Enjoy the Touch Bar, but wish you could get more out of it? There are all sorts of ways you can customize and better utilize this thin touch screen; here are five we recommend.
There’s a lot you can do with the Touch Bar on your MacBook Pro. You could change the buttons, removing things you don’t use (Siri) and adding buttons you do (Pause/Play).
Or you could add entirely new features, like a way to switch applications quickly.Change the Default Touch Bar Buttons
Before the Touch Bar came along, you couldn’t really change the top row of keys on your keyboard. Sure, there were third party apps that let you change what the keys did, but they’d still look the same—meaning it was on you to remember the new features.
That’s different now. You can add or remove icons from your Touch Bar from within System Preferences.
This means you can customize the Control Strip—those four buttons on the right side. I personally replace the Siri button with Notification Center, but you could just as easily add a dedicated Mission Control or even Dashboard button if you really want to. Seriously, Apple still thinks about the useless Dashboard enough to offer a Touch Bar button for it.
You can also customize the buttons shown by applications themselves. How flexible you can get depends on how many buttons the application itself offers, but usually there’s quite a few.
Add Custom Buttons to Your Touch Bar
Apple and apps only offer so many buttons, and you probably won’t find every single function you want. Fortunately, you can add custom buttons to your Touch Bar with an app named BetterTouchTool. The app makes things totally customizable. You can choose any icon or color for the button,…
The post Five Useful Things You Can Do With The MacBook Pro’s Touch Bar appeared first on FeedBox.