https://blog.hornmicro.com/TouchGuard/appcast.xml TouchGuard updates en Tue, 06 Oct 2026 16:51:04 GMT 39 2.0.0 14.0 <p>A rewrite in Swift, with a menu bar app.</p> <h3>Added</h3> <ul> <li>Menu bar app with an on/off toggle, delay presets and a custom delay slider (50–1000 ms), a blocked-click counter, Launch at Login and a global shortcut (⌃⌥⌘T).</li> <li>First-launch onboarding that explains the permission and closes by itself once it's granted.</li> <li>Automatic updates with Sparkle in the download version.</li> <li>Developer ID signed and notarised DMG, and a sandboxed Mac App Store version.</li> <li>Shows when another app's secure input (a password field, a password manager or a terminal's Secure Keyboard Entry) stops TouchGuard from seeing typing, with a link to the fix.</li> <li>Diagnostic logging (<code>log stream --predicate 'subsystem == "com.hornmicro.TouchGuard"'</code>). It records event types only, never which keys.</li> <li>Privacy manifest. TouchGuard collects no data.</li> </ul> <h3>Changed</h3> <ul> <li>Needs Accessibility permission instead of <code>sudo</code>.</li> <li>The event tap is turned back on at once when macOS disables it, and a watchdog checks it every 2 seconds. Blocking no longer stops silently. If the permission is removed while it's running, the tap is removed instead of stalling input.</li> <li>A drag that started before you typed always gets its mouse-up, so it can't get stuck.</li> <li>The command-line tool keeps the 1.x options (<code>-time</code>, <code>-nodebug</code>, <code>-TapEnableMsg</code>, <code>-TapDisableMsg</code>, <code>-version</code>) and is included in the app at <code>Contents/Helpers/touchguard</code>.</li> <li>Requires macOS 14 or later.</li> </ul> <h3>Removed</h3> <ul> <li>The C implementation. It's kept in history under the tag <code>legacy-final</code>.</li> </ul>