A tool to unlock your macbook lock screen from the command line. This is mostly useful when connecting remotely to a
mac over vnc. Apple does not allow pasting a passport on the lock screen when using vnc. This tools will give you
the possibility to fill in the password to this tool, and unlock your mac with it.
❗️ Currently, this tool is in alfa phase. This will mean that is is not though-fully tested. If you find any bugs please submit them.
📚 ✍️ Feel like contributing? Submit an issue with your ideas (or bugs) and we'll discuss it.
Using curl:
curl -L https://github.com/mat1th/unlocker/releases/download/<current version>/unlocker.zip -o unlocker.zip
unzip unlocker.zip
chmod 775 unlocker
This tool should be installed on the device you want to unlock.
OVERVIEW: Control locking and unlocking of your device using the command-line.
USAGE: unlocker <subcommand>
OPTIONS:
--version Show the version.
-h, --help Show help information.
SUBCOMMANDS:
unlock Unlock your machine (will ask for your password to unlock)
lock Lock your machine
See 'unlocker help <subcommand>' for detailed help.
Open the package.swift file in xcode to open the project.
The logic for locking and unlocking the lock screen of macos can be found in the UnlockerCore package witch can be
included in your own project
GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE licensed.