Passwords Menubar in macOS 26.4 Shares Unlock Status With the Main App

Ricky Mondello, on hachyderm.io : New to macOS 26.4, the menu extra for the Passwords app shares its unlock state with the full app. So if you use Touch ID or your Mac password to unlock the menu extra and then go to add a new password or open an item in the full app, you won’t have to authenticate again to unlock the app. That fact that this is exciting says a lot of how many rough edges Apple…