At a café.
You get up for a refill and your inbox, your chats, and your customer’s data sit open to a room full of strangers. One shortcut and the screen is black until you are back.
Leave without worry.
Your agents keep working.
Leave a Mac alone and one of two things goes wrong: it falls asleep and the work stops, or it stays on for the whole room to read. Veil fixes both with one shortcut.
- 14 days free
- No signup
- No credit card
Claude Code or Codex already keeping your Mac awake?That solves sleep. Veil also hides every screen, the second you need to leave.
When you need Veil.
Three everyday situations.
In the office.
A meeting in five minutes, and every colleague walking past can read three screens of your work. Veil the desk once and walk out; the build keeps going.
Checking in from home.
You remote in at 9pm to see how the task is doing. Veiled, the Mac is still awake and unlocked behind black glass, so you land straight in the session you left.
How it works.
Press, leave, come back.
- 01 / STEP AWAY
Hide your screens. Right now.
Coffee, a meeting, someone at your shoulder. Press Control–Escape—or set your own shortcut. Your screens go black, and your agent keeps working.
Your shortcut to step awayCustomize your shortcut in Settings. - 02 / KEEP WORKING
Leave your agents to it.
Every screen stays black. Behind it your desktop stays live, so your agents keep going, including the ones that use your computer.
- 03 / PICK UP AGAIN
Come back to where you left off.
Press the shortcut again and you’re back where you left off. Turn on Touch ID and only you can bring it back.
Small things.
Taken care of.
Veils when you forget to.
Automatic Veil covers the desk after a few minutes without typing, unless a call or a presentation is keeping the screen awake. A timer running out never locks the Mac by itself.
All your monitors at once.
The MacBook and every external monitor go black together, on the same keypress. No screen gets left on by accident.
Touch ID to unveil.
By default any key brings the desk back. Choose when Veil asks for Touch ID, and a later return goes through the real macOS Lock Screen.
Block the keyboard and mouse.
Optionally ignore physical keys and clicks while veiled. Your shortcut still works, and software agents are unaffected. A deterrent, not a lock.
Battery-aware.
A low battery flashes a warning on the black screens. At the critical level Veil puts the Mac to sleep rather than let it die: still black, never unveiled.
LOCK, DIM, OR VEIL
Private like a lock.
Running like you never left.
Locking is the official answer. Holding the brightness key down is the one people actually use, because it’s right there on the keyboard. Neither does the whole job.
Lock the MacTurn the brightness downVeil
Hides every screenAll of themThe built-in display only. Most external monitors stay litAll of them, together
Computer-use agents keep workingThey can’t see or click past the Lock Screen
Keeps the Mac awake while you’re goneIt sleeps on its usual timerIt sleeps on its usual timerAwake until you’re back
Stays hidden until you’re backAnyone can turn it back upWith Touch ID turned on
Covers you when you forgetIf auto-lock is set up, and it stops your agentsOnly if you rememberAutomatic Veil
Already have an agent or an app that keeps your Mac awake?That covers one row of this table. Veil covers all five.
FOR THE SECURITY-CONSCIOUS
Policy says lock the screen.
Your engineers don’t, because the agent is mid-task.
Veil is the version of that rule people will actually follow. Nearby eyes see nothing, the work keeps running, and if your policy needs a real lock on return, require Touch ID on unveil and roll it out as a managed setting.
For organizations it is a configuration profile and a signed package. No agent server to host. No employee accounts. Seats are bought online and released from a portal.
Veil for organizations →PAY ONCE
Try it for two weeks.
Then decide.
PERSONAL
$19$29
Launch price for a limited time. 14 days free.
One purchase for up to two Macs you own. Every update included. Full refund within 30 days, no reason needed.
ORGANIZATION
$24/ seat
One-time. From 5 seats. Buy online.
One shared key, a configuration profile, and a signed package for Jamf, Kandji, or Intune. Employees never sign in to anything.
- Signed and notarized
- Developer ID signed, hardened runtime, notarized by Apple.
- No account
- Download, open, use. The trial needs no signup and no card.
- Diagnostics when you send them
- Support diagnostics leave your Mac only when you submit them. Product analytics is separate.
F.A.Q.
Frequently asked questions
My agent already keeps my Mac awake. Why would I need Veil?
Keeping the Mac awake is the easy half, and Claude Code and Codex already do it for free. The other half is what the room sees while you are gone. An awake Mac shows your work until the display sleeps, which can be five or ten minutes. Veil makes every screen black the second you press the shortcut, without locking the session your work is running in.
Why not just lock it, close the lid, or dim the screen?
Each one fixes half. Locking is private, but it interrupts your session behind a password. Closing the lid puts the Mac to sleep, or leaves your external monitors lit. A screen saver either locks the Mac or disappears when anyone moves the mouse. Minimum brightness is still readable, rarely reaches external monitors, and anyone can turn it back up. Veil blacks out every supported display in a second, keeps the Mac awake, and can require Touch ID before anything comes back.
Does Veil lock my Mac?
No. Veil makes the displays black; the session stays active. If you want a real lock, choose when Veil should ask for Touch ID: come back after that time and the screens stay black until macOS has locked, then you return through the Lock Screen. A timer running out never locks the Mac on its own.
Will my desktop agent keep working?
Yes. The Mac stays awake and the desktop keeps rendering, so Claude, Codex, builds, and uploads carry on as if nothing happened. Only your eyes are cut off. Brief branded transitions can appear in screen recordings; explicit sleep or a critical battery still pauses work as it always would.
Will it work with my external monitors?
Veil checks every connected display before it changes anything. If each one can go safely dark and come back, the whole desk veils together. If one cannot — DisplayLink, AirPlay, Sidecar, or a virtual display — Veil refuses the session and names the display instead of leaving it half covered.
Can I deploy Veil across our organization?
Yes. Buy seats online, then download a signed installer and a pre-filled configuration profile from the organization portal. Push the profile, then the package, with Jamf, Kandji, or Intune. Macs activate on first launch; nobody pastes a key or signs in.
Is it a subscription?
No. A personal license is one purchase for up to two Macs you own, with a 14-day full trial and a 30-day refund. Organization seats are one-time too, priced per seat with a five-seat minimum.
Leave the desk.
Not the work.
Try Veil free for 14 days. Find your own rhythm.