lock mac key board ????

Gilles Antoni · 10-20-2002, 07:24 PM

My cats, Like most people who have them,
love the screen saver as much as myself.
The problem is they allways step on the keyboard and stop the screen saver.
Does anyone know how to lock and of course unlock the keyboard?

JimO'Connor · 10-21-2002, 07:25 AM

How would you like a keyboard lock to work?

Gilles Antoni · 10-21-2002, 05:34 PM

It would be nice to just hit one key
(example. F1) to lock;
and one key (example. F2) to unlock.
similar to a cell phone.

If anyone has any ideas how to do this on a mac?

I know there's something with apple scripts that might work but I have no idea how to write scripts.

Socrates · 10-21-2002, 10:50 PM

Are Mac Keyboards available in USB?

Couldn't you just yank the cord form a conveniently located hub?

mrtew · 10-22-2002, 10:18 AM

All mac keyboards made in the last 5 years are USB but I think yanking them would wake up the screensaver! Also powerbook users can't yank them! However the OSX screensaver has a lock function built in... you just have to check the box in the preference pane to have it require a password. If you are still using OS9 you REALLY need to upgrade!

feldon34 · 10-22-2002, 05:02 PM

Unfortunately, Quark and Strata3D--among other vital Mac programs--still refuse to run smoothly on OS X.

JimO'Connor · 10-22-2002, 05:39 PM

I'll put it into the feature request list for future versions.

corey_stone · 10-30-2002, 04:09 PM

I often accidentally nudge the desk or kick the mouse cord, thus waking the screensaver, which is kinda annoying.

Tiny Turtle · 10-30-2002, 05:02 PM

Since I use the SSA on a PC, I'm not 100% sure this option is available in the Mac version, but I always have the "Exit on Mouse move" box unchecked in the settings panel. This way there are only a handful of keys that stop the SSA if pressed. Do the same as it would at least better your odds a bit

/Tiny Lock

10-20-2002, 07:24 PM	#1
Gilles Antoni Registered Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Chi-Town Posts: 3	lock mac key board ???? My cats, Like most people who have them, love the screen saver as much as myself. The problem is they allways step on the keyboard and stop the screen saver. Does anyone know how to lock and of course unlock the keyboard? Digital Artist

10-21-2002, 07:25 AM	#2
JimO'Connor Mac Development Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Kenai, Alaska Posts: 678	How would you like a keyboard lock to work? Jim O'Connor Order N Development

10-21-2002, 05:34 PM	#3
Gilles Antoni Registered Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Chi-Town Posts: 3	rely to key board lock It would be nice to just hit one key (example. F1) to lock; and one key (example. F2) to unlock. similar to a cell phone. If anyone has any ideas how to do this on a mac? I know there's something with apple scripts that might work but I have no idea how to write scripts. Digital Artist

10-21-2002, 10:50 PM	#4
Socrates Sage Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: West Hills, CA Posts: 1,529	Are Mac Keyboards available in USB? Couldn't you just yank the cord form a conveniently located hub? Bat rays? We don't need no stinking bat rays!

10-22-2002, 10:18 AM	#5
mrtew Registered Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: michigan Posts: 109	All mac keyboards made in the last 5 years are USB but I think yanking them would wake up the screensaver! Also powerbook users can't yank them! However the OSX screensaver has a lock function built in... you just have to check the box in the preference pane to have it require a password. If you are still using OS9 you REALLY need to upgrade! mrtew

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feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,938	Unfortunately, Quark and Strata3D--among other vital Mac programs--still refuse to run smoothly on OS X. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

10-22-2002, 05:39 PM	#7
JimO'Connor Mac Development Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Kenai, Alaska Posts: 678	I'll put it into the feature request list for future versions. Jim O'Connor Order N Development

10-30-2002, 04:09 PM	#8
corey_stone Registered Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 1	Ditto for Mouse Lock I often accidentally nudge the desk or kick the mouse cord, thus waking the screensaver, which is kinda annoying.

10-30-2002, 05:02 PM	#9
Tiny Turtle is pleased Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 7,365	Since I use the SSA on a PC, I'm not 100% sure this option is available in the Mac version, but I always have the "Exit on Mouse move" box unchecked in the settings panel. This way there are only a handful of keys that stop the SSA if pressed. Do the same as it would at least better your odds a bit /Tiny Lock Thanks to Morgan, Tiny Snapshots is up and running again with "Tiny Järvafält" as the latest addition – Go have a look and tell me what you think. "We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another." /Robert Oppenheimer on witnessing the first thermonuclear detonation in history.