As explained on BetterTouchTool’s website: If you use the application as much as I do, I recommend you pay generously. The developer has made this as gentle as possible with a “pay what you think it’s worth” system. Nobody can support software this good for free forever and still put bread on the table. As the software became more complex, I knew maintenance and support had to be time consuming. Instead I’ve worried about the fact that it is free.

The developer continues to add new features all the time. My concern has never been the software itself. This Mac utility dramatically improves the functionality of your trackpad, mouse, and other input devices. I’ve worried about BetterTouchTool though. I’ve written about BetterTouchTool in the past ( most recently here) and also talked about it on the Mac Power Users. Go to folivora.ai to learn more and take advantage of the special limited-time, 15% discount on BetterTouchTool.

MacSparky readers can purchase BetterTouchTool for 15% off at checkout by using the coupon code MACSPARKYBTT for a limited time. With BetterTouchTool, I can make my Mac dance. Users have shared some amazing presets there, including some very advanced custom Touch Bar setups that you should check out.īetterTouchTool comes with a 45-day trial after which you can choose between a license that includes all updates for two years and a lifetime license.īetterTouchTool has been around for ten years, and I’ve been using it the entire time. Also, you can now join the BetterTouchTool Community at to learn how to get even more from BetterTouchTool. Additionally, it contains some handy features like window snapping, a clipboard manager, a screenshot editor, and much more. These can be assigned to any input-device trigger you choose. (I also set a right-click on the green button to make it full screen with BetterTouchTool in the odd case I actually want that behavior.)īetterTouchTool offers many actions to automate various tasks on your Mac. I used BetterTouchTool to make it maximize the current window without full-screen mode. Apple sets that button to take the current window to full-screen mode, but I don’t want that. For example, you can reconfigure the Mac’s green window button. You may know BetterTouchTool for its ability to hotwire your trackpad, but there are so many other uses.

With BetterTouchTool, you can completely re-design your Touch Bar, configure various Magic Mouse and Trackpad gestures, define keyboard shortcuts, bind standard mouse buttons, use the Siri Remote with your Mac and do tons more. While Apple makes some excellent trackpads and mice, the built-in gestures are just a taste of what you could do with those devices. This week MacSparky is sponsored by BetterTouchTool, the Mac App that gives your input devices superpowers.

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