External hard drives are so cheap these days. Etc etc etc.īetterTouchTool is the first app I'd install on a new Mac.

Command 0 through Command 5 rate the current song 0 through 5 stars. For example, Command F1 through Command F4 trigger scenes on my Philips Hue lights. I created hotkeys that trigger all kinds of stuff. Here are a few of the ways I use it.ģ finger swipe left/right = go to the tab to the left or rightģ finger swipe up/down = go to the top or bottom of the page I cannot overstate how amazing BetterTouchTool is. It finally made the touchbar 'useful'.īetterTouchTool - For custom hotkeys, custom trackpad swipes and clicks, and so much more. I did the 30 day trial and after that I spent the $7 for a license because I seriously think it's worth it. The possibilities are pretty endless with this thing. I also have a second touchbar which comes up when I hit control.that touch bar has less-used items, like emojis for when I'm talking to my wife on iMessage, plus a 'Goodnight' button which turns off the screen, mutes the speakers, and puts the computer in rest mode. It looks way sleeker that way to me with the OLED. Except for the far right and far left buttons, each button is blacked out so all you see is the icon. On the far right is where I put my 'relax' button, which starts the screensaver. It took a little tinkering but left to right I have my escape button (in neon blue now), a pair of shortcuts to documents I use daily, a Spotify widget that plays music when I touch it plus displays the track information, a date/time widget which shows my local time (I'm out of the country for work), a second date/time widget which shows the time back home, plus your standard make screen go brighter and make screen go darker buttons, plus your volume controls. You can set it up to use the 'old keys before the touchbar' already.īetter touch tool was the only program I needed to install.

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