Re: Lock screen ?

2022-03-27 Thread Gabriel Zachmann via Cocoa-dev
> I did a similar thing for a remote control server I made for the Mac. You can > look at the window level or at capture screen depending on what you want to > achieve. What does that mean? Sorry , I am just a casual Mac programmer. (I used to code under Unix/Linux in C++, now not so much

Re: Lock screen ?

2022-03-27 Thread Gabriel Zachmann via Cocoa-dev
Thanks a lot for your response and for your link! > http://www.albertopasca.it/whiletrue/swift-c-lock-macos-programmatically/ Would a macOS appeasing that approach get through the app store approval process? Best regards, Gabriel smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature

Re: Lock screen ?

2022-03-27 Thread Mike Bellerby via Cocoa-dev
I did a similar thing for a remote control server I made for the Mac. You can look at the window level or at capture screen depending on what you want to achieve. Sent from my iPhone > On 27 Mar 2022, at 7:50 pm, Alex Zavatone wrote: > > How about a little more than that? Hmm? > >> On

Re: Lock screen ?

2022-03-27 Thread Alex Zavatone via Cocoa-dev
How about a little more than that? Hmm? > On Mar 27, 2022, at 1:18 PM, Mike Bellerby via Cocoa-dev > wrote: > > Yes it’s possible. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On 26 Mar 2022, at 12:44 pm, Gabriel Zachmann via Cocoa-dev >> wrote: >> >> Is it possible for a macOS app to lock the screen

Re: Lock screen ?

2022-03-27 Thread Mike Bellerby via Cocoa-dev
Yes it’s possible. Sent from my iPhone > On 26 Mar 2022, at 12:44 pm, Gabriel Zachmann via Cocoa-dev > wrote: > > Is it possible for a macOS app to lock the screen while it is running, so > that users need to enter their password when clicking the mouse or hitting a > specific key? >

Lock screen ?

2022-03-26 Thread Gabriel Zachmann via Cocoa-dev
Is it possible for a macOS app to lock the screen while it is running, so that users need to enter their password when clicking the mouse or hitting a specific key? Similar to what macOS does when a screensaver is running? In particular, is it possible to do so in full-screen mode? Best

simulate a screensaver lock screen

2011-03-11 Thread Austin
Hello, I am wondering if possible to code/simulate the similar effect of the screensaver authentication screen. The screen will be locked with a complete black background with a small front window (just like the screensaver lock screen) asking for user pre-set password (not system password