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LockTight for Mac OS X Intel

When people “Switch” to the Mac, they often look for a one-keystroke or one-key-combo screen locker.

And they’re often disappointed to find that the operating system only provides a two-click solution: add the Keychain Access menu item to the menubar, and then use “Lock Screen”.

So in came Menno Pieters, who built LockTight from Raging Menace’s SleepTight code.

…but it doesn’t work under Mac OS X for Intel-based hardware. Until now…because I got frustrated with myself for not having done it earlier…

Presenting the Intel-compatible re-compile of LockTight.

Menno’s source code has been recompiled with XCode on an Intel based Macintosh, and contains all the original source code and licensing information as required.

LockTight for Intel (tar, bzip. 88kbyte file, HTTP download)

Nevertheless, this is being provided without any expressed warranty or merchantability statement. It is virus- and malicious code- free.

NO WARRANTY

1. BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE PROGRAM "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.

2. IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR REDISTRIBUTE THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

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fumpT said,

November 24, 2006 @ 9:51 am

Nice work.

Dragging the mouse cursor to a screen corner to lock the screen works well for me. This can be set by clicking the Hot Corners button under System Preferences > Desktop & Screen Saver.

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waldo said,

March 14, 2007 @ 6:25 am

Excellent work, but it looks like it still relies on the ‘require password to wake from sleep or screensaver’.

My problem is that I don’t want to use a password from screensaver; just from sleep and to have a lock hot-key. Do you know of any way to make that work?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
-waldo

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Ben Haylock said,

March 14, 2007 @ 7:06 am

Waldo,

I don’t think that the way Apple implemented the entire security hierarchy of Mac OS X would allow you to do that. I’d like that option as well, but until then, we’ve only got options like this.

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March 21, 2007 @ 9:12 pm

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steve said,

January 24, 2008 @ 12:25 am

Hi.

I accidently deleted the startup item so that locktight would be avaialble autmatically. Now the only way I can use locktight is by going into system prefs, selecting locktight and then it works OK.

Is there a way to fix this?

Thanks!

Steve

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Ben Haylock said,

January 24, 2008 @ 8:52 am

Steve,

I know the problem you’re having, and I think it’s best fixed by reinstalling the software.

Right-click (control-click) on the Preference Pane in the System Preferences application, and choose “Remove…”.

You can then reboot, and reinstall, and the programme should be back to the way you want it to be.

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steve said,

January 25, 2008 @ 9:34 pm

Hi ben

I did try this, but it did not work.

What I discovered is that you can replace it by navigating to:

~/Library/PreferencePanes/LockTight then right click or CTRL click, select ’show package contents’ then go to Contents/Resources and look for ‘SleepTightAgent’.

To share this I documented it on my blog http://www.hutsby.net/search/label/Keyboard%20shortcut%20to%20lock%20the%20screen

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Todd said,

February 28, 2008 @ 10:34 am

Hi.

I have two identical Mac Pro’s at work and I installed Locktight on both. On one works great no problems. On the other the video display started locking up at random intervals, but most often when screen saver is activated (either by Locktight or inactivity). When the display is not frozen, weird horizontal lines appear randomly. in my display.

I realize that this could be from a number of causes, but it started immediately after installing Locktight. I’ve removed everything I can find related to Locktight and restarted the system, yet the problem persists. Before I rebuild this system or start swapping out video cards, I wanted to see if anyone else has experienced something similar and if there are any other steps l could take to troubleshoot/fix.

Thanks in advance for any help, and thanks for producing LockTight…I love being able to lock my screen with a keystroke combination.

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How to lock your Mac with a keyboard shortcut : Switching To Mac said,

January 21, 2009 @ 5:37 pm

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McColley.net » Blog Archive » LockTight Secures Your Mac With a Hotkey [Featured Mac Download] said,

January 22, 2009 @ 7:30 am

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Phil Freo said,

January 22, 2009 @ 7:32 am

Thanks for this. Very helpful. I linked this from my blog post about what I’ve used to make the Windows to Mac switch better:
http://www.philfreo.com/blog/?p=35

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ryan said,

January 22, 2009 @ 7:41 am

Might as well set up a hot corner for screen saver. thats all this is doing. sorry, but not for me, still on the lookout for a better way

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OpsTube » Blog Archive » LockTight Secures Your Mac With a Hotkey said,

January 22, 2009 @ 7:55 am

[...] LockTight Secures Your Mac With a Hotkey Posted by Ch3mIcALX in Linux & Mac on 01 21st, 2009 | no responses Mac OS X only: Screen locker utility LockTight adds a shortcut key combination for OS X users to quickly lock your workstation from the keyboard. Windows users switching to using a Mac might be surprised to find no equivalent to the Winkey+L shortcut combination that locks the screen, especially helpful in work environments or at home to keep little fingers from opening things they shouldn’t. LockTight plugs into OS X as a simple system preference pane with a configurable hotkey, but for full effect you might want to configure your Mac to require a password when coming back from the screensaver and disable automatic login. Hit the link for the download, or take a look at the Switching to Mac guide for all the steps. LockTight [...]

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schnp said,

January 22, 2009 @ 8:37 am

@Waldo,
Your only option is to open Keychain Access, go to prefs and choose to display it in the menubar. Then you can click on the lock and choose lock screen. That’s your only option for now.

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January 22, 2009 @ 8:49 am

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David said,

January 22, 2009 @ 11:19 am

@Waldo,

You could install Butler on your machine and configure a shortcut to switch users. Its what I do. I have a screensaver password free, and I hit Ctrl + Alt + L to switch users. This spins your screen to the login screen, essentially locking your workstation. Its just like the Win + L combo on windows.

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January 22, 2009 @ 5:13 pm

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Sebastian said,

January 22, 2009 @ 11:13 pm

I don’t like the screensaver-lock either. I use an AppleScript that uses the fast user switch to lock the computer. You stay logged in, but the login window appears.

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Rick said,

January 22, 2009 @ 11:41 pm

There seems to be an issue with this not working when also running Synergy. I use synergy to share my work computer’s mouse and keyboard with my macbook and when I leave my office I want to be able to lock my screen. This won’t work when synergy is running but once I stop the Synergy client, the shortcut works fine. Any ideas?

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Dan said,

January 23, 2009 @ 2:48 am

Ditto to Rick. I also run Synergy and have found that if I have it open and running LockTight doesn’t work.

Rick, on my machine I have the Keychain Status in my menu bar so I have two clicks to lock my screen. Bummer there is no shortcut for it like locktight but it works with synergy.

To enable the keychain in menu bar open up Keychain Access then open preferences and check “show Status in Menu Bar” (you might have already known but in case you didn’t and other people need it)

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January 23, 2009 @ 4:11 am

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January 23, 2009 @ 8:36 am

[...] Sitio Oficial [...]

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January 23, 2009 @ 10:46 am

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Ben Haylock said,

January 23, 2009 @ 2:02 pm

@Dan, @Rick

I’ve got no idea how to resolve the conflict with Synergy, sorry.

You may wish to try some of the other screen-locking alternatives as suggested in the comments at:

http://ow.ly/5lU

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مدونة يوسف رفــه said,

January 24, 2009 @ 8:24 pm

حماية الماك باختصار من لوحة المفاتيح…

 العديد من المستخدمين و خصوصا من قام بالتحول إلى عالم الماك و كان يستخدم خاصية قفل الشاشة Lock Screen عن طريق لوحة المفاتيح يتضايقون من عدم…

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January 25, 2009 @ 8:10 am

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Malcolm Peskoff said,

February 2, 2009 @ 7:29 am

Will not download either on my Intel Mac Desktop or my Intel Mac laptop.
All I get is a page of garbage codes, without a download.
I am using Leopard on both machines.

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February 4, 2009 @ 7:37 am

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Ben Haylock said,

February 17, 2009 @ 11:24 am

Perhaps you could try right-clicking the link, and choosing the option equivalent to “save target as…”?

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Joe said,

February 19, 2009 @ 8:59 pm

Great job, thanks!

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menec said,

February 23, 2009 @ 1:28 am

Great tool! Thank you so much for this! It’s about time that apple implements this basic feature directly into OS X!

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Mark Wheadon said,

February 24, 2009 @ 6:59 pm

Here’s another way of achieving the same effect:

http://www.markwheadon.com/blog/2009/02/lock-screen-mac-os-x/

Cheers,

Mark

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April 11, 2009 @ 2:55 am

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Jake said,

April 15, 2009 @ 2:37 am

FYI – I’m able to download this file via Firefox, but not Safari…. Even a right click, save as.

Thanks!

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April 21, 2009 @ 7:23 am

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BeSweeet said,

May 12, 2009 @ 7:22 am

This doesn’t work for me. I do the key combinations, then I can see a transparent lock icon, then it goes to my screensaver. If I move the cursor, it goes right back to my desktop. Any ideas?

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SerbianForum.org - Najveci Srpski Forum - Rapidshare Srbija said,

May 21, 2009 @ 3:43 pm

[...] KAKO DA obezbedite svoj Mac računar Pomoćni program za zaključavanje ekrana LockTight dodaje kombinaciju tastera prečice za OS X korisnike za brzo zaključavanje računara pomoću tastature. Korisnici Windowsa koji su prešli na upotrebu Mac sistema su verovatno veoma iznenađeni što ne postoji ekvivalent za kombinaciju Win+L tastera koja zaključava ekran, i veoma je korisna u radnim okruženjima ili kod kuće, gde želite da sprečite da deca čačkaju nešto što ne bi trebala. LockTight je ubačen u OS X kao jednostavan panel sistemskih parametara sa prečicom koju možete da specifikujete, ali za potpuni efekat možda ćete poželeti da konfigurišete Mac tako da on zatraži lozinku kada želite da ga otključate i da isključite automatsko logovanje. Adresa: LockTight [...]

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Apple Bloog » Blog Archive » Mac 101: Locking your Mac with a hotkey, like you can with Windows said,

June 19, 2009 @ 11:15 pm

[...] It turns out that this is an oversight in Mac OS X, and a 3rd party utility is required to be able to lock your computer with a hotkey. For a simple solution I would suggest installing a very basic preferences pane called LockTight. [...]

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Chris said,

June 19, 2009 @ 11:21 pm

This is pure gold, man! Just what I’ve been looking for! :-D

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June 19, 2009 @ 11:23 pm

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June 20, 2009 @ 12:02 am

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Guillermo said,

June 20, 2009 @ 12:04 am

Just enable Fast User Switching in System Preferences > Accounts > Login Options
A User icon will show up in the menu bar. Just click it and select “Login Window…” that’s it, locked screen.

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June 20, 2009 @ 12:08 am

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June 20, 2009 @ 12:10 am

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June 20, 2009 @ 12:31 am

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June 20, 2009 @ 3:00 am

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June 25, 2009 @ 1:18 am

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