a chair on the opposite side of the room, and when the cat walks across my desk the computer helpfully goes "lemme unlock that for you so we can type in this important sdxvi90weraklxczkopk." If Apple sold a webcam with FaceID built into it as an alternative to their keyboard with TouchID, I would definitely buy it. I don't like the keyboard options, it's either $150 for the too small one (I like having full size arrow keys and the isnert/home/etc block), or $180 for the too big one (numpad puts the mouse unnecessarily far away). I'm quite happy with a tenkeyless layout but I don't see Apple adding a "just right" keyboard size in between their existing models.

hughrr 5y ago
Interesting. Mine only works if I'm within 1m or so of the desk. Agree with your points about keyboard. I am fine with the basic Magic Keyboard though. I actually quite like that. I don't need Touch ID on it.
- wlesieutre 5y ago
  This was more of a problem in my previous apartment where the computer desk was in a nook behind the living room couch. Sitting on the couch would only put you about 4' away from the computer. Not positive if it's still happens in my current layout, I got in the habit of pushing the keyboard back below the monitor when I get up so that the cats won't walk across it.

goosedragons 5y ago

Just add a $400 watch to your $1500 display to go with that $2000 computer. Oh and you better grab a $430 iPhone SE or perhaps a $800 iPhone 13 to replace your Android phone and actually use your watch.

hughrr 5y ago
Worth it.