Yes, that means the two-finger scroll in all directions. With Terminal, you can disable multi-touch on the Magic Mouse, this will stop momentum scrolling, stop all horizontal scrolling, and stop all vertical scrolling capabilities too. The new hotkeys or gesture combinations can be made available system wide, or you can limit them to a specific application.Īll in all, if you are looking for a way to use your time and energy in a more productive fashion, BetterTouchTool certainly deserves your attention.While you can toggle some Magic Mouse settings and gestures off and on within the “Mouse” System Preferences, if you want to go further and turn off multitouch you’ll need to turn to the command line of Mac OS. Powerful yet user friendly application designed to improve your workflowīetterTouchTool proposes an intuitive manner in which you can define various shortcuts that can trigger certain action in a more intuitive and time efficient method. The latter very useful because BetterTouchTool comes with a finite number of triggers, so you can use the same combinations for different results. Noteworthy is that the new shortcuts can be global (available system wide), or can be specific to a certain application. Note that BetterTouchTool is also able to work with an Apple remote, with a Leap Motion device, or with other gadgets. In addition, via the Gestures panel, you get to define shortcuts by using Magic Mouse, trackpads, keyboards, or normal mice actions. If you choose to enables the Window Snapping feature, each time you drag a window to the screen’s edge, it will be automatically resized.

The BetterTouchTool Settings panel comes with a simple and an advanced view mode, and allows you to adjust the gestures sensitivity level for each peripheral device. However, the BetterTouchTool app does come with a status bar menu that provides quick access to the app’s Settings panel, and it allows you to disable its functions for all apps, or only for the currently selected utility. Clean and organized user interfaceĪfter you set up all the shortcuts, BetterTouchTool works in the background, without requiring your attention. Moreover, BetterTouchTool can be used to work with regular mice and keyboard shortcuts, and also provides a companion iOS app: you can employ the mobile device to control the computer. BetterTouchTool is a small but efficient macOS app designed to help you define shortcuts for your gestures. The Apple Magic Mouse, the Magic Trackpad, and the Macbook Trackpad allow the user to use various gestures to control their computer.

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