osx-lock-on-remove-usb

Lock the screen on OS X when some USB device is removed.

This tool relies on the usage of the default ctrl+cmd+q shortcut to lock the screen.

Find vendor and product ID

Run system_profiler SPUSBDataType in your terminal and look for your USB device. Copy the Vendor ID and the Product ID after the 0x part and paste them in the installation command.

Installation

./install.sh <vendor-id> <product-id>

First run

After the install detach your usb device to trigger the script. This will ask for "bash" to have access to "Accessibility", do so to fully enable the script.

Uninstall

./uninstall.sh <vendor-id> <product-id>