BetterTouchTool For Mac

The Apple Magic Mouse, the Magic Trackpad, and the Macbook Trackpad allow the user to use various gestures to control their computer. BetterTouchTool is a small but efficient macOS app designed to help you define shortcuts for your gestures.

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.

After you set up all the shortcuts, BetterTouchTool works in the background, without requiring your attention. 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.

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. 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.

Via the Gestures panel, you get to define shortcuts by using Magic Mouse, trackpads, keyboards, or normal mice actions. Note that BetterTouchTool is also able to work with an Apple remote, with a Leap Motion device, or with other gadgets.

Noteworthy is that the new shortcuts can be global (available system wide), or can be specific to a certain application. The latter very useful because BetterTouchTool comes with a finite number of triggers, so you can use the same combinations for different results.

BetterTouchTool 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 new hotkeys or gesture combinations can be made available system wide, or you can limit them to a specific application.

If you are looking for a way to use your time and energy in a more productive fashion, BetterTouchTool certainly deserves your attention.