MacOS Sierra brought us as one of its novelties the ability to unlock our certain Macs only with the Apple Watch. In case you do not have Apple Watch or your computer is not suitable to use this feature, you are in luck for the existence of apps like MacID or, in this case, Locky.
LOCKY ALLOWS US TO UNLOCK OUR MAC FROM OUR IPHONE WITH A SINGLE TOUCH OR WITH TOUCH ID
To start using Locky,in addition to having the app on our device, we will have to download its version for MacOS, which is extremely simple since the app for iOS itself will provide us with the download link via email if we enter our email.
Once we have the app and bluetooth activated in both operating systems we will have to configure it, performing various steps from MacOS such as entering the device password and others from iOS devices such as moving away from and approaching our Mac with our device iOS in hand.
After the configuration we will be able to make full use of the app and we will be able to check it as soon as we approach our Mac, since we will see that it has been blocked and it will ask us to press “Unlock” in the iOS application.
If we access the settings of the app for iOS we will be able to squeeze even more out of the app, since we will be able to modify the lock and unlock distance, as well as activate Touch ID or enable the Unlock option automatically, which will make our Mac automatically unlocks when we approach it without having to use Touch ID or the "Unlock" option.
This type of application can be very useful if we are regulars in public places where we have to move sometimes and we don't want to leave our computer unprotected, such as in libraries.
The app Locky can be found in the App Store at a price of €1.99, a more than reasonable price considering its function and even more considering the price of its competitors. You can download the app from this link.
