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Cats Lock for Mac Stops Your Cat From Causing Keyboard Havoc

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If you have a Mac and a cat, you've probably run into a situation where your cat sits on your computer keyboard. Whether it's because Macs are warm or because they want to distract you from the screen absorbing all of your attention, laptops tend to attract cats.


A new Mac app called Cats Lock adds cat-proofing that keeps your cat from doing damage to whatever you're working on when it gets on your keyboard, and it can even be set to shoo the cat off.

You can click to turn on Cats Lock from the menu bar or use a quick keyboard shortcut, and it prevents cats from being able to activate the keys. Cats can be particularly good at finding odd keyboard shortcuts you never knew existed and making changes that are annoying to undo, so Cats Lock is useful for preventing that. It also has an option to cut sound, so there's no more incessant beeping of keys when your cat gets on your keyboard and holds down a button.

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Putting your Mac in sleep mode is an alternative, but you can also set Cats Lock to alert you or make a loud noise when your cat gets on the keyboard. Some of the built-in sounds like a barking dog, vacuum cleaner, or hissing cat might serve as a deterrent even when you're not around. You can also upload your own sounds.

Cats Lock stays on until your Mac goes to sleep, at which point it turns off so you're not locked out of your Mac because of the app.

Cats Lock can be downloaded from the Mac App Store for $2.99.

Article Link: Cats Lock for Mac Stops Your Cat From Causing Keyboard Havoc
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Screw AI, this is what we should be investing in.
 
There was already the CleanMyKeyboard app for free on the App Store and for the trackpad you can disable it in settings...

I mean this app is kinda dumb cause the cat can press CMD+L by mistake and you are cooked... There aint no way that I pay $4 CAD for this... btw why don't just close the lid? Is your cat going to open it?
 
CalMin said:
My cat (who incidentally looks a lot like the cat in the video) walks over the keyboard while I'm using it so a lock for when I'm away is... srgobnwre;oIShd t324y09GUVA WDV Nwgkanth aev. EFKJWG

...ugh that dang cat!
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I have trained my 2 cats to not get on my desk at all. They are aware that the residence of my Mac mini is not a cat house.

One of them does try to walk on my MacBook Air keyboard while using it on the couch, though.
 
i mean, i love a cat as much as the next guy, but come on
locking your m-series mac is as easy as pressing down the touch id button, then touching it for unlock
native built in cat protection
 
For all those saying just close the screen, that doesn’t help when you’ve got a desktop! Cats will choose to sit on your keyboard not because it’s warm, or because it’s comfortably, but purely out of spite that you’re paying attention to some weird clicking thing and not them. In other words, doesn’t matter whether it’s a laptop keyboard of external keyboard, no keyboard is safe.
 
rjp1 said:
Everyone views everything as a side hustle now days. Surprised it isn't a subscription.
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heaven forbid someone take the time to make something useful and ask for some cash, particularly less than half the cost of a trendy latte as a one time purchase.

"surprised it isnt a subscription" < - the inclusion of this is plain juvenile
 
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