the "fit the small message area" framing is the smart part here, most people find out their lock screen message got truncated by trial and error. is it just character-counting against Apple's limit, or does it actually render a live preview against the real font metrics so you know before you save it
@ighor best of luck with today's launch. At £0.99 I decided to download and have a play. Nice UI and idea, what would be great would be to make the change to the settings automatically if possible.
About LockLines on Product Hunt
“Design Mac lock screen messages that fit”
LockLines launched on Product Hunt on September 24th, 2026 and earned 77 upvotes and 9 comments, placing #19 on the daily leaderboard. LockLines is a macOS app for designing plain-text lock screen messages that fit the small message area.
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Ighor July
the only thing ive ever put on my lock screen is an if found please call number lol. what are people mostly using it for?