532: BetterTouchTool

Mac Power Users

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Tech, Technology, David, User, Stephen Hackett, Sparks, How To, Help, Power, Workflow, Ios, Mac, Set Up

4.7 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2020

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

BetterTouchTool takes a Mac's input devices and turns them into automation triggers. It can transform the Touch Bar into a customized set of tools and make a Trackpad or Mouse much more powerful. This week Stephen and David dive into this utility and what it can do.

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0:00.0	Mac Power Users episode 532.
0:03.4	Better Touch Tool.
0:04.6	Hello and welcome back to Mac Power Users.
0:12.2	Hello and welcome back to Mac Power Users. My name is Stephen Hackett and I'm joined as always by my co-host and friend Sir Davis Sparks.
0:19.0	Hello Stephen, how are you today? I'm doing well. How are you?
0:23.3	I can't help myself, but be a little happy.
0:26.1	We're making a MacCAR user's show about One App.
0:29.8	Those are some of my favorite shows.
0:31.6	Mine too.
0:32.7	Let's just roll up our sleeves and dive deep.
0:34.8	And this is one we've been threatening to make a show about for years.
0:38.6	It's an app I use all the time and I think we've hooked Stephen on it in the process of prepping the show called Better Touch Tool.
0:46.0	Yeah, it's one of these tools that just makes your Mac way more powerful and flexible by harnessing your input devices.
0:54.2	We talked about keyboard my show and have a question for you
0:56.1	at the end of the show, kind of comparing the two.
0:59.1	But this goes even further, you can use your trackpad,
1:01.9	your mouse, all sorts of different
1:03.9	input devices to make your Mac sing and dance. I think and I'm not sure this I
1:09.4	think this started out as a touch tool as the name implies tool, you know, Apple make some when the start,
1:17.0	Apple start making better track pads.
1:19.0	They, they started adding gestures to them.
1:22.0	So like if you do four fingers up,
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