Barefoot Kanetessa
@captainkaneway · Developer
Hi guys! I'm Kane, I created MacID.
If you have any questions I will gladly do my best to answer them here, but if you want a direct line to me the MacID Twitter account is @MacIDHelp where I can help people much easier.
MacID is not the first app of its kind, but it is unique in that it harnesses iOS 8's interactive notifications. When you wake your Mac you'll get an interactive notification sent to your phone, which you can authorise from your lock screen without unlocking your iPhone or launching MacID itself.
Of course many people worry about battery usage, and the idea of a constant Bluetooth connection is scary, but in reality MacID uses about 1% of overall power usage (if iOS even registers it at all!)
MacID supports multiple Macs concurrently, and from within the app itself you can wake, lock and authorise your Mac directly.
What's more, if a task requires your OS X password (like dragging protected files to the Trash) MacID will send you a notification then, too.
MacID also introduces Tap to Unlock, giving Mac users another way of unlocking their Mac, and has an "auto-lock" option too.
Why does MacID exist? To encourage more people to start password protecting their Macs. Many people don't set their Mac to require their password because they don't want to be inconvenienced with typing it over and over, MacID changes all that.
Thanks for your time!
Kane.
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