Yes, surely many of you are familiar with this application that has been available in the App Store for iOS for a good handful of time. In fact, on I'm from Mac we have seen several articles dedicated to her and today we are going to publish another one since it is with a reduced price for a limited time, in this case we are talking about a price of 0,99 euros.
To go into a little more detail we will tell you that this application is used to unlock the Mac from our iOS device or from the Apple Watch. Before the arrival of the new MacBook Pro with Touch Bar and Touch ID, we could already unlock our equipment using the Touch ID of the iPhone or Apple Watch. Actually the sensor is more effective in the new safe Mac, but this application adds this action if we do not plan to buy a new MacBook Pro.
To get into the subject a bit, we will tell you that its operation is very simple and that is that when we configure all the aspects to take into account both in the Mac application and in the iOS application, a notification will skip each time we want to unlock the equipment , I already know on the iPhone or on our Apple Watch. In the case of the Apple Watch, as it does not have a Touch ID sensor, it will unlock the Mac by pressing a button on the smartwatch screen.
Obviously we also need the tool for macOS and this is obtained directly from this link to Macid totally free. What MacID offers us is the option to use the unlocking through Touch ID of our iOS device or through the Apple watch:
- Works with multiple Macs, iOS devices, and Apple Watch at the same time.
- Unlock your Mac using Touch ID, with passcode, Apple Watch, or with a Pebble.
- Interactive notifications that make you don't even have to unlock your iOS device.
- Control the audio on your Mac, which works with iTunes and Spotify.
- Manually lock your Mac, or start the screen saver remotely.
- Auto-lock when the iOS device moves away from your Mac.
- Approaching it automatically unlocks when you return to your Mac.
- Shortcuts thanks to the iPhone's 3D Touch system.
- Widget in Notification Center.
- Choose from color combinations.
- Use MacID to authorize tasks that require an administrator password. (Only for administrator accounts)
- MacID never connects to the Internet without your consent.
- Your password is not issued and it never leaves your Mac.
- Incredibly easy to use, but packed with features and options.
You can find more information about this application in its official website and remember that you need the iOS one to use it, so you can take advantage now that it is for less than a euro in the iOS app store.
On the other hand, it is important to see the compatibility that the tool offers us and for this on its website they clearly indicate the compatible equipment for the correct operation of the tool, we leave you right here the list of compatible idevice:
- MacBook 2015 or higher
- MacBook Air 2011 or higher
- MacBook Pro or higher
- Mac Mini 2011o higher
- Mac Pro 2013 or higher
- iMac 2012 or higher
- iPhone 4S onwards
- iPad (4th gen) iPad mini & iPad Air
- iPod Touch (5th gen) onwards
- Apple Watch
It is not clear if the second generation Apple Watch are compatible since they do not indicate it (be careful with this), but we imagine that they will not have any problem for correct operation. In any case, having the option to buy the application for 0,99 euros for a limited time is a luxury for an application that It has been costing 3,99 euros for quite some time. The Touch ID that allows us to unlock our Mac as we do it in our iPhone and iPads in a safer and faster way is only available in new Mac models and this is a very good option to have it available in other Mac computers without this sensor.