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FortressMode: Protect Your Mac

Created by: lazygirl
6 devlogs
21h 13m 48s

This is a macOS MenuBar Utility App which makes your mac more secure in public or unsafe environment. This also happens to be my first time developing an app for macOS.

Inspired by Samsung's Mobile Feature, Lockdown mode disables all biometric …

This is a macOS MenuBar Utility App which makes your mac more secure in public or unsafe environment. This also happens to be my first time developing an app for macOS.

Inspired by Samsung’s Mobile Feature, Lockdown mode disables all biometric unlock systems when put on sleep/logged out/locked screen using this app from the menu bar/taskbar/phoneApp depending on the device & biometric system(s).

This project uses AI
  • Getting name inspirations for the app
  • Getting a roadmap to create the app – which did not work, sadly 😭
  • Fixing Bugs & Errors
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lazygirl
lazygirl shipped FortressMode: Protect Your Mac
about 1 month ago

Shipped this project!

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I finally shipped my first product!!!!!
😭
and also, I finally created my first macOS app.

It took me much more time than I had expected even though it was my first time building a macOS app or any Swift app.

It adds an additional security layer for privacy compromised environments, inspired by Samsung’s Lockdown Mode feature.

I learned a lot in this time and I’m super duper motivated to keep working on my second project :nod:

I hope you all find it useful and feedback is welcome!!
<3 :-)

lazygirl
lazygirl worked on FortressMode: Protect Your Mac
about 1 month ago
12h 38m logged

UI is ready now.
All actions planned for Version 1.0 are ready.
All left to do is figuring out why the helper installation error is being so stubborn 😭

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lazygirl
lazygirl worked on FortressMode: Protect Your Mac
about 2 months ago
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Updated the icons

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akhil
akhil about 2 months ago

icon looks awesome and way creative than anything I’ve seen this week lol

lazygirl
lazygirl about 2 months ago

Thank you Akhil !!!

lazygirl
lazygirl worked on FortressMode: Protect Your Mac
about 2 months ago
1h 57m logged

I have added lockdown functionality that disables TouchID, restore option & built basic UI.

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lazygirl
lazygirl worked on FortressMode: Protect Your Mac
about 2 months ago
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I have been developing on this app to offer some peace of mind to privacy-concerned users.
This app will help mac users disable their touchID and sleep the mac to be extra secure during flights, busy households, school, dorm, etc.

I plan to build apps for other platforms too. Let’s see where it goes!

P.S. I really wanted to add an attachment and I had no visuals for the app so I thought this should do 🫠

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Kuzu
Kuzu 21 days ago

cool!