Apple have sex give its unexampled gadgets TouchID . Apple loves it so much , sometimesit ’s the only thing it adds , but Macs have yet to receive any TouchID love . That ’s whereFingerKeysteps in .
powerful now for only iOS and Macs ( though Windows and Linux are in development ) , FingerKey is a $ 2 app that lets you login to a Mac using the fingerprint detector plant in iPhone 5s , 6 , and 6 Plus . The watchword is shared between devices using AES 256 bits encryption , which is the mellow central distance for that standard . FingerKey and FingerLock , the Mac associate app , work together to give you unlocked access to several unlike estimator . you could also get at the TouchID thingamabob in the notifications pane for quick login ( thus skipping the additional step of having to set in motion the app , etc ) .
Here ’s a quick demo :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVS1f9iYqHs
The app expend Apple ’s third - party TouchID access in iOS 8 and join similar apps , such as Knock , which also lease you unlock your Mac ( and on a wider range of devices ) for $ 4 . So if you ’ve always wanted a TouchID experience on your Mac , you ’ve fix pick , but it does n’t bring quite the cultivation that Apple could with hardware integration . We can always keep hoping though .
As of this writing , FingerKey is experience some connection issues with iPhone 6 an 6 Plus , but thedeveloper promises that a darn is incoming . [ 9to5Mac / iTunes ]
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