Credit: MacID
The popular MacID enables you to unlock Mac with equipped Touch ID from your iPhone or iPad Devices. This third party MacID not only best for unlocking the device, it also has some advanced feature that you have to go with.
From this app, you will receive a major update for iOS and Mac OS X. And this application comes to free for Mac users.
The new update version MacID for OS X gets some advance changes that has been users request for some time, adding Sparkle updater improvement to make tighten security, keyboard shortcuts moves on to Mac clipboard to use from iPhone and iPad devices, restart the app if you face any problem getting connection with Bluetooth, and big list of bug fixes and enhancement.
Adds the ability to set keyboard shortcuts for locking and sending clipboard.
MacID can now even display the currently playing song if MacID for OS X is launched mid-song.
Adds German localization.
Updates Sparkle to use the latest version.
Completely re-written data send logic to improve communication between devices and prevent crashes.
Completely re-written window management to make it quicker for me to add new features in the future.
Adds support for using the colour scheme chosen in your primary iOS device. Changing the colour on iOS animates the colour change in any MacID for OS X windows open. Really swish!
MacID windows now use the lovely diagonal gradient, just like MacID for iOS the MacID website.
Adds support for getting more reliable device name information (rather than it sometimes just showing “iPhone”)
Stops the Dock icon briefly appearing and disappearing on app launch.Prevents an issue where the MacID menu items would be greyed out on app launch.
Adds support for only showing the snooze button on iOS notifications when the notification is sent due to Proximity Wake.
Prevents the auto-lock warning notification not dismissing even if you use the keyboard or mouse.
If the password is missing from the keychain, MacID will display the “Save Password” window on launch.
Adds the ability to relaunch MacID from the More menu. Useful for quickly fixing Bluetooth connection issues.
The Lock Screen menu item now has a nicer, tidier looking icon.
RSSI information now shows above the primary iOS device to make it clearer which device MacID is getting the information from.
Device menus now show more reliable states, and the primary iOS device now states that it’s primary.
Adds the ability to add more than two devices if you so wish, however two is still recommended due to OS X not handling multiple connections particularly well.
New progress indicator when sending/receiving large amounts of clipboard text.
Fixes a glitchy looking activity indicator window.
Windows are now “floating” windows. This means that if you accidentally click away from a MacID window you won’t have to bring up Mission Control to get back to it.
If you’re using a Dock icon instead of the Menu Bar icon, the Dock icon will show a “!” if there’s an issue like Bluetooth being turned off or unavailable.
MacID now determines that a user is active if the keyboard or mouse has been used in the last 3 seconds, previously it was 5. Doesn’t sound like much, but some people can get away from their Mac sooner than 5 seconds and auto-lock won’t trigger.
Brings back the “auto-move” option if MacID is launched anywhere other than the Applications folder. Useful for people who don’t use automatic updates and prefer to use the website.
If you have automatic updates disabled, choosing “check for update” will now take you to the website’s update page (like before automatic updates were implemented).
MacID lock-screen UI now displays properly if the screen is locked when dismissing a screensaver.
MacID also now properly hides it’s lock screen UI if you press escape on the screensaver’s lock screen. Previously it would get stuck on the screen.
Adds the ability to change your Tap to Unlock tap pattern without having to first disable Tap to Unlock.
Auto-lock menu now shows is an app or process is stopping the screen from sleeping (which disables auto-lock).
Unfortunately, the Caffeine app uses some way of keeping the screen awake that MacID can’t detect.
Fixes an issue where “taps” would get stuck on the screen.
Snoozing Proximity Wake from the iOS app will press the escape key so the screen shuts off straight away.
Prevents an issue where snooze time remaining could show a long negative number.
Proximity Wake now imposes a 5-second delay after screen sleep to stop it triggering as people are walking away.
If you want to get a new update visit to the developer site or if you have already installed the MacID on your OS X then you can find the update option give an update and get a new version.
MacID for iOS received the most useful feature of collection of enhancements and new options. In the middle of the app support for Pebble watch, 3D Touch for application settings, gets background app restart, battery enhancement, Apple Watch feature, notification sound and more.
Here you can know the details of New MacID for iOS:
Adds support for MacID for Pebble. Visit macid.co/pebble to download MacID for Pebble for free.
Adds a pressure sensitive Settings button. Try it out if you have a 6S or 6S Plus!
Adds support for Background App Refresh.
When Touch ID is disabled in MacID for iOS, opening MacID from a lock screen notification will unlock your Mac straight away without requiring your fingerprint again.
If MacID for iOS is in the foreground on two devices when you wake a Mac connected to both, unlocking from one will make the Touch ID prompt automatically disappear on the other (iOS 9 only).
If Low Power Mode is enabled, MacID will automatically throttle Bluetooth connections to save power. This will result in slower reaction times but decreased power usage.
Adds support for snoozing Proximity Wake for different durations (30 minutes, 1 hour, 6 hours or 1 day).
Adds support for only showing “snooze” in the interactive notification when the Mac wakes from Proximity Wake.
Minor changes to the Widget to make it fit in better with the Notification Center theme.
MacID for iOS now uses the same fancy full-screen diagonal gradients like MacID for OS X.
New animation when changing the colour scheme. (also works on MacID for OS X if you have a window open!)
Adds an option to completely hide the Widget if no Macs are connected.Adds new options to customise which sounds play for which notifications.
Adds option to “unlock all” or “lock all” from home screen 3D Touch shortcuts.
Removes some background tasks if no Apple Watch is paired to improve battery usage.
Fixes an issue where the Settings “ripple” effect wouldn’t work properly when choosing “Create shortcuts” from a long-touch menu.
Removes “swipe to activate buttons” on connected devices to stop accidental disconnections/removals.
Clears up unnecessary logging.Fixes the Widget showing the wrong name on German devices.
Fixes many background crashes.
Fixes an issue where the currently playing song wouldn’t show if a Mac disconnects and reconnects.
Significantly improved data send queue system to make it more reliable.
URL schemes can now use “macid://” instead of “macid:///”, previously set up URL schemes will continue to work.
Fixes an issue where launching the app from a notification wouldn’t ask for authentication if interactive notifications are disabled in settings.
Fixes the “welcome” window not being shown for new users.
Fixes an issue where the user account image wouldn’t automatically be sent when connecting a new Mac.
This new update will give more features, if you are new in this app then you can download from the App Store, but you need to spend $3.99 if you have already installed this app on your iPhone then go ahead with update option from the app.
Source: MacID for iOS Via: iDownloadBlog
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