OpenAI enabled a locked use feature for Codex that permits the system to control Mac applications from a connected phone even when the device is locked and the screen is off
It requires an Apple authorization plug-in for macOS sessions.
Dark magic. Codex.
Codex anywhere and everywhere, all the time. Now your Mac doesn’t have to be unlocked for Codex to use your computer. From your phone, Codex can securely use apps on your Mac, even when the screen is off and locked. https://developers.openai.com/codex/app/computer-use#locked-use
Watching Codex use a Mac that’s fully locked feels slightly impossible the first time you see it.
Apple built trusted foundations on macOS for this years ago. Codex is now shipping something magical on top of them!
Codex anywhere and everywhere, all the time. Now your Mac doesn’t have to be unlocked for Codex to use your computer. From your phone, Codex can securely use apps on your Mac, even when the screen is off and locked. https://developers.openai.com/codex/app/computer-use#locked-use
At this point I think OpenAI has more MacOS engineers than Apple does
Codex anywhere and everywhere, all the time. Now your Mac doesn’t have to be unlocked for Codex to use your computer. From your phone, Codex can securely use apps on your Mac, even when the screen is off and locked. https://developers.openai.com/codex/app/computer-use#locked-use