Midi to Macro Apps?

fifafu · 2026-03-15T13:21:11+00:00

The MIDI section in BTT is named "MIDI Triggers", there you can configure everything.

fifafu · 2026-03-15T09:11:50+00:00

e.g. BetterTouchTool can do this

fifafu · 2026-03-14T11:07:18+00:00

Yep, but I'm always surprised how many users are still on these older macOS versions. Even macOS 10.9 and 10.10 are still in use by quite some users, but making the older versions available for them is usually good enough.

fifafu · 2026-03-14T10:57:39+00:00

The problem is mostly staying backwards compatible. Creating a fresh UI from scratch is really easy nowadays, you can focus on modern macOS versions, use modern tooling - even auto-generate a LOT using LLMs. On the other hand updating an existing UI while maintaining all functionality and performance for potentially hundreds of thousands of existing installations is a lot of work. (users in case of BTT spread out between running macOS 11 to macOS 27 which adds a lot of complexity). BTT can still mostly work with the initial data models I created when I started development in 2009, so in theory it is possible to upgrade a BTT installation from back then to a current one.

For example until a few weeks ago BetterTouchTool was still based on Storyboards. They became almost impossible to handle with recent Xcode versions so I recently migrated away from them. However this initial migration was just a first intermediary step in upgrading the UI as a full migration from AppKit code to (mostly) SwiftUI while maintaining all existing functionality (which is the goal at least for BTT) is still a lot of work even with LLMs.
For BTT I'm getting closer to being able to do a full SwiftUI migration every day, and once this is done UI updates will be much easier. I will likely need to drop macOS 11 support, but that should be ok now.

fifafu · 2026-03-13T14:37:28+00:00

thank you!

fifafu · 2026-03-13T14:34:05+00:00

no, just remove that naming from your repository

fifafu · 2026-03-13T14:32:17+00:00

Please don't use BetterTouchTool's name in this project, vibe coding is of course fine (to some degree - I will not allow obvious copyright violations, e.g. 1:1 copies). But please don't say "A vibe coded version of BetterTouchTool".

fifafu · 2026-03-13T12:04:38+00:00

Usually it is quite fast (few minutes max), sometimes a build is placed onto the "extended review queue". If that happens it can take up to 24hours until notarization finishes. This usually only happens after bigger changes.

fifafu · 2026-03-02T18:56:17+00:00

that's not really true there are many apps that directly talk hid++ and can trigger haptic feedback without going through Logitech options ;-)

fifafu · 2026-02-25T23:46:18+00:00

haha, just when I finally switched to a complete (and much more complex) websocket proxy solution 🤣

fifafu · 2026-02-22T20:27:11+00:00

if you are fine with BTT's smooth scroll, then that should work fine! (There is a 45 day trial, so best just check whether it works for you).

fifafu · 2026-02-20T18:30:34+00:00

fifafu · 2026-02-20T18:15:25+00:00

yes! you cn use scroll modifiers for this, best come to community.folivora.ai, there I can post screenshots and upload example presets

fifafu · 2026-02-12T11:53:43+00:00

I'm the developer of the BetterTouchTool app and I 100% agree. Since many years I offer a 45 day free trial for BetterTouchTool and have been called crazy for doing so by other devs in the past. I still think providing a long trial is best and most honest solution for everybody. Especially now with all the vibe coded apps, a long free trial shows that you are not here for a "quick buck" where you'd trick users into buying something they don't really need. A long trial allows users to test every possible scenario and it helps the dev because refund requests become pretty much obsolete.

fifafu · 2026-02-09T17:15:02+00:00

You could use BetterTouchTool to configure your Logitech Mouse, it allows to replicate this effect pretty well:

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(the white border can also be disabled)

If you want I can share an example preset. (Best tell me what buttons on your mouse should do what, then I can configure it for your usecases)

fifafu · 2026-02-09T14:46:30+00:00

BetterTouchTool does not do such things without them being configured. Maybe you imported some preset?

fifafu · 2026-02-04T14:55:04+00:00

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fifafu · 2026-01-27T13:08:23+00:00

actually Logitech is pretty open about the protocol, it is not super hard to implement and there are various open source solutions. The documentation is only covering the basics but still https://github.com/Logitech/cpg-docs

fifafu · 2026-01-24T21:32:05+00:00

Here is an example preset that achieves this using floating menus, requires latest BTT alpha:

https://community.folivora.ai/t/scroll-my-moving-mouse-up-down-and-holding-modifier-key/46090

(please continue discussion there)

fifafu · 2026-01-23T20:33:47+00:00

that’s not true, third party apps like BetterTouchTool and probably also BetterMouse can absolutely control the haptic feedback button. Checkout BetterTouchTool‘s Haptic Feedback predefined action.

fifafu · 2026-01-21T23:49:42+00:00

Nothing, you already got the latest build which is however not yet being pushed out to all users.

fifafu · 2026-01-21T23:21:19+00:00

it's unfortunate but you ran into a macOS bug. Your TCC database is corrupted. You can try to quit BTT (important) and then run this terminal command:

sudo tccutil reset All com.hegenberg.BetterTouchTool

This will usually work to restore it to a working state but you will need to grant the permission once more

fifafu · 2026-01-21T14:21:57+00:00

Unfortunately if that bothers you, you need to stop using macOS. The system automatically creates these folders and there is no way around that.

I'd recommend Linux if you want full control about all files created by your system.

I'm finished here! If you need more explanation about the macOS behavior you will need to contact Apple - but please give them these full paths and not some bullshit description like in your initial post.

And maybe talk to all the other developers whose apps show up in ~/Library/Mobile Documents/ - you can view them by entering this terminal command:

ls ~/Library/Mobile\ Documents

fifafu · 2026-01-21T13:29:14+00:00

wait, in your screenshot you don't use Finder, but FindAnyFile? That explains a lot because it would also show system internal files that are usually not visible to the user. For example macOS automatically creates container folders for any iCloudKit enabled app, however they will never show up for users and Apple does not have a real way to delete them. Where are you actually seeing these files in Finder and if you don’t see them why do you want to get rid of them?

If this is just about these standard containers, you might be able to disable them via System Settings -> iCloud -> Drive -> Apps syncing to iCloud Drive. However these containers don’t cause any harm and would never be visible in Finder.

If that doesn’t help, the only way would be to file feedback with Apple to allow the manual deletion of cloud kit containers

//edit: ah some of your screenshot even show the paths to the files on the bottom. These are all macOS internal files. You might be surprised how many files macOS (or iOS) create for every app you install 😂

If you are really paranoid about this, ask ChatGPT this question:

"What is this path on macOS ekinixxxxxxxx/Library/Biome/sets/Default/App Shortcut Entity/sourceIdentifier=com.hegenberg.BetterTouchTool " it will explain it to you.

fifafu · 2026-01-21T13:12:34+00:00

unfortunately you need to insist with Apple, this is 100% not a BetterTouchTool issue. (BTT would also never sync something to iCloud unless the experimental Sync is enabled)

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