I really wish Apple would offer a pin option on macos. For this reason, precisely. Either that, or an option to automatically disable touchid after a short amount of time (eg an hour or if my phone doesn't connect to the laptop)
replyYou can setup a separated account with a long password on MacOS and remove your user account from accounts that can unlock FileVault. Then you can change your account to use a short password. You can also change various settings regarding how long Mac has to sleep before requiring to unlock FileVault.
replyI didn’t understand how a user that cannot unlock FileVault helps. Can you please elaborate on this setup? Thanks.
replyWith that setup on boot or after a long sleep one first must log in into an account with longer password. Then one logs out of that and switches to the primary account with a short password.
replyAs another alternative, rather than using Touch ID you can setup a Yubikey or similar hardware key for login to macOS. Then your login does indeed become a PIN with 3 tries before lockout. That plus a complex password is pretty convenient but not biometric. It's what I've done for a long time on my desktop devices.
replyWait, wasn’t touch id phased out together with the intel touch bar macbooks? I’ve never used anything but a long password to unlock.
replyNo, it's been part of the power button since then.
replyOn my Macbook Pro, I usually need to use both touch and a password but that might be only when some hours have passed between log ins.
replyYou can script a time out if desired.
replyuhm, are you saying its not possible to require an actual password to unlock osx?
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replyThere's only ten possible guesses, and most people use their thumb and/or index finger, leaving four much likelier guesses.
replyAlso, IANAL, but I'm pretty sure that if law enforcement has a warrant to seize property from you, they're not obligated to do so immediately the instant they see you - they could have someone follow you and watch to see how you unlock your phone before seizing it.
0.1 in itself is a very good odd, and 0.1 * n tries is even more laughable. Also most people have two fingers touchID, which makes this number close to half in reality.
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