BetterTouchTool is a powerful macOS application that enables users to completely customize their various input devices such as Keyboards, the (Magic) Mouse and Magic Trackpad, the Touch Bar, the Siri Remote or even things like the Stream Deck. Today let’s have a look at a new feature that has recently been integrated into BetterTouchTool and

BetterTouchTool is an essential tool that can help anyone streamline their workflows, but I think it really shines when it helps me solve some of my everyday frustrations. I mainly use a Magic Trackpad at my desk. It’s a great way to navigate a Mac: smooth scrolling, great haptic feedback, and gestures for multitasking with

As you get better at making automated tools for your Mac, you’ll realize how scarce unique key combinations become as your number of keyboard-triggered automations increases. That’s where the Hyper Key comes in. This video explains what the Hyper Key is, how to set it up, and how to use it. 00:00 - Intro 00:42 - What is the Hyper Key? 01:57 - Programming Hyper Key 03:38 - Using the Hyper Key 04:41 - In Conclusion Geek Meter – 1 You’ll be shocked at how easy it is to create a Hyper Key with BetterTouchTool. BetterTouchTool https://folivora.ai Karabiner-Elements https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬MacSparky Links▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ The Blog https://www.macsparky.com The MacSparky Field Guides https://learn.macsparky.com The MacSparky Labs https://www.macsparky.com/join/ The Mac Power Users Podcast https://www.relay.fm/mpu The Automators Podcast https://www.relay.fm/automators The Focused Podcast https://www.relay.fm/focused The Newsletter https://sparky-media-inc.ck.page/2eb4ea7041 MacSparky on Mastodon https://mastodon.social/@macsparky MacSparky on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/macsparky/

The Elgato Stream Deck is a USB peripheral that gives you a grid of customizable buttons that you can assign to actions on your computer, like controlling Hue lights or muting your audio in Zoom. You can assign individual actions to physical buttons, and an LCD display allows you to customize the appearance of each button with an icon or text that you specify. So instead of trying to perform finger gymnastics to hit the right keyboard shortcut in the middle of a video call, you can just press a physical button instead.

I’m a big advocate for the hyper key. This idea was first introduced to me by Brett Terpstra and involves mapping Shift-Control-Option-Command to the caps lock key. Using the hyper key opens your keyboard up to a ton of new easily triggered shortcuts. Historically, I’ve done this remapping with Karabiner Elements. However, this remapping just... Continue reading →

It was promised some time ago, and after a long wait 1 BetterTouchTool has added Stream Deck support , and it’s awesome. It’s a beta feature, but I’ve already found it to be an amazing extension to

Last week I posted my craziest Mac experiment in a while — a script that handles adding and updating myriad BetterTouchTool Touch Bar (and menu bar) widgets. A couple of days after I posted it, I

I have a Magic Trackpad and I know I could be using it better if were to use BetterTouchTool (as David has talked about so often in MPU), but I’m overwhelmed by the options. So I want to know how people use BTT on macOS,…