Comments on: “Lock Desktop” – New Mac OS X App

By: lakegirl

lakegirl — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 03:15:23 +0000

Thanks for this…I needed something to lock my keyboard because my idiot cat loves to sleep on the keys (and she always manages to screw things up royally…it’s a good thing she’s adorable otherwise). Perhaps you should market it as “Kitty Keylock” and put some kittens frolicking on the lock screen…you’d make a fortune.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 16:33:49 +0000

Nice, does exactly what it says with no fuss, win….

By: Macaw

Macaw — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 02:01:51 +0000

Alex – August 15, 2009 at 4:08 pm — This for those wanting a keystroke lock… haven’t tested it myself, called LockTight.

REPLY – it has a ppc version & Snow-Leopard Version; any other Intel can go whistle. There is a similar app to Chris’ called MacLoc. Neither have keystroke. Quicksilver can add on a key- stroke but QS may generate a 108010 error to the point you have to abandon QS. Screensaver isn’t as secure as Log In Screen & my Mac has an odd error that everyhting shuts down behind a screensaver. So for me Log In Screen is only way to go but truly miss keystroke. Advantage of keystroke is its super easy to invoke even when being called awat from comp & unable to look at screen to use any cursor-orientated solutions.

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By: Adam

Adam — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 16:37:18 +0000

This is a great little gadget, thanks!

By: niko

niko — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 09:53:58 +0000

Bella, ma come si fa il download ??

By: BubbaX

BubbaX — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 18:37:27 +0000

Perfect for what I needed, ignore all the people who tell you other options exist or that blah, blah. This is a simple one-click solution and works exactly that way it should. Thanks!

By: Aditya

Aditya — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 18:42:47 +0000

I like the utility, but the wireless connection is lost when I activate Lock Screen. I have to log back again when I log in.

Any way to get around that?

By: Camilla @ Quiksilver Factory

Camilla @ Quiksilver Factory — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 00:49:17 +0000

Hello there, just browsing for information for my Quiksilver website. Amazing the amount of information on the web. Wasn’t what I was looking for, but cool site. Have a great day.

By: Waldo

Waldo — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:51:20 +0000

I’ve been a huge fan of this action for some time. I was looking for the same solution as many, wanting a Mac equivalent to [Win] + L to lock the desktop.

While I’ve been using this in conjunction with Quicksilver since Tiger, I’ve noticed that under Snow Leopard it is MUCH slower. I’d read somewhere that Automator scripts that slow down under Snow Leopard should speed back up if rebuilt under Snow Leopard’s Automator.
Could you provide the applescript text or the steps to generate the Automator workflow?

Many Thanks,
Waldo