It's nice to be able to authenticate sudo via biometric id with the help of Pam, or unlock your password manager like bitwarden.
replyI don't think an apple watch would help there?
> I don't think an apple watch would help there?
replyYou can authorize via Apple Watch everything you can authorize via Touch ID. You get the notification on the Watch, and you need to press the button twice to auth.
I don't remember if it works every time, or only when MacBook is closed and connected to external display/keyboard.
Wait, one can wire up sudo to touch ID? I don't know how I never learned that before
replyYeap, it's possible starting from Sonoma:
https://sixcolors.com/post/2020/11/quick-tip-enable-touch-id...
replyI've got this functionality in linux with the framework laptop, and it really isn't much faster than typing in a password.
replyIt can be, if your typing is impaired.
reply> if you have an Apple Watch then you don’t need Touch ID
replyYeah, the move to Watch auth reopened the Macbook to the good old PowerBook System 7 days as far as effortless use goes. Touch is still great for escalation, 1Password, etc, but being able to be logged in by the time the screen is open is significant.
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replyMy experience with the Apple Watch is that Touch ID is faster to unlock my Mac. The “unlocking with Apple Watch…” thing takes too much time and by the time it would have completed my finger already reached the Touch ID and unlocked it.
replyDepends if you can win the race between it unlocking with the Apple Watch and you typing in your password.
replyApple Watch costs half this thing, but then again maybe there's a large percentage of phone/watch only users.
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