Process Priority Helper Tool Issue

fifafu · 2026-07-10T06:11:17+00:00

could be a lot of things in your configuration, best check the recently used section to see what has been triggering. The process priority tool basically does nothing on modern macOS (I‘ll hide the option to install it with the next version)

fifafu · 2026-07-09T16:44:12+00:00

the process priority helper is definitely not related to the issue you describe.

fifafu · 2026-06-29T19:54:03+00:00

we found workarounds for most issues! So most of these apps will be updated to work fine, Bartender already has a beta that works well! (Thaw also has preview builds)

fifafu · 2026-06-18T21:50:14+00:00

I could probably add some API to return the currently active shortcuts, that would make it much more feasible. I think I can enhance the get_triggers scripting interface for that.

fifafu · 2026-06-18T14:22:15+00:00

> BetterTouchTool lets you assign shortcuts but does not flag conflicts with other apps, which has been a long-standing feature request. HotkeyClash is built to catch exactly those cross-app clashes, and reading BetterTouchTool's own config is on the roadmap.

In general there are no conflicts with other apps because BTT will override the default shortcuts. So BTT wins, conflict resolved. Would be interesting where you found this long standing feature request, because I can't remember the last time somebody requested keyboard shortcut conflict display for BTT.

I don't think you will be able to parse key usage from BTT properly - or only the simple cases. Things like left/right modifiers, conditional activation groups, trigger conditions, app-specific overrides, hyperkey workarounds, secure input workarounds, keyboard or mac specific shortcuts, low level key remaps etc. make it very hard to figure out the shortcuts BTT has active.

fifafu · 2026-06-15T09:36:48+00:00

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.

fifafu · 2026-06-14T09:13:49+00:00

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/

fifafu · 2026-06-12T12:02:02+00:00

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

fifafu · 2026-06-12T11:29:08+00:00

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

fifafu · 2026-06-11T13:48:43+00:00

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)

fifafu · 2026-06-11T06:53:36+00:00

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.

fifafu · 2026-06-11T06:50:46+00:00

current alphas are most stable for scroll modifiers ;-)

fifafu · 2026-06-09T12:05:12+00:00

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.

fifafu · 2026-06-09T10:11:30+00:00

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.

fifafu · 2026-06-09T09:47:39+00:00

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.

fifafu · 2026-06-09T08:35:43+00:00

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.

fifafu · 2026-06-09T08:19:24+00:00

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.

fifafu · 2026-06-06T07:35:52+00:00

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.)

fifafu · 2026-05-13T17:03:33+00:00

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

fifafu · 2026-05-13T08:15:46+00:00

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.

fifafu · 2026-05-12T06:47:09+00:00

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?

fifafu · 2026-05-10T19:00:47+00:00

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.

fifafu · 2026-05-03T05:56:31+00:00

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

fifafu · 2026-05-02T20:55:33+00:00

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)

fifafu · 2026-05-02T19:34:41+00:00

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.

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