macOS has no built-in kiosk mode. Canned Web locks a Mac to one website, fullscreen. Spotlight, Cmd-Tab and screenshots blocked, locked to your domain, exit only with a password. Great for product demos, trade-show booths, signage and exhibits. One-time ā¬49, no MDM.
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I'm David and I run a small design studio. Canned Web came out of a problem I ran into when I built the setup of an exhibit at a museum. Putting a Mac in front of the public and needing it to show exactly one website, nothing else is not that trivial.
macOS has no built-in kiosk mode (no Guided Access like iPad), so your options are usually expensive MDM or fiddly configuration profiles. Total overkill for one screen. So I built the simple version.
Enter a URL, hold āā§S, and the Mac is sealed fullscreen to that site. Spotlight, Cmd-Tab, Cmd-Q and screenshots are blocked, navigation is locked to your domain, it auto-starts back into the site after a reboot, and the only way out is your exit password.
If you're a founder: it's genuinely great for demos at events; lock your product or demo to a Mac at your booth and hand it to anyone, with no risk of a curious visitor alt-tabbing to your desktop. Also great for reception screens, digital signage, museum/gallery exhibits.
It's a simple one-time purchase, ā¬49 per machine, no subscription, no cloud, nothing phones home. 14-day free trial. Native, notarized Mac app.
But it's not perfect; no app can disable the Mac's physical power/Touch ID button (macOS won't expose it).
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I'd love your honest feedback. what would make this a no-brainer for your setup? Happy to answer anything.
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