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Re: Pock: Display macOS Dock in Touch Bar

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Unfortunately ThinkPad trackpads aren’t nearly as good as MacBook trackpads.

MacBook Pro 2013 user here, and the trackpad is a huge reason I'd continue to stay with Apple. I don't know why other manufacturers can't seem to get it right.

I switched from Apple to Lenovo and am quite satisfied... expect for the trackpad. It really is a competitive advantage Apple has.

Re: Pock: Display macOS Dock in Touch Bar

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https://support.apple.com/kb/ph25168?locale=en_US It worked for me today for the first time (that I realized). I copied a link from twitter on an iPhone, then pasted on an iMac.

Ahhh I have handoff disabled (I cant stand getting phone calls on my laptop)

I believe you can turn this off from your phone: Settings > Phone > Calls on Other Devices

Re: Pock: Display macOS Dock in Touch Bar

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I used to love the mac keyboard. Of any non Apple laptop it was superior... until I tried out a ThinkPad just over a year ago. I honestly don’t think I could own anything other than a ThinkPad from now on for the keyboard alone.

Unfortunately ThinkPad trackpads aren’t nearly as good as MacBook trackpads.

REAL Thinkpad users will only ever use the little red stick and disable the trackpad (just joking). But it‘s worth a try, takes a couple days to get used to first.

Re: Pock: Display macOS Dock in Touch Bar

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This is what Touch Bar should have been from the beginning IMO. I've been on the fence to upgrade my 2012 MBP. I've been concerned about buying into the Touch Bar hardware when it seems like it is not coming to any other Macs. Why should I devote time to learning Touch Bar and trying to find ways to integrate it with my workflow when keyboard shortcuts are more than enough—and probably better? What happens when I sit…

> devote time to learning Touch Bar

How complicated do you think it is that you need to spend time learning it?

Re: Pock: Display macOS Dock in Touch Bar

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I used to love the mac keyboard. Of any non Apple laptop it was superior... until I tried out a ThinkPad just over a year ago. I honestly don’t think I could own anything other than a ThinkPad from now on for the keyboard alone.

Unfortunately ThinkPad trackpads aren’t nearly as good as MacBook trackpads.

I believe Bill Harding is working on improving Linux trackpad drivers (or trying to find people who can)

https://bill.harding.blog/linux-touchpad-like-a-macbook-prog...

Re: Pock: Display macOS Dock in Touch Bar

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I'd recommend BetterTouchTool and things like finger swipes for volume up/down and brightness up/down and showing things like Spotify. Originally started with Vas3k preset but eventually replaced things with the built in widgets and gestures

Pair it with GoldenChaos[0] and you got yourself a pretty usable touchbar.

[0] https://community.folivora.ai/t/goldenchaos-btt-a-complete-t...

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