iLock3.2.0

Name: iLock
Price: 8.99 $
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)

28 December 2020

Password-protect any OS X application.

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Overview

iLock password-protects any OS X application from unauthorized usage without modifying anything in your system settings and/or applications. It is safe to use!

Easy To Use

iLock is very easy to use. Select any application you want to protect by drag'n'drop. After doing this, choose a password. The selected apps are now password protected.

Background Process

iLock is a background process and does not use any system resources.

Touch ID support

Use Touch ID to unlock applications.

Security

Using AES encryption schemes. No-one can launch a protected app without knowing the password.

Logging

Keep track when someone tries to start your protected apps.

Capture Photos

See who tried to launch your protected applications with failed attempts.

Hot Key Access

Create a custom Hot Key to reveal iLock

Localized

English, Dutch, French, German, Russian, Chinese Simplified,Japanese, Greek, Hungarian, Spanish, .. more to come.

What's new in iLock

Version 3.2.0:

Added icon tooltips.
Improved TouchID support.
Fixed issue with saving log file.
Fixed issue when running on Apple Silicone.
Now full macOS 11 compatible.

29 Reviews of iLock

Handy tool to prevent apps to launch without a password. Works well if more users use one account. Feature request: schedules would be an awesome addition.

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Extremely easy to bypass by opening Activity Monitor, en Quitting the iLock Application

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It becomes easier to keep the apps safe with iLock. Now nobody can use my apps without my permission. This app is useful when one mac has many users as in my case.

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Fine working security client to password protect apps. Amazing simple to setup. If you need to protect certain apps, this is just what you need.

Great app, and nice support!! I'm really happy with their treatment , and the functioning of the app , 100 % recommended

Our iMac is used by all family members with only one login. Yes, we can of course use a login for each user but we choose not to do so (for various reasons). iLock does a neat job keeping our kids from launching some apps. Great product !

MichaelHaeusler

11 November 2015

Version: 1.5.2

Works for most apps, I guess, but not all. I need to block the Time Machine in /Applications, i.e. not the Time Machine backup service—only the app itself… but that doesn't work. When I try to drag the "Time Machine.app" file into the iLock window, iLock doesn't do anything. Instead Time Machine app launches.

When I lock Google Chrome Canary, Google Chrome Stable locks too!

Lightweight. Slick interface. Unobtrusive. Easy to protect apps independently. Works as advertised and highly recommended.

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IMYMEMINE

22 May 2015

Version: 1.5.1

Like comment of Doncho Indzhov, I have a problem with iLock, too.
I do not use the sleep mode.
Sometimes iLock does not work after rebooting or turn on.
At this time, like comment of Doncho Indzhov, hotkey does not function. and iLock application also does not work. Then, I have to reboot in order to solve this problem.
It is certain that it has a problem.

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Ivan-Ivanov

19 May 2015

I have a problem with iLock. When I hide application from menu bar. Application is still hidden from everywhere. I can't access to window with settings. When I use "hotkey" the result is nothing. How can now I open the application settings window?

Mikael-B

22 September 2014

Version: 1.2.6

I'd like an app that prevented all apps to open files from a set of certain folders during certain time periods. A kind of time lock of the content in folders. I'd prefer to only lock execution. There anything like that out in the Mac universe?

GEM Alert ! Easy to set up with a dead simple GUI. Great tool to protect individual apps. It is pretty cool you can protect one application for free. I only have to protect one application so no need to buy this. :-)

i want myself as the only user on my mac...but with this app, i can share my macbook with my family even when i'm away. request: please include in option, a lock when close application check box. so that i dont have to quit an app just to lock it again. like whats happening when you close chrome and mail.

VERY EASY to use & Straight to the point! This is EXACTLY what I was looking for and it delivered, I have absolutely no complaints KUDOS.

Here is a gem of an simple yet powerful app! Great to protect selected apps from launching without the need for creating multiple accounts.

This is what I was looking for - protecting apps to launch without a baker's dozen unneeded options. Great app.

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Very nice, small and simple to use utility for password lock your apps. Come to think of it, this would be great if Apple included such thing in a future OSX version.

x0x0

15 April 2014

Version: 0.9.7

Does it also password protect preferences files and profiles? Take Firefox and Safari for instance; bookmarks being stored outside these applications, what if they are locked but anyone can sneak into bookmarks files? The Console is password protected but log files are accessible easily. Same thing for mailboxes.

Cowicide

28 March 2014

Version: 0.8.1

Can this take photos during failed login attempts or is that a planned feature?

Since Espionage cannot password protect apps anymore like it used to in the old 2.x version(s), this is exactly what I was looking for. Simple and lightweight and so far very stable even in beta-stage. Looks very promising indeed.

Great unique app imo Could be useful when your kids uses your Mac and you do not want to make an additional account. Not sure it is wise to use beta software for security. :-) Anyhow, its worth checking out and I look forward to the release.

iLock is an absolutely brilliant security app ! It is so simple to use and works as advertised. One thing I would like to see is a way to choose your own key-shortcut to expose the iLock settings. I mean, ctrl+alt+cmd+i is a bit awkward to handle. ;-) But this is just nitpicking .. this is truly a very useable app and one I to keep an eye on !

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