Apple added the Touch ID or fingerprint sensor to the Mac last year 2015After a major renovation of these computers, the Cupertino company chose the MacBook Pro to implement this fingerprint sensor and today it is the only Mac that carries it. After the launch of the iPhone X, there were many rumors that said that this new sensor would reach Macs but at the moment there is nothing official, much less confirmed.
Without a doubt, having a MacBook with Touch ID may seem uninteresting or of little use at first, but it is not just a button to pay for purchases and unlock the device When it starts up in a new session, Touch ID has more features and we will see some of them today.
It is true that the options we have today are scarce, but these are some actions that the Touch ID allows us to perform. You can use it to activate the accessibility-related features on Mac, here are a couple of them:
- By clicking on the Touch ID button three times, the Accessibility options window will appear directly
- Holding down the Command key (cmd) and pressing the Touch ID button three times will enable or disable VoiceOver
Logically, the option that allows us to unlock the equipment is the one most used by everyone and then secondly we have the possibility of adding our credit or debit card and make payments through the different web pages that support Apple Pay. In this case we can also make the purchase of applications in the Mac App Store or see notes locked with password in the Notes app, for example.
Logically the functions are scarce because it is a fingerprint sensor and little else can be asked, but it would be interesting if Apple implemented it in the new Macs that it launches in the future since the accessibility to the equipment is much faster and safer Leaving aside the issue of payments through Apple Pay, it is always good to have this extra security so that the password is not "caught" when unlocking the Mac.