Cats Lock for Mac Stops Your Cat From Causing Keyboard Havoc

[Sippincider]

As cats everywhere say "Challenge accepted!".

Waiting for the first frantic post of the cat that unlocked it and resumed typing. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

 

[JosephAW]

Just saw a video where a cat bit the corner of a screen and broke the display. 😵
Apple wouldn’t cover it even though it was under warranty.

 

[Charlie Bonesx]

Version one was close the screen.

Not all computers are laptops

 

[Loismustdie1]

Umm do we need an app for this? It’s not April 1st. Either lock your computer, close it, or get rid of the cat.

Period. My cat did this one time, it learned a lesson then never did it again. This is just nonsense

 

[Loismustdie1]

Just saw a video where a cat bit the corner of a screen and broke the display. 😵
Apple wouldn’t cover it even though it was under warranty.

I would have sent my cat to the pound

 

[Allyance]

My cat loves the HomePod, she forever playing music day and night! Touching the top will play whatever is in the memory.

 

[Radeon85]

Reason #82 why dogs are superior to cats in every way imaginable.

You must be joking, they would chew it to pieces instead.

 

[JohnC1959]

If you close the laptop, the cat can't sit on it for warmth and that makes the cat sad.

Here little kitty, let me fire up a very compute intensive workload to keep you warm.

 

[JohnC1959]

You must be joking, they would chew it to pieces instead.

I'm betting you don't have a dog. My pups won't touch a thing unless they are given it to be theirs.

 

[now i see it]

I wish there was an app for my jumping goldfish. I hate it when he jumps out of his bowl and starts flopping around on my keyboard

 

[JohnC1959]

I wish there was an app for my jumping goldfish. I hate it when he jumps out of his bowl and starts flopping around on my keyboard

Yeah, I tried moving the bowl farther away but that just motivated the goldfish to jump higher and farther.

 

[sgtaylor5]

I’ve heard of people on the Internet buying old Vista era AMD Turion (old architecture, hot, slow) laptops that don’t run. They’re warmer than their real laptops so that’s where the cat goes.

 

[dominiongamma]

Immediate purchase.

Closing your laptop lid is free and guaranteed the cat won’t mess up anything

 

[Sixteengigabytes]

The fact that they didn’t turn on the hiss option is a lost marketing opportunity

 

[BotchQue]

press the touch ID button without triggering touch ID (touch and press outside of the circle) and the computer locks instantly

I'll be damned.

 

[Amazing Iceman]

Reason #82 why dogs are superior to cats in every way imaginable.

Cats will not pee or take a dump on your keyboard or computer.
On the other hand, Dogs are more likely to do it, including chewing your device until it's no more.

 

[BotchQue]

...and, after a particularly depressing news week, reading thru this thread gave me a much-needed laugh. Thanks, Folks!

 

[svish]

Not sure on how many will actually pay for this. I don't have cats and also I always put my Macs to sleep or keep it password locked when I am not in front of it. Don't see a need for this. At least it is not a subscription based app.

 

[H2SO4]

This. This is what I’ve been waiting years for from Apple. (Not from Apple, but good enough)

Keyboard clean tool does this and has been out for YEARS..........

 

[DogHouseDub]

Since you asked, I use the keyboard lock in One Switch, with an assigned shortcut.

One Switch - Fireball Studio

One Switch, OneSwitch - All your mac toggles in one place, All your MAcOne Switch for macOS, Hide Desktop Icons, Free My Desktop, Dark Mode, Light Mode, NightOwl, Keep Awake for Your Mac, Caffeine, Amphetamine, Screen Saver for MacOS, Bartender, AirPods Connect, AirBuddy, How to Connect AirPods...

fireball.studio

 

[one more]

“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.”

LOL. Alternatively, just close the lid of your laptop or hide it from the cat?

 

[cybercommand]

Ditch the cat.

 

[Maxis]

Needs to use the camera to detect cats in proximity and activate automatically!

This is something. The bunny of our house should also activate it. (yes, the first lady)

 

[jbn858273]

Since you asked, I use the keyboard lock in One Switch, with an assigned shortcut.

One Switch - Fireball Studio

One Switch, OneSwitch - All your mac toggles in one place, All your MAcOne Switch for macOS, Hide Desktop Icons, Free My Desktop, Dark Mode, Light Mode, NightOwl, Keep Awake for Your Mac, Caffeine, Amphetamine, Screen Saver for MacOS, Bartender, AirPods Connect, AirBuddy, How to Connect AirPods...

fireball.studio

You mean kind of like the built-in function of pressing Command + Control + Q ? Three keys it's true, but you can hit them all with one hand. (I use my left hand 😉)

 

[ddhhddhh2]

I’m just saying, everyone has spending habits that look stupid as hell to somebody else. If this cute little app is guilty of anything, it’s basically a federal felony for not having a subscription model. Thing costs less than a Starbucks order. Truly disgusting behavior.