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BETTERTOUCHTOOL FEATURES HOW TO
BETTERTOUCHTOOL FEATURES LICENSE
BETTERTOUCHTOOL FEATURES DOWNLOAD
BETTERTOUCHTOOL FEATURES FREE

BETTERTOUCHTOOL FEATURES HOW TO

I've written an overview of BetterTouchTool's main features and how to get started using it.

BETTERTOUCHTOOL FEATURES FREE

This is really useful for me to lock the screen when in and around school so I can quickly keep students (and other teachers) out of my laptop.BetterTouchTool is a free application that allows you to use finger gestures with your Magic Mouse, MacBook Trackpad and Magic Trackpad to activate keyboard shortcuts, move and resize windows, launch applications and URLs, select windows, and add functions to applications. This button combination locks the screen (the same as “Lock Screen” under the Apple menu button on your Mac). This button is mapped to the keyboard combination Command + Control + Q. This simply replicates the functionality of the built-in TouchBar interface. These are simple sliders provided by BetterTouchTool to control the volume and brightness of my Mac. I really like to be able to see what music is playing and be able to pause/play it by tapping on the button. This is the default weather widget that BetterTouchTool provides.

This weather service is a great long term forecast and rain map and is super useful for trip planning!

MetVuw 10 day forecast for the whole South Island of NZ.

MetService two-day forecast for my city (NZ’s main weather provider).

Tapping on the weather widget opens two URLs: I like to know the weather, sunrise and sunset so that I can have an idea of the activities that I know what I can get up to after work, be it a walk, bike ride, run or kayak! The Weather WidgetĪs my sidebar bio says: would really rather be outside, outdoors is a super important part of my life. Tapping the widget opens the Calendar app. This is super useful for when I am in class and want to see at a glance what I am teaching next, what time the period starts and what room the class is in. I am a High School Science and Physics teacher and as you might expect, my life runs through my calendar! This widget shows me only my next upcoming event. This button simply opens two URLs that I very frequently use to plan outdoor trips.

BETTERTOUCHTOOL FEATURES DOWNLOAD

If you would like to download my presets, please click here! To import my presets, simply click the “Preset: Default” button in the top right and import the. Here you can add groups and top level triggers and assign actions to them, customise their appearance, order and a huge variety of options. (📷: Finn Le Sueur) BetterTouchTool Touchbar Configuration Select Touch Bar from the dropdown and you should enter a screen that looks like an empty version of this: To get to the TouchBar customisation page, click on the menubar icon for BetterTouchTool and then “Configuration”.

BETTERTOUCHTOOL FEATURES LICENSE

The standard license is definitely worth it! Alternatively, if you have a SetApp subscription, it is available through there. You can get a 45 day free trial, buy a standard license for $7.50USD or a lifetime license for $21 USD.

(📷: Finn Le Sueur) Mt Touchbar BetterTouchToolīetterTouchTool offers a wide variety of MacOS system enhancements from gestures, to TouchBar customisation and keyboard shortcuts. That was until a couple of weeks ago when a friend, Max, showed me just how much you can customise the TouchBar just how much different information you can put in it! And now I love it. I would argue that having TouchID on a Macbook alone is a great benefit - although we might expect it to be replaced with FaceID at some point in the future!įor a long time I have used BetterSnapTool (now BetterTouchTool) to do some window management (mainly snap areas) on my Mac, but I had never explored the TouchBar customisation features built into BetterTouchTool. The TouchBar is a controversial piece of hardware, often thought to add expense to the Macbooks that it lives on without providing much benefit.