6 Things You Can Do With Touch ID on Your Mac (Besides Unlock It)

All recent Macs have a cool hardware feature — the addition of Touch ID. Even the iMac can use it now, thanks to Apple’s first Magic Keyboard with Touch ID. With it, you can quickly log in to your account without having to enter your password. But there’s so much much you can do with that little button that you probably don’t know about. 

The Touch ID button does more than just unlock your Mac or let you use Apple Pay. You can do other things like control your passwords, manage your apps, and even use your favorite Accessibility features. 

Whether you’re using your MacBook’s integrated Touch ID or the Magic Keyboard’s Touch ID, Read On for 6 Things You Can Do With Touch ID on Your Mac (Besides Unlocking It).

Side note: the Touch ID on the Magic Keyboard only works with Apple Silicon Macs.

How to Manage Touch ID on Mac

In case you aren’t using Touch ID yet, here’s a quick reminder of how to set it up and manage it. 

1. Click the Apple menu on the top left of your screen.
2. Click System Preferences.
3. Select Touch ID.

That’s it; you’ll be able to control everything about the Touch ID from this window, including some of the features we’ll talk about in a moment.