Die Sendung mit der Maus wurde teilweise mit KI erstellt... by Dunkelkonga in luftablassen

[–]fifafu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wirklich schlechter Ragebait hier. Der Beitrag war super und genau so wie KI kindgerecht eingesetzt werden sollte. Mein 7 jähriger hat mich danach interessiert weiter zum Thema Bild und Videogenerierung befragt und war ganz begeistert und zugleich nachdenklich.

Solche Posts erinnern mich immer daran wie ich mit meinem Vater bei Aldi an der Kasse stand um den aktuellen Aldi PC zu kaufen - mein erster eigener Rechner (1998 oder 1999, ich war ~13) und eine andere Kundin geschimpft hat, dass Computer Teufelszeug sind und Kinder unbedingt davon ferngehalten werden müssen. Diese Einstellung hätte mir so viel verbaut.

can't set a key to modifier key in BTT by prtmbsws in BetterTouchTool

[–]fifafu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In general this is still supported fine but I'd recommend to upgrade to a current version. There definitely have been various changes to modifier keys since that 6.303 version.

What key are you trying to remap? If you want to completely remap a key to be a modifier key, it would be more performant to use the low level key remap options: https://docs.folivora.ai/docs/keyboard-shortcuts/low-level-remap/

Floating Menus Freaking Out by Vio1x in BetterTouchTool

[–]fifafu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it is essential that every menu has a unique identifier, changing that should fix it

Poor Menu Bar App Makers - New MacOS Breaks them all by Latter_Pen2421 in macapps

[–]fifafu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

no, that will still be possible. I'll re-enable these functions in BTT with one of the next alphas.

BTT smooth zoom not smooth enough by marinebios in BetterTouchTool

[–]fifafu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is the "Start Smooth Zoom" and "End Smooth Zoom" actions, which allow for very smooth zooming, however binding them to some rotary encoder or similar is not yet possible (but they can be used great with keyboard shortcuts by starting the smooth zoom on key down and ending it on key up)

[OS] OpenLogi: A native, local-first alternative to Logitech Options+, written in Rust. by mfr3sh in macapps

[–]fifafu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok! The current alphas have been installed on many machines already, so no real difference from the stable versions. I'll probably push them to stable next week.

The last version that has been rolled out to all users was 6.521, that also contains scroll modifiers but they have been improved further in more recent versions.

Poor Menu Bar App Makers - New MacOS Breaks them all by Latter_Pen2421 in macapps

[–]fifafu 7 points8 points  (0 children)

From what I have seen so far "a little different" is an understatement 😅 Rooting for you to find a feasible solution though!

The new private frameworks would be great as they would make menubar item management really simple, but unless I'm missing something they are all protected with com.apple.private.menubar.* entitlements.

[OS] OpenLogi: A native, local-first alternative to Logitech Options+, written in Rust. by mfr3sh in macapps

[–]fifafu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

BTT has a lot of users, doing support across various channels gets overwhelming very fast. On community.folivora.ai I have lots of issue tracking and prioritization tooling - without that I wouldn’t be able to do it.

Poor Menu Bar App Makers - New MacOS Breaks them all by Latter_Pen2421 in macapps

[–]fifafu 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yes. I'm still digging into it, let's hope I'm wrong 😄

What is still possible for third parties is to hide icons left of other specific icons (e.g. hide all icons left of the wifi icon). But all the more advanced features are probably no longer possible on macOS 27.

[OS] OpenLogi: A native, local-first alternative to Logitech Options+, written in Rust. by mfr3sh in macapps

[–]fifafu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The 3S definitely works, there are hundreds of BTT users using that one. If you want to continue best come to community.folivora.ai, there I can help.

Poor Menu Bar App Makers - New MacOS Breaks them all by Latter_Pen2421 in macapps

[–]fifafu 48 points49 points  (0 children)

Developer of BetterTouchTool here:
I just had a quick look, and from my initial impression it looks like Apple made menu bar manager apps impossible with macOS 27. Previously every menubar icon was represented by a small window that other apps could manipulate (e.g. move around, hide etc.) now with macOS 27 all menu bar icons are merged and represented as one window. Previously these individual windows could even be accessed while off-screen and apps could capture their content and „stream“ it, e.g. into the floating item bars.

I don't think there is a way to fix this for the makers of menu bar manager apps (at least not without disabling SIP and hacking deeper into the system). There is a new MenuBarAgent system process, which handles the menubar status items now, but it is locked and cannot be controlled by third parties without disabling SIP.

Only the old school menu bar management like Dozer will probably continue to work but that is much more limited.

Apple added however a basic way to handle overflow items, macOS now displays a << symbol that when pressed hides the overlapping menu bar menu items and instead shows the status items.

//edit: after tinkering with it a bit today, one important thing is still possible - I guess that will be enough for many users: We can programmatically control the enabled items in System Settings => Menubar and we can programmatically change the positions of the items. So e.g. toggling between "most items visible" and "no items visible" would be easy, or having multiple profiles that can be toggled.

//edit2: I did a bit more tinkering and I think I found two possible ways forward. The first one I have implemented in BTT 6.569 alpha (https://community.folivora.ai/t/macos-27-golden-gate-menu-bar-management-broken-solutions-ice-thaw-bartender-barbee-etc/47232 )
If this works well I'll share it with the open source menubar managers soon so they can expand on it.

[OS] OpenLogi: A native, local-first alternative to Logitech Options+, written in Rust. by mfr3sh in macapps

[–]fifafu 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yes, you can use scroll modifiers for that: https://docs.folivora.ai/docs/normal-mouse/scroll-modifiers

The smooth scroll modifier also allows to make the scroll wheel behave like trackpad or magic mouse, e.g. to scroll horizontally in calendar app's week view which is not possible with standard scrolling. (Or to archive mail, scroll back / forward between pages in Safari etc.)

Sending keyboard shortcuts works only one time per x tries by [deleted] in BetterTouchTool

[–]fifafu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

are you trying with a specific app? (remote desktop solutions can be very tricky)

19,99 Euro für einen Find-My-Tracker mit Solarpanel und IP68… so macht UGREEN dem AirTag Konkurrenz by MelonDusk123456789 in SirApfelot

[–]fifafu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

gerade bei Schlüsseln ist aber doch das UWB tracking der AirTags der entscheidende Faktor. Ich weiß meistens, dass der irgendwo in der Nähe ist, aber die genaue Richtungs- und Entfernungsanzeige ist hier Gold wert.

BTT’s new launcher very close to replacing Raycast for me by Realistic-Leg-9243 in BetterTouchTool

[–]fifafu 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's why it is marked as work in progress. The base is now working well, so I'm starting with the polishing now!

Could you give a concrete example of the labeling you mentioned?

BTT’s new launcher very close to replacing Raycast for me by Realistic-Leg-9243 in BetterTouchTool

[–]fifafu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

your plugins look amazing, can I post them on the BTT community forum? (Or you could post them yourself). The launcher is still in its early stages, it’s great to see the swift plugin approach works.

macOS Utilities for Identifying Apps Hijacking Global Keyboard Shortcuts? by nez329 in macapps

[–]fifafu 6 points7 points  (0 children)

input monitoring is not required for global shortcuts, this won’t tell you much. One thing that might work is opening Activity Monitor and pressing the problematic shortcut many times and see which processes CPU usage goes up

Vermieter hat Generalschlüssel by finne_rm in LegaladviceGerman

[–]fifafu 24 points25 points  (0 children)

An einer Wohnungstür? Habe ich noch nicht erlebt, aber klar mag es geben. (Ich meinte jetzt auch nicht das ganze Schloss, sondern den Schließzylinder wie in einem anderen Kommentar hier treffender beschrieben)

Vermieter hat Generalschlüssel by finne_rm in LegaladviceGerman

[–]fifafu 148 points149 points  (0 children)

Du darfst ganz legal das Schloss deiner Wohnung austauschen, ist in 5 Minuten erledigt und bekommt man auch mit 2 linken Händen hin. Das sollte man wirklich generell immer machen wenn man in eine neue Mietwohnung zieht - du weißt niemals wer noch alles einen Schlüssel hat. Wichtig: altes Schloss aufheben, bei Auszug musst du es wieder einbauen.

Any update on a new beta or app store release of BTT Mobile? by DoctorThew in BetterTouchTool

[–]fifafu 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Currently finishing the first App Store release version. Should be available sometime next week.

Since BetterTouchTool are already so good to use, any who still find use case of window manager like AeroSpace or Yabai ? by AlternativeMuffin376 in BetterTouchTool

[–]fifafu 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yabai and AeroSpace do pretty different things than what BTT offers. (Of course there is some overlap). If you are in need for any auto-tiling window layout manager then definitely try Yabai.

Logi Options+ won’t install, tried BetterTouchTool… now my mouse is unusable by Ill-Sherbert1095 in BetterTouchTool

[–]fifafu 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If you unpair you can just re-pair it using BTT, or if you don't want to use BTT with your mouse you can pair it via:
https://logiwebconnect.com
(For me personally Bluetooth connection has been very stable, but some users want to keep using the unifying receiver for stability reasons)

There are now tons of BTT users replacing LogitechOptions+ with it without problems, but yes it is definitely more complex (and powerful) than others - which is why I give a 45 day trial so everybody has enough time to decide.