G2FA for Google Authenticator 4+

G2FA does exactly what it promises to do, which is act as a desktop 2FA app for Google Authenticator. That's an automatc three stars and a firm recommendation if that's what you need.

I'd give it four stars if it were a little more polished. The app window is resizable but does not remember how you size it, so when you swap back to it, it's always too large. That's a fundamental enough flaw to cost it a star.

Also, this type of app would be perfect as a menubar app but running it that way is not an option. It has to run visibily with an actve icon in the Dock. I'd be fine with menubar support as a premium feature but it's not offered even for payment.

In sum: if you want a Google Authenticaor desktop app, this is what you need. However is doesn't offer much beyonf that basic feature, and there may be better options if you want a truly nice Mac experience.

Thank you very much for the feedbacks. It's my bad that I didn't include the feature that the main window should remember its position and size since everything looks good on my screen and I thought it could be fine on other screens. The next update will have it. MenuBar is being worked on. In fact, it was 70-80% complete in the 1.0.12 build. However I need to deal with auto launch at login. That's why it's not activated. Keyboard navigation is also nearly completed. I didn't plan to release version 1.0.12 last week. Not until those features are mature and complete. However, I got a big break through in terms of performance fixing the lag when minizing the windows on devices with Intel UHD GPUs and therefore I couldn't wait to ship it to every G2FA user out there. Best regards.

I started auto-backup on this thing back in August. Have added several other TOTP setups since then, but when I went to restore my auto-backup, it hadn't been touched since the initial backup. I was storing on a NAS via SMB to a folder that is always mounted when I login. Not sure what happened there, but none of my newer 2FA codes were backed up. Not when I added them, not when I started G2FA and not when I closed it. Just the first time I set it up. So, it's a backup, just not automated, and I'm not sure what qualifies as an external location, since it isn't documented, it's just a menu item in settings.

External location means any folder that you pick such as your Home folder or iCloud. Due to App Store's requirements about app-sandbox, G2FA can only access the folder via bookmark. When you log out, your Mac will disconnect to the NAS, therefore the bookmark of the selected folder will be revoked. I'm sorry that I didn't think of the situation before because I always use iCloud, whose bookmark data is stable and not revoked when users log out, and I assumed it's the preferred "external" location. And I highly recommend iCloud. It's the most secure and built right into the system. Anyway I'm sorry for your loss. I should have thought about that in the first place. Best regards.

I was able to easily import all of my existing by scanning the QR codes (10 per QR) using export from Google Auth iphone app. So really easy set up and now have it on all my devices. Thanks!

Thank you so much.