Lockish 1.6.0: every window, every display

Lockish 1.6.0 changes how Lockish covers your apps. I tested it on macOS 27 with locked apps opening, moving and hiding thousands of times, through docking, the lid and Stage Manager, and through logouts, restarts and shutdowns. This is what changed. It's part of the biggest update I've ever shipped.

To update, click the Lockish icon in the menu bar, then Settings, then Check for Updates. This one time, updating asks for Touch ID or your password, because the old version is the one quitting. Later updates won't ask.

Every window, covered as it appears

A locked app's windows are now covered as they appear, on every display. That includes new windows, alerts and panels, and apps that open in the background. Before, Lockish covered an app only when it came to the front.

The covers follow your windows when you dock or undock, open or close the lid, or turn Stage Manager on or off.

Unlocking one app now unlocks only that app. And apps lock again when the screen saver starts or another user switches in, not only when your Mac sleeps or the screen locks.

Finder locking works

Lockish asks once for permission to control Finder. Then, when Finder locks, Lockish closes Finder's windows, so your folders aren't left on screen. The desktop and its icons stay visible: they're part of Finder too.

No more waiting at logout

Logging out, restarting, shutting down and installing updates no longer wait for Touch ID. Only your own Quit asks, and only while apps are protected.

The settings that matter are firmer, too. Turning auto-lock off and deactivating your licence now ask for Touch ID or your password.

One permission instead of two

Lockish no longer needs Input Monitoring. Its one required permission is Device Control and Data Access (called Accessibility before macOS 27), and Lockish names it the way your macOS does. If that permission is ever switched off, Lockish keeps covering your apps and tells you protection is limited.

Kinder to your Mac

Lockish uses almost no energy while it waits. Your list of protected apps comes back by itself if a cleanup app wipes Lockish's settings, and one damaged entry no longer empties the whole list.

Help in Settings

Settings now has Help: Check Lockish says what's working and how to fix what isn't, and Export Diagnostics saves a file for support. Help on the Website opens the full Lockish guide.

If the menu bar icon is hidden, open Lockish again from Applications or Spotlight and its window opens.

Your licence now works on 3 Macs

You asked for this, so your Lockish licence now works on up to 3 of your own Macs. There's nothing to do: your key already has the extra Macs.

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