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Cover your Mac screen with a hotkey while AI agents keep running. Dog/cat mascot, native Settings, Touch ID unlock.

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Lockpaw One hotkey to cover your Mac screen without putting it to sleep

Name: Lockpaw One hotkey to cover your Mac screen without putting it to sleep
Availability: InStock
Author: eriknielsen

by eriknielsen·Mar 23, 2026·7 points·1 comment

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AI Analysis

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Finally a privacy screen that doesn't kill your AI agents with macOS sleep.

Strengths

•IOKit assertion prevents sleep while locked — agents and builds keep running
•Native Swift build is 3.4 MB with no Electron or external frameworks
•Touch ID unlock matches native macOS security experience exactly

Weaknesses

•macOS only — Windows and Linux users need alternative solutions
•Niche use case mainly matters to developers with long-running background tasks

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