[tlu] test request

[Adam R. Maxwell]

Yeah, touch id is neat, and it's on my list of things to look into. It's not clear to me if this will work for 3rd party applications, or if it's only for Apple proper. If other 3rd party applications allow it, it might magically start working once I'm enrolled in the developer program.


https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/106386


Unfortunately, I'm stuck trying to get the Apple developer program to accept a credit card payment so I can get a code signing cert and notarize it. Their website is incredibly broken, and I'm running into the same brick wall that a lot of other people have hit, and their email support people are…unhelpful.


https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/126314



On February 3, 2021 at 10:35 AM, Richard Koch <koch at uoregon.edu> wrote:


Adam and Bruno,

As Adam already knows, this is also my main request for the new TLU. I've had touchID since 2016, and mosts apps requiring passwords allow it. My guess is that Apple handles the gory details like clamshells, and a flag somewhere will activate the feature.

Dick


On Feb 3, 2021, at 5:55 AM, Bruno Voisin via tlu <tlu at tug.org> wrote:


A disconnected remark: having now a Mac with TouchID, I've got accustomed to authenticate by finger pressing instead of password typing; I must admit it's grown on me (especially since, on a French keyboard, typing a password with uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers and diacritics involves a lot of two- or three-finger contortions).


Sometimes this possibility is offered, sometimes it's not. The TouchID System Pref makes it possible to select the types of authentication for which the possibility is offered. Probably it depends also on the developer having allowed this in their app.


The four checkboxes in System Pref are


Unlocking your Mac
Apple Pay
iTunes Store, App Store & Apple Books
Password AutoFill


All four are checked on my setup. I couldn't figure out exactly, though, for apps and system tasks, which criteria define when password typing is required and when TouchID is offered as an alternative. I couldn't find any logic in it.


TeX Live Utility does not offer to authenticate via TouchID. I imagine only the first checkbox above would apply to it.


All this to say: if it's possible to implement TouchID authentication in TLU, that would be cool. If that's too much hassle, no problem, password typing is fine.


Also, TouchID is only possible when you're using a Mac laptop with Touch ID button. When working with the laptop in clamshell mode on an external screen with BlueTooth keyboard and mouse, that's not an option. And I imagine with iMac and Mac Pro that's not an option either.


Bruno





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