Take back the Touch Bar. I love the Touch Bar. That's why I was so upset that Apple just sat on its useless user interface. So, inspired by Vas3k's popular blog post on the subject, and determined to make good on the promise that Apple broke, I've spent a (ridiculous) amount of time reworking the foundations of the Touch Bar into GoldenChaos-BTT: a true general purpose Touch Bar UI with. I use BTT to customize different trackpad gestures either globally or on per app basis. I also use BTT for all my window management needs (move window left/right or maximize). It's achieved with an app called BetterTouchTool. It allows you to customize various aspects of the mac such as the touchbar, the trackpad and other useful tools. It's worth the price and I cannot recommend it enough.
Download Touchbar Pet
(version 0.8.1)
Git pull a project and more – Better touch tool – TouchBar This is a short tutorial on how to setup Terminal command with Better touch tool in one of my use cases. In my case I used Synchronous blocking terminal command that git pulls from the repo and at the same time remakes changes to one configuration file to prepare it for local.
This is currently a work-in-progress, but feel free to download and check out the beta!
Better Touch Tool For Pc
I’ll be updating it every several days, check back!
Version Updates
version 0.1 – basic app
version 0.2 – tail animations
version 0.3 – pet can die now
version 0.4 – starts as a baby
version 0.5 – childhood stage, pet poops now
version 0.6 – egg and elder stage
version 0.7 – always present in touchbar. two-finger tap to use the laser pointer. the lifecycle completes when the elder transforms into an egg
version 0.8 – swipe to roll a ball, save on quit
version 0.8.2 – some more animations
FAQ
How do I open the app?
You used to have to right-click the app to open it. But the latest build is notarized by Apple, so it should open normally. If you are still having problems opening version 0.5 or later, this Apple support article might help.
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What MacOS version do I need to run this app?
MacOS 10.14 and higher.
My ipad wont let me download apps. I opened the app, but only see a blank window titled “Touchbar Pet”.
Look at your touchbar!
I still don’t see anything on my touchbar.
You may have changed your touchbar settings at some point.
1. Go to your computer’s System Preferences.
2. Click “Keyboard”.
3. Set “Touch Bar shows” to “App Controls”
4. Reopen the Touchbar Pet app.
What are the controls?
– Tap your pet to pet it.
– Tap poop to remove it.
– Tap the egg to hatch it.
– Tap an empty spot on your touchbar to place a food pellet.
– Tap anywhere with two fingers play with a laser pointer.
– Swipe in an empty spot to roll a ball.
Why is my pet losing health?
– Your pet is starving (hunger level is 10).
– Your pet is overfed (you fed them for a while after hunger reached 0).
– Your pet’s environment is too dirty. Tap poop to clean it up.
– Your pet is dying of loneliness. Pet them and play with them more frequently.
This list will be expanded in future versions.
How does my pet regain health?
When I’m sick, I feel better by eating enough food and getting plenty of sleep. Download kodak easyshare software free. Let your pet take naps with hunger less than 4 (but don’t overfeed them), and let them wake up on their own (don’t force them awake).
How do I keep my pet happy?
Make sure they are healthy, well-fed, and pet them often. They like a clean environment, so remove any poop. They get grumpy if they are awakened from naps too often.
This list will be expanded in future versions.
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The release notes are also always available via http://updates.folivora.ai/bettertouchtool_release_notes.htmlBetter Touch Tool App
- Some improvements for M1 Macs (in case the update doesn't work automatically on these, please download a fresh copy from https://folivora.ai/)
- You can now make Caps Lock act as a 'Hyper Key' (a key that automatically presses all standard modifier keys for you). This allows you to define shortcuts like cmd+ctrl+opt+shift+A (which for sure won't interfere with anything) and still trigger them easily by only pressing Caps Lock + A.
To achieve this just record the Caps Lock key as a shortcut and assign the new 'Act as Hyper Key' action to it. - Capturing the special & media keys on a keyboard and assigning actions to them is possible again (e.g. Play, Next, Previous, Eject).
- The 'Open URL / Open URL with Selection' action now allows to select which Browser to use
- BTT can now be set as Default Browser. This allows you to run BTT actions based on the URL/App, and e.g. forward specific URLs to specific Browsers. (E.g. always open Microsoft Teams in Edge. It also allows to implement custom logic using scripts to determine how a URL shall be handled.
For more details see http://docs.folivora.ai/docs/1003_did_open_url.html. - Touch Bar buttons, script widgets and menubar items now support SF Symbol icons
- Added a 'Find Image on Screen & Move Mouse' action, which let's you search for some pixels on your screen and move the mouse cursor to the found position (if any). It's currently pretty basic but if you combine that with some click actions it can make it easier to automate things.
- The 'move mouse to position' action can now move relative to the corners of the main-screen or mouse-screen.
- The || operator used in the 'trigger menubar menu item' action will now also cycle between items if one of them is disabled.
- Many little bugfixes.