AwayLock follows the Bluetooth signal of your Apple Watch or iPhone. Step away and your Mac goes to the real macOS lock screen in seconds. Come back and it can unlock itself for you.
Open source. Runs on macOS 13 Ventura or later. Notarized by Apple. No account, no tracking.Drag your watch away. Past the lock line, a countdown starts. Come back in time and nothing happens.
Your watch is close. The Mac stays unlocked and won't idle to sleep.
The same lock as ⌃⌘Q. Your Mac stays locked until you prove it's you.
Turn it on and your Mac unlocks once your watch has been back in range for 3 seconds.
Apple Watch, iPhone or a Bluetooth band. No companion app.
A wobbly signal can't lock you out mid-sentence.
No idle sleep while your key is close.
Barely registers in Activity Monitor.
Choose your Apple Watch or iPhone. No pairing, no phone app.
Stand where it should lock and press "Set from where I am now".
It lives in the menu bar, starts at login and stays out of your way.
No accounts, analytics or cloud. AwayLock keeps one device ID and your settings on this Mac, and only goes online to check for updates. The code is public, so you can check.
Read the source on GitHubYes, if you turn it on. After 3 seconds back in range, AwayLock confirms the lock screen is showing and enters your password from the Keychain. It only reopens locks it made. It's off by default, since a relayed Bluetooth signal could fake "near".
Yes. The same macOS lock screen as ⌃⌘Q, not a screensaver or a dark display that wakes with a key press.
No. AwayLock reads the Bluetooth signal your devices already send. Apple Watch and iPhone work best, and many bands work too. AirPods count as away when the case is closed.
The App Sandbox blocks both the real lock and the Accessibility access auto-unlock needs. So AwayLock ships directly, signed and notarized by Apple, with signed updates.
Yes. Read it, build it, or send a pull request on GitHub.
A Mac on macOS 13 Ventura or later. Windows? Maybe later.
For macOS 13 Ventura or later.