USB Fingerprint Reader for Mac

I bought 2 of these back in 2012 and they worked great on my MacBook Pro with Retina running Mountain Lion. While the hardware itself may be fine, there is no software for newer versions of MacOS. If you have Mavericks or Yosemite (10.9 or 10.10) this WILL NOT WORK for you. If you have anything at Mountain Lion (10.8) or older then I would give it 4 1/2 stars. The only issue I ever had was that it was a little loose in the port and occasional fell out.

Latest software for Mountain Lion. Easy to install and works well but only on the Mac system passwords - logging on and opening locked system preferences. Does not work on Firefox 19.0, in spite of the plug-in, or Safari. Handy time saver but was expecting it to function as described. It didn't. Especially wanted it for websites. Also does not work with 1Password. I read that Apple purchased this company so I'm hoping that they upgrade the software to have it do everything it claims. Recommend with the web logon caveat.

Occasionally the reader is a bit temperamental, but most of the time it works very well. It is compact, sleek and has impressed many friends.

I ordered this fingerprint scanner with fairly low expectations, considering its bargain basement price. As it turns out, the Mac software (a free download from the company's web site) is superb and integrates seamlessly into the operating system. No need to type your password to login anymore, a simple scan of your finger will identify and authenticate you (you can also revert to classic authentication with a simple click, or by unplugging the scanner). The scanner also takes care of administration password requests (when you install software, for instance) and even web site passwords! I no longer need to type my infuriatingly long Amazon password to place an order, I just scan my thumb. The software is configured via the TruSuite control panel, which lets you scan all your fingers and associate an action to each: for instance, you can have a scan of your left hand index finger trigger the launch of iPhoto and the left pinky shut down the computer. You can individually activate or deactivate the different features (web logon, quick launch, fast user switching, fingerprint log on and authentication dialog). A quality product, surprisingly useful and bundled with quality software for OSX: highly recommended.

I knew this was a piece of junk when I opened the package to find no instructions. Went to website to view user manual and download plug-in. Spent 45 minutes following instructions but never got it working. Company has no phone support so I have it waiting for the UPS driver to pick up and return. MAC software is the easiest in the world. I'm amazed these clowns could screw it up. I only gave it one star because there is no choice for zero stars. This item and it's supplier are ZEROS.

I was extremely excited for the Eikon mini for Mac. When i got it, it was thrilled that it worked so great. So great that i ordered a second one. It's fast at reading your fingerprint, it's small, and it works flawlessly with OS X and Windows - authentication dialogue and logon menu. Even though this is the mac version, the only difference is the packaging - where the software can be downloaded from Authentec's website. The pc software works great as well. All was great until the first one i ordered suddenly stopped working. The fingerprint reader seemed to think that a finger was swiping it in a loop. It would no longer work. Really disappointed, but the second one still functions great. Pros: Fast (+1 star) Small - portable (+1 star) Cost effective (+1 star) Works with OS X, Linux and Windows system wide (+2 star) Cons: Stopped working after a week (-2) Not durable. so order a few backups.

Setup is fine. Cannot get the darn thing to work with Firefox 15. Apparently thats because Eikon will not update software.

Just got this product today. I had read earlier this week that there's a new version of the software and driver for Mountain Lion, so I made sure that I downloaded and installed it (you can find it here: [...] Initial enrollment of the fingerprints was pretty straight forward and it was able to read my fingerprints immediately. I am only using the Mac authentication functionalities of the reader, so I have not yet tried the app launch and web login features. But I do use Spotlight to launch apps and other password manager to keep my web logins, so I'll just use this reader to authenticate into my Mac. While authenticating, one thing I found is that you can't swipe your finger quickly right after it prompts for it, as it actually takes a second or two to initialize the reader. Once the reader has initialized, so far it has been pretty accurate. Definitely something you should look into if you want to have biometric authentication on your Mac laptop. I'll provide more updates to this review after I've used this for an extended period of time.