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How to disable Touch-ID on MacBooks via keyboard shortcut?

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On iOS I can disable Face-ID by pressing a specific combination of keys. For example, when I press the power button five times in a row on my iPhone 11, it will be locked and Face-ID is disabled until it is unlocked again. I'm looking for the same on MacOS. Currently I'm using a M1 MacBook Air. Pressing the Touch-ID button three times opens the Accessibility Shortcuts. **Edit:** On a different channel the bioutil command line tool was mentioned. To disable Touch-ID, run the following command: sudo bioutil --write --system --unlock 0. Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/afk3o0/comment/hlobtbf/ Mentioned: - https://mastodon.social/@stagen/110116972326763900 - https://mastodon.social/@stagen/110116993396491946 I see this as an alternative to what I'm looking for because it is too cumbersome to use compared to the iOS equivalent.
Asked by malte (131 rep)
Mar 31, 2023, 07:55 AM
Last activity: Nov 8, 2024, 12:34 PM