Nice! I've been using Mac Mouse Fix (https://mousefix.org/), which is also open source, to handle inverting my mouse wheel and remapping the back/forward buttons, but LinearMouse looks quite a bit more featureful.
An open-source mouse and trackpad utility for Mac
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Re: An open-source mouse and trackpad utility for Mac
#12Really great! Thanks :)
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#13I would prefer it show me the homebrew command in addition to a copy to clipboard button instead of just the button so I have to _trust_ what you're having me paste.
It's `brew install --cask linearmouse` for those wondering.
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#14The fact that there's a homebrew install option is the icing on the cake! Installing now!
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#15This is a mandatory install on macOS for me (one of many). The suite of extra software utilities required to make the base OS usable is ridiculous, but I'm glad to see open source maintainers working to keep my mouse working.
what are your other mandatory installs?
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Re: An open-source mouse and trackpad utility for Mac
#16This is a mandatory install on macOS for me (one of many). The suite of extra software utilities required to make the base OS usable is ridiculous, but I'm glad to see open source maintainers working to keep my mouse working.
>The suite of extra software utilities required to make the base OS usable is ridiculous
Use Windows or Linux. Good luck and have fun!
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
what are your other mandatory installs?
Not the parent, but one of the first things I usually install on new Mac is Karabiner-Elements. Absolutely needed if you're using a non-mac keyboard.
What do you use it for? I use a non-Apple keyboard and just switched the options / command key in System Settings.
Re: An open-source mouse and trackpad utility for Mac
#18I've long looked for a good mouse utility for Mac that can disable mouse acceleration, modify scroll wheel behavior, etc. This one even saves preferences per-device which I find very useful.
I’m eager to try this out, but you might also want to check out Steermouse[1], which is a utility it took me years longer to discover than it should have. I’m not sure how it stacks up to this open source project, but it’s definitely been worth the license cost to me over the years. [1] https://plentycom.jp/en/steermouse/
I just installed LinearMouse. It doesn't support the extra buttons on my Logitech MX Vertical mouse, but SteerMouse does. That by itself is worth the license cost for me.
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#19Related:
LinearMouse – A minimal app to get rid of scrolling acceleration on macOS - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27485051 - June 2021 (76 comments)
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not the parent, but one of the first things I usually install on new Mac is Karabiner-Elements. Absolutely needed if you're using a non-mac keyboard.
What do you use it for? I use a non-Apple keyboard and just switched the options / command key in System Settings.
Say you have a laptop and a PC keyboard and want to have different settings for the internal and the external keyboard