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BETTERTOUCHTOOL GESTURES HOW TO
BETTERTOUCHTOOL GESTURES FOR MAC
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BETTERTOUCHTOOL GESTURES MAC

BETTERTOUCHTOOL GESTURES MAC

This gesture will start working immediately, so try tapping two fingers on your background – your Mac should respond by locking automatically and displaying the login screen. I’m going to select ‘System Actions > Lock screen.’

Open the ‘Predefined Action’ dropdown and choose the action that you want this gesture to trigger.

I’m going to use ‘Two Finger Gestures > 2 Finger Tap.’

Open the ‘Please Select a Gesture’ dropdown, and choose a gesture from BetterTouchTool’s vast catalogue of supported gestures.

Click ‘Add New Gesture,’ which appears towards the bottom of the window.

Since we want our gesture to work across the entire macOS system, I’m going to select ‘Global.’

In the left-hand menu, decide whether you’re creating a system-wide or application-specific gesture.

Select the ‘Trackpads’ tab along the top of the screen.

BETTERTOUCHTOOL GESTURES HOW TO

For the purposes of this tutorial I’ll be showing you how to create a gesture that lets you lock your Mac’s screen by tapping on the trackpad, but once you know how to create one gesture, you can use the same process to create a wide range of different gestures. You can use BetterTouchTool to create custom gestures that trigger a wide range of actions across the macOS system and even within specific applications.

Click ‘Continue trial,’ which takes you to the main BetterTouchTool interface.

The BetterTouchTool window should now have updated click the new ‘Start using BTT’ button.

Make sure ‘Accessibility’ is selected in the left-hand menu.

If you see a little padlock icon in the window’s bottom-left corner, then click this padlock and enter your admin password.

This takes you to the appropriate section of the ‘System Preferences’ menu.

BetterTouchTool requires access to the Accessibility API, so when prompted give the ‘Open System Preferences…’ button a click.

Once the file has downloaded, unzip it, and then launch the BetterTouchTool application.

BETTERTOUCHTOOL GESTURES DOWNLOAD

Head over to the BetterTouchTool website and download the latest version.

BETTERTOUCHTOOL GESTURES TRIAL

BetterTouchTool does require a license (personal licenses are available from £4.00) but a free 45 day free trial is available, so you can try before you buy. Setup BetterTouchToolīetterTouchTool is a third party app that lets you create custom gestures for your Mac’s trackpad. You can also disable gestures by deselecting their accompanying checkbox, which is particularly useful if you keep triggering an action by accident. If an action doesn’t have an accompanying arrow icon, then this means it’s impossible to select a new gesture for this action. Note that the available gestures will vary between actions, and there’s a few actions that you cannot map to different gestures. This window contains all of macOS’ default gestures, split across three tabs: ‘Point & Click,’ ‘Scroll & Zoom’ and ‘More Gestures.’ You can define a different gesture for many of the actions that appear across these tabs, for example clicking the little arrow icon that appears next to the ‘Swipe between pages’ gesture will open a dropdown containing some alternative gestures:

Select ‘System preferences > Trackpad.’.

Click the ‘Apple’ logo in your Mac’s menu bar.

BETTERTOUCHTOOL GESTURES FOR MAC

There did appear to be technical support available in the form of feedback and error reporting.īetterTouchTool for Mac functions well and gives users control of device gestures, although advanced users may not need the assistance.Your Mac already supports a number of trackpad gestures, but if these gestures don’t quite work for you, then it’s possible to modify many of these default gestures: Once we were acquainted with the interface, assigning functions proved relatively easy, although some required changes to the system preferences. Additional options include allowing window snapping just as in the Microsoft operating system. A large arrow indicates where to press to begin assigning functions to the selected device. These functions can be specifically applied to individual apps or the system as a whole if desired. Users can add functions for the Magic Mouse, keyboard, trackpad, Apple remote, and BTT remote. The overall appearance of the program is very good, albeit a little confusing.

Lacking instructions, the program was difficult to interpret outside of the main menus, which were featured at the top of the window. After initial startup, BetterTouchTool for Mac attempted to access all of the computers on the test network, which is a strange function for the type of features offered. BetterTouchTool for Mac allows users to customize the trackpad operation for their whole system or individual applications.Īvailable as freeware, the program downloaded and installed quickly.

For average Mac users, the trackpad's default functioning can sometimes be frustrating.