May 20, 2020 Using Touchbar. If you own a MacBook Pro with a Touchbar, you can use simply slide the drag the sun-like icon to adjust the brightness of the display. For Third-party Keyboards. If you are using any other third-party keyboard for your Mac desktop, then. Dec 08, 2017 When traveling, I typically use the Apple Magic Keyboard 2, which has keys that feel like the old 2015 Macbook Pro. ? When home, I use the Microsoft Sculpt.I use a Magic Trackpad 2 with both keyboards so I always have the same gestures available as when using the laptop directly. Touchbar = meh — It’s customizable, which is cool, but I typically use the machine with an external. Apr 22, 2019 / Mac / MacBook Pro Touch Bar tips and tricks that you should know. MacBook Pro Touch Bar tips and tricks that you should know. By Mike Peterson 1 comment Last updated April 22, 2019. Some people love the Touch Bar, while others think it’s a gimmick. Whatever the case may be, there’s a good chance that you aren’t getting the most out of.
Mac Touch Bar Hacks 2017
The new MacBook Pro Touch Bar is here, so it's time to say goodbye to productivity.
- Since its release, the Touch Bar hasn’t been all that well-received. And to be fair, it may be a bit gimmicky. But if you have a MacBook with one, you can.
- Nov 21, 2016 The Touch Bar on Apple's new MacBook has been pretty controversial, but there's one thing fans and haters alike can agree on: this thing was definitely made to.
From composing catchy tunes to playing games or making fart noises, Apple's latest MacBook Pro feature has inspired a slew of quirky apps and hacks that you'll want to try out.
We're not saying they're all useful, but there's no denying they're entertaining AF.
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Here are some of our personal favorites:
TouchSwitcher and Rocket
These apps are extremely helpful and make great use of the Touch Bar. After launching TouchSwitcher you'll be able to easily access and switch between all open applications on your MacBook without having to individually cycle through them.
Long gone are the days of wasting time looking for apps on your dock.
Similarly, Rocket allows you to switch between apps quickly, but lets you launch any app on your MacBook Pro’s dock, not just the ones in use. You can also use Rocket anytime, anywhere on your Mac, since it's a standalone menu bar app. This means you're not just confined to your touch bar.
Doom
Side note, as ridiculous (ly amazing) as Doom is running on the Touch Bar is… the HUD is equally great pic.twitter.com/RFwq7nJ7ae
— Adam Bell (@b3ll) November 20, 2016
Yes, the new Touch Bar runs Doom! Facebook iOS engineer Adam Bell brought the game that's been played everywhere from an early 2000s digital camera to an old Nokia phone, to the Touch Bar to prove you can play yet another squished little version of the classic game.
Bell configured the Touch Bar so it would display his health, ammo, weapons and other stats while the game itself appeared on the laptop's main screen.
I mean, it's obviously not an ideal setup, but hey, it works.
Nyan Cat
If nothing else, at least buy a new MacBook Pro to watch that adorable, rainbow-loving Nyan Cat fly across your Touch Bar. Using code posted to GitHub by Vatsaev Aslan, you can have one of the internet's favorite memes by your side to lighten the mood while you work.
KnightTouchBar 2000
Who wouldn't want to turn their MacBook Pro into Kitt from Knight Rider? With the KnightTouchBar 2000 from GitHub, you can zone out to the repeating Knight Rider theme song (this could get super irritating) while watching your Touch Bar mimic the illuminated front of everyone's favorite Pontiac Trans Am.
Touch Bar Piano
Thanks to app developer, Graham Parks, your fingers can easily take a break from typing on laptop keys to tickle some virtual ivory keys.
With 128 different instruments, such as drums, strings and even choir 'aahs' at your fingertips, Touch Bar Piano allows you to master the art of playing music on your Mac.
Pac-Man PacBar
Celebrate your love for 80s arcade games by bringing the beloved Pac-Man to your MacBook Pro Touch Bar. 'PacBar,' as it's called, lets you use your laptop's arrow keys to move a little tiny Pac-Man left, right, up and down to escape ghosts. It's available for free download on GitHub and the joy and nostalgia it will bring you is also priceless.
Lemmings
This may be the best app I've ever built pic.twitter.com/Z9WJi7e74G
— Erik Olsson (@valross2) December 11, 2016
iOS engineer and app designer, Erik Olsson, is throwing it back to the 90s by allowing you to transform your Touch Bar into a stage for some cute little green-haired lemmings to walk across.
With this perfect merger of 90s simplicity and modern day tech you can let the lemmings strut their stuff across the length of your laptop or stop them in their tracks with a simple tap.
Be sure you have some bumpin' Lemmings music playing in the background.
TouchBarDino
Pac-Man and Lemmings might be old-school but if you truly want to travel back to rudimentary graphics and utility, we suggest TouchBarDino. Guide your tiny little dino to safety by tapping on the screen by tapping on the screen to hop over cacti, but be warned, it's quite addictive.
Touchbar Applications
TouchBar Santa
'Tis the season for Santa to grace your Touch Bar, falalalala la la la la. Perfect for the holidays, TouchBar Santa, available on GitHub, will have jolly old Saint Nick scampering across your laptop in his classic red suit.
What better way to get in the Christmas spirit while you're doing your last minute online shopping?
TouchFart
You've heard of 'touch to start' and now there's 'touch to fart.'
After you drop thousands on a new laptop, you deserve to act a little immature. TouchFart is here to help. The downright dumb app, available on GitHub, serves as a modern day whoopee cushion for Apple lovers. Thanks to two fart-related emoji (? and ? ) that will appear on your Touch Bar, you can prank friends with mortifying sounds at the push of a button.
Happy hacking and don't forget to use your Touch Bar to the fullest.
BONUS: The 3 best things about the MacBook Pro's Touch Bar
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Since its release, the Touch Bar hasn’t been all that well-received. And to be fair, it may be a bit gimmicky. But if you have a MacBook with one, you can take advantage of a pretty awesome YouTube hack.
That’s because the MacBook Pro Touch Bar allows users to skip normally non-skippable YouTube ads, according to a post by Redditor BiggerBadgers. The process itself is pretty simple, as shown off in a video demonstration.
- When viewing a non-skippable YouTube, all you have to do is drag the slider that appears on the Touch Bar to the right.
- Magically, the ad will disappear and you’ll be brought to the video you actually wanted to see in the first place.
- The trick also works on those YouTube ads that are skippable after 5 seconds.
There are a couple things to note, however. Also keep in mind that you shouldn’t scrub all the way to the end of the Touch Bar timeline, as you could run into a never-ending buffering loop bug. Similarly, this Touch Bar hack will only work on Safari.
You’ll also need to enable the proper Touch Bar settings before you can use the trick.
In Apple > System Preferences > Keyboard, make sure that Touch Bar showsis set to App Controls and that the box next to Show Control Strip is checked.
Mac Touchbar Dark
It’s worth noting that this hack may even retain ad revenue for content creators, since the system probably registers the ad as having been viewed. That’s just speculation at this point, but it would be a win-win if so.
On the other hand, there is a downside to this trick becoming widely publicized. Namely, it’s the fact that YouTube is likely to patch it sooner than later. While it isn’t clear whether or not it’s technically a bug, YouTube has been cracking down on methods that allow users to skip ads. So enjoy it while it lasts.
Although paying for YouTube Premium may be a better long-term solution since it will put an end to YouTube Ads while supporting the content creators you love and enjoy.
Mac Touch Bar Hacks
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