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Popular Mac app 'Bartender' acquired by new unknown developer

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Re: Popular Mac app 'Bartender' acquired by new unknown developer

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Post by RulerOf »

Sohcahtoa82 wrote: post #116
brtkdotse wrote: post #63

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I’ve tried switching from Windows to MacOS three times over the past few years and each time I run up against the wall of having to research, choose and purchase small utilities to fix things that I never in a million years would’ve guessed would be an issue. Windows management. File handler. Menu bar organizers. The list goes on.

I just really hate how there are some insane defaults that don't have easy ways to change them. Pointer Acceleration being the biggest one. One inch of mouse movement should always be the same number of pixels of pointer movement, whether I move my mouse at a snail's pace or at mach 2. A fast, but incredibly short movement of the mouse should not produce the same pointer movement as a slow, but very wide movement. Se…

> Pointer Acceleration being the biggest one.

I love pointer acceleration, and won't use an OS that doesn't feature it.

I _like_ being able to perform pixel-precise movement of the cursor on a ~20MP desktop without also having to drag the mouse across the entire desk or modify mouse DPI to get from one corner to the other.

The disappearing scrollbars are awful though. I have a feeling Apple made that a default to get people to stop clicking on them out of habit.

Re: Popular Mac app 'Bartender' acquired by new unknown developer

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Post by benhurmarcel »

Sohcahtoa82 wrote: post #117
bhokbah wrote: post #99

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As a long time mac user I have zero utilities installed. If you want to turn your mac into windows, maybe just use windows.

Sometimes, you don't have an option. At my current job, we're issues MacBooks. My biggest pet peeve of macOS is the grouping of windows behind a single icon on the dock bar. I hate that if I have two Chrome windows open, it takes two clicks to go between them. With the exception of modals, if a program has multiple windows open, when I should see each of them as its own item on the dock bar (or in Windows, the taskba…

> I don't think even Windows makes this an option anymore

It does, they added it back into Windows 11.

Re: Popular Mac app 'Bartender' acquired by new unknown developer

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Post by adamomada »

SebastianKra wrote: post #97
bityard wrote: post #77

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If you hold down an alphanumeric key in MacOS, it automatically pops up an emoji selector. This is fine, except if you are someone (like me) who occasionally holds down keys to take advantage of key repeat _and_ uses vim keybindings in a few specific non-terminal applications. There is no GUI to disable this behavior, you have to drop to a terminal, run a command, and then reboot the machine. This is the example I no…

defaults write NSGlobalDomain ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false and while you're here, check out these other fixes: expand the save dialog by default: defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSNavPanelExpandedStateForSaveMode -bool true defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSNavPanelExpandedStateForSaveMode2 -bool true don't save .DS_Store to network locations defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores true…

I really wish there was a way to disable .DS_Store on local/removable storage as well. I don’t know why but it completely bugs me having these files when I want to never customize folder views.

There used to be this brilliant utility with a brilliant name called Asepsis that let you corral the files into a specific folder (like the vim cmd directory for .swp files), so you could have the functionality without the mess, or wipe them out like (or using) a tmp dir.

Unfortunately, when SIP arrived you had to disable it to get the functionality and it died off.

One or two defaults settings would do it, c’mon Apple! There’s a reason for not shitting all over network drives, why not local storage as well?

Re: Popular Mac app 'Bartender' acquired by new unknown developer

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Post by tiimbz »

evv wrote: post #65
michalf6 wrote: post #22

Use Ice instead: https://github.com/jordanbaird/Ice

yeah, no reason these days to use proprietary solutions for small problems. I'll check out Ice, it seems much more modern (and maintained) than Dozer: https://github.com/Mortennn/Dozer I just wish somebody would create an open source alternative to Rouge Amoeba's Loopback!

Have you tried Blackhole? It’s a loopback device for macOS.

https://github.com/ExistentialAudio/BlackHole

Re: Popular Mac app 'Bartender' acquired by new unknown developer

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Post by adamomada »

Sohcahtoa82 wrote: post #117
bhokbah wrote: post #99

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As a long time mac user I have zero utilities installed. If you want to turn your mac into windows, maybe just use windows.

Sometimes, you don't have an option. At my current job, we're issues MacBooks. My biggest pet peeve of macOS is the grouping of windows behind a single icon on the dock bar. I hate that if I have two Chrome windows open, it takes two clicks to go between them. With the exception of modals, if a program has multiple windows open, when I should see each of them as its own item on the dock bar (or in Windows, the taskba…

The dock is per-process because there are options to quit the program on the menu. I suppose they could switch it to close window and change to quit on the last window, but Mac users are very used to the way it is. There should be an icon there even with no windows.

I‘d imagine the dock would look quite ridiculous for someone working on multiple docs, or a slate of images in photoshop, etc.

Anyway try this app for a different method for what you want to do (switch to a specific window): https://alt-tab-macos.netlify.app/

Re: Popular Mac app 'Bartender' acquired by new unknown developer

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Post by gaws »

atommclain wrote: post #59

I've been using Dozer for some time with no complaints, I'm not sure how much of the feature set overlaps as I use it primarily hiding extraneous menubar items. https://github.com/Mortennn/Dozer (For what its worth it looks like it hasn't been update in 3+ years)

Last update: 2 years ago

Re: Popular Mac app 'Bartender' acquired by new unknown developer

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Post by gaws »

i-blis wrote: post #119
submeta wrote: post #72

Just going to uninstall it. Wtf. - Are there alternatives?

I refrained to install Bartender on a new machine (despite having a license) because of the scary permissions it want me to grant it. I found an open source alternative that fits my needs. Check if fits yours. https://github.com/dwarvesf/hidden

Last update: 2 years ago

Re: Popular Mac app 'Bartender' acquired by new unknown developer

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Post by djhn »

fifafu wrote: post #62
cloudrkt wrote: post #61

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I found an old Leap Motion device in a storage box with USB devices last week. The support you provided for it was great and had me waving at my desk all day. Even though the Leap Motion is now unsupported, I still enjoy using BTT daily.

Haha, yes Leap Motion was a lot of fun and I think the BTT integration landed me my first job (@Siemens) after university. That must have been almost 10 years ago -- yep: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDJKFtLDx4k

Wait, the software I’ve been using for what feels like decades and which always gave me a charming, cosy old school vibe due to its almost infinite options and deep understanding of OS X/macOS was written by someone younger than me!?

Mind blown.

It’s an incredible tool and among the first things I install on a new Mac.

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