iPhone
One big button, and above it how long the Mac has been unlocked.
For Mac, iPhone and Apple Watch
Walk away.
Walk away.
Your Mac locks.
Lock your Mac's screen from your iPhone, your Apple Watch, a widget or Siri. Or leave your desk and let it notice you've gone. You stay signed in and every app keeps running. Only the screen locks.
Free for one Mac, forever. Pro is $3.99 once. No subscription.
From your pocket or your wrist
Lock it from wherever your hand already is.
The same lock, four ways in. Each one shows whether the Mac is actually locked.
Apple Watch
Lock from your wrist, and pick which Mac if you have more than one.
Widgets
Home Screen and Lock Screen. A tap locks the Mac without opening the app.
Siri and Shortcuts
Ask out loud, name the Mac, or drop the action into any Shortcut.
How a lock travels
Fast when you're close.
Fast when you're close.
Reachable when you're not.
Same Wi‑Fi
< 1second
Your iPhone talks straight to the Mac, and the Mac answers back. When it says locked, it's locked.
Anywhere else
A fewseconds
The request goes through your own private iCloud database. A silent push wakes the Mac, which checks the signature and locks.
PRO
Walked away
Zerotaps
Your Mac watches your iPhone over Bluetooth. When the signal fades past your threshold, or drops for longer than you allow, it locks itself.
Features
Small app. Everything it needs.
LockMyDesk does one job: it locks the screen. Here is everything around that one job.
One-tap lock on iPhone
A single big button, with the Mac's lock status right above it.
Apple Watch app
Lock from your wrist, with a picker when you own several Macs.
Home and Lock Screen widgets
Locks in place. The app never has to open.
Siri and Shortcuts
“Lock my Mac with LockMyDesk”, or ask whether it's locked.
Walk-away lock PRO
Leave your desk with your iPhone and the Mac locks behind you.
Distance and delay PRO
You decide how far is too far, and how long the Mac waits.
Every Mac you own PRO
Each Mac shows up everywhere on its own once the app runs on it.
Honest lock status
Live on the same Wi‑Fi. Away, the last known state, labelled with its age.
Works from anywhere
Off your network, the lock travels through your own iCloud account.
Menu bar or Dock
Lives in one place, never both. Your choice, switchable any time.
Only the screen locks
You stay signed in and apps keep running, exactly like pressing ⌃⌘Q.
Signed requests
Every lock is signed with a key only your devices hold. Pairing is your iCloud sign-in.
Pricing
One Mac free. The rest, once.
No subscription and no trial clock. Locking one Mac by hand stays free for good.
Free
$0forever
Everything you need to lock one Mac from anywhere.
- One Mac, and you choose which
- Lock from iPhone, Apple Watch, widgets and Siri
- As often as you like, with no time limit
- Live lock status
- Move the free slot to another Mac any time
- No ads, no account
LockMyDesk Pro ONE-TIME
$3.99once
The rest of your setup, unlocked for good.
- Everything in Free
- Every other Mac you own
- Walk-away locking over Bluetooth
- Distance and delay settings that tune it
- One purchase covers the Mac and iPhone apps
- Shared with your household through Family Sharing
Pro is an in-app purchase sold by Apple, from the Mac or the iPhone app. Restore it any time from Settings. US price shown; the App Store sets the price in your country.
Privacy
Nothing to sign up for. Nothing to leak.
LockMyDesk has no server. The only things stored anywhere are your Mac's name and its pairing key, and they live in your private iCloud database, where only your devices can read them.
Read the privacy policy →- No accountSign in to the same iCloud on both devices. That's the pairing.
- No analytics, no ads, no third-party SDKsNothing reports back to anyone, the developer included.
- Signed commandsHMAC-SHA256 with a key your Mac makes on first launch, so a forged request is ignored.
- Public API onlyIt locks the way the system does. No private entitlements, nothing hidden.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
Does locking sign me out or close my apps?
No. LockMyDesk locks the screen the same way you would with Control-Command-Q. You stay signed in, downloads keep downloading and every app keeps running behind the lock screen.
What do I need?
A Mac on macOS 26.5 or later and an iPhone on iOS 18 or later, both signed in to the same iCloud account. The Apple Watch app is optional and needs watchOS 11.
How do my Mac and iPhone pair?
They already have. Open the Mac app once and it publishes itself to your private iCloud database; the iPhone finds it there. No code to type and nothing to scan.
I have two Macs. Do I need Pro?
The free plan locks one Mac of your choice, and you can move it to another Mac whenever you like. Pro locks all of them, from every app, the widget and Siri.
Is Pro a subscription?
No. It's $3.99 once. It covers the Mac and iPhone apps on your Apple Account and is shared with your family through Family Sharing.
Why can't my Apple Watch do walk-away locking?
watchOS doesn't let apps broadcast over Bluetooth, so a Mac can't see the Watch at all. The Watch is a remote control; walk-away locking follows your iPhone.
Does the Mac app need Accessibility permission?
It's optional. With it, the app presses the system's own Lock Screen shortcut and nothing else. Without it, the app starts the screen saver instead, which locks as long as your Mac asks for a password when the screen saver begins.
What happens if my Mac is offline?
A lock request is only good for a minute, so an old one can never lock your Mac hours later by surprise. Meanwhile the iPhone and Watch show the last state the Mac reported, with how long ago that was, rather than passing it off as current.
Get up. Walk away.
Your Mac has it handled. Free for one Mac, on the App Store for Mac, iPhone and Apple Watch.
Requires macOS 26.5, iOS 18 and, for the Watch app, watchOS 11.