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Building a tiny app that locks your keyboard so you can wipe it clean

Every time I tried to wipe crumbs and dust off my MacBook, the same thing happened: random shortcuts firing, ghost trackpad clicks, and somehow a file renamed to "jjjjjjjjj". You can't actually clean a laptop while it's listening to every press.

So I'm building CleanMyMacKeyboard a tiny macOS app that locks your keyboard AND trackpad on a timer and drops a full-screen overlay so you can scrub in peace.

  • Pick a duration: 30s / 1m / 2m / 5m

  • Every keypress, click, and gesture is paused

  • Lock releases on its own when the timer ends

  • In a hurry? L unlocks early

  • Signed + notarized by Apple, no telemetry

CleanMyMacKeyboard - Lock your Mac keyboard and trackpad so you can wipe it clean

A tiny macOS utility that locks your keyboard and trackpad so you can wipe them clean without triggering input chaos. Pick 30s–5m, hit Start, and scrub in peace. Releases on its own — or unlock early with ā‡§āŒ„āŒ˜L.