Disable when locked

Question

Disable when locked

jan-auer opened this issue 5 years ago · comments

Thanks for this excellent tool! I noticed that Jiggler is also active when the machine is locked. It would be nice to add an option to pause jiggler while this is the case.

Ben Haller · Answer 1 · Tue Dec 24 2019 22:51:22 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

What exactly do you mean by "locked"?

Jan Michael Auer · Answer 2 · Wed Dec 25 2019 19:56:44 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

I'm not sure when this feature was introduced, but it's possible to lock a Mac via the Apple menu, with a keyboard shortcut and using the TouchBar. It brings up the lock screen and requires a password:

In such cases, I'd prefer that Jiggler does not keep the machine awake (configurably, of course).

Ben Haller · Answer 3 · Sat Jan 04 2020 18:20:53 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Ah, got it. Well, I don't update Jiggler often nowadays, but if/when I do, this seems like a good request. I'm not sure it would even need to have a prefs option; perhaps it would just make sense never to jiggle when the screen has been locked by the user, what do you think? Anyway, thanks.

Ben Haller · Answer 4 · Fri May 29 2020 05:20:55 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

This is fixed in Jiggler 1.8, just released.