Cats Lock

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Lock the keys. Love the cat. Cats Lock is a one-click keyboard lock for Mac, for any time you need the keys to stop for a moment. A cat on the laptop, a toddler reaching for the keyboard, or a screen that needs a wipe-down: hit the lock and carry on, without random typing, deleted documents, or a trip to System Settings. ONE SHORTCUT, ANY APP Press ⌘L from anywhere and Cats Lock instantly blocks every key. A customizable lock screen shows what's happening; the same shortcut releases it when you're ready. Prefer a different combo? Record your own in Settings. SMART DETECT Turn on Smart Detect and Cats Lock can lock itself the moment it senses keyboard chaos, so you don't have to reach for the shortcut. It runs entirely on your Mac, and you choose how sensitive it is. It stays off until you turn it on, and asks for Accessibility once when you do. KEEP YOUR MAC AWAKE FOR LONG JOBS Got a long render, export, build, or backup running? Lock the keyboard and turn on Keep Mac Awake so a stray paw, or a sleeping screen, can't interrupt it. Come back hours later to the same locked, wide-awake Mac, everything still running. STEALTH LOCK FOR MEETINGS AND MOVIES When your sidekick is encroaching, flip on Stealth Lock from the menu bar or Settings. Same keyboard blocking, no overlay, no sound. Need to take control during a meeting or screen share? Unlock just the trackpad and keep clicking while the keyboard stays locked. LOCK THE FUNCTION ROW (OPTIONAL) Got a cat that loves the top row? Optionally block the function keys too (F1 through F12), including Mission Control, brightness, volume, and media keys. This feature needs Accessibility permission, so it stays off until you choose to turn it on. LOCK THE BUILT-IN KEYBOARD Working on an external keyboard? Lock your MacBook's built-in keyboard and let your cat sprawl out on the warm keys while you keep working. It releases the moment you unplug the external keyboard, so you're never stranded. Like the function row, this needs Accessibility permission and stays off until you turn it on. MAKE THE LOCK SCREEN YOURS Give the lock screen your own look: pick a background style, choose an icon or emoji, add a custom message, or set a favorite photo as the backdrop. PICK YOUR DETERRENT Choose from a range of built-in sounds, including a spoken "Warning, cat on keyboard" voice, or import your own. Sounds play on each blocked keystroke to alert you when paws are present. Or stay completely silent. LOCK PROFILES Save your go-to lock setups as profiles, each with its own mode, sounds, and lock screen, then start any of them straight from the menu bar. LIVES IN THE MENU BAR Cats Lock stays out of your way. Always one click from the menu bar pawprint, with a one-tap widget to lock or unlock without opening the app. Optional Hide from Dock and Launch at Login. Auto-unlocks when your screen goes to sleep so you're never locked out of your own Mac. SPEAKS YOUR LANGUAGE Fully localized in English, German, Spanish, French, Indonesian, Italian, and Japanese. PRIVACY-FIRST Cats Lock runs entirely on your Mac. No accounts, no cloud, no analytics, no data ever leaves your device. The app is fully sandboxed. The core lock needs no special permissions. The optional function-row, built-in keyboard, and Smart Detect features are the only ones that ever ask for Accessibility, and only if you choose to turn them on. When you turn one of those on, Cats Lock uses the permission only to block keys. It never reads what you type, and it never saves or sends anything. Smart Detect works entirely on your Mac and never uses Input Monitoring. DESIGNED FOR CAT PEOPLE, LOVED BY MANY MORE Made by a cat owner who got tired of his cat rewriting documents in real time, then shaped by feedback from parents, keyboard cleaners, and everyone who needs the keys to hold still. REQUIREMENTS macOS 13.1 (Ventura) or later. Apple Silicon and Intel Macs supported.

Cats Lock gets a fresh new look! A cleaner main window puts every setting a click away, with a new mascot to greet you and a new app icon to match. Make the lock screen your own. Pick from new background styles, choose an icon or emoji, add a custom message, or set a favorite photo as the backdrop. Smart Detect leaves beta. After months of tuning it's much better at telling a cat from a person, so it locks the moment a paw lands and stays out of your way while you type. Still optional, off by default, and running entirely on your Mac. New with Stealth or Built-in Lock, you can now unlock the trackpad on its own. Take back the pointer to control a screen share or click where you need, all while the keyboard stays locked. Plus new sounds, custom lock profiles, and more. Now available in seven languages: English, German, Spanish, French, Indonesian, Italian, and Japanese. Thank you to the friends who brought Cats Lock to new languages: French — Severin Sauliere German — Samuel Stolle Indonesian — Franciscus Zheng Italian — Valeria Catignani Japanese — Jin Murata Spanish — Espiridion Magaña Don't see your language? Help bring Cats Lock to your country. If you'd like to localize it, I'd love to hear from you at [email protected]. Built by one developer, tested by one cat, shaped by many users.

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Todd Alexander

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Utilities

Version

2.0.0

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iOS 13.1+

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7.9 MB

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