BetterTouchTool adds many new, fully customizable gestures to the Magic Mouse, Multi-Touch MacBook trackpad, and Magic Trackpad.
These gestures are customizable:
Magic Mouse:
Pinch in / out (zoom)
Single-finger tap left
Single-finger tap right
Single-finger tap middle
Single-finger tap
Single-finger click middle
Two-finger tap
Two-finger click
Two-finger swipe (up/down/left/right)
Two-finger tip tap left/right
Three-finger tap
Three-finger click
Three-finger swipe (up/down/left/right)
Four-finger swipe up/down
Four-finger click
TipTap left/right
Touchpad:
Single-finger tap top-left
Single-finger tap top-right
Single-finger tap top-middle
Single-finger tap bottom-left
Single-finger tap bottom-right
Single-finger tap bottom-middle
Single-finger tap left-middle
Single-finger tap right-middle
Two-finger tip tap left/right
Three-finger swipes (up/down/left/right)
Three-finger tap
Three-finger click
Four-finger swipes (up/down/left/right)
Four-finger tap
Five-finger tap
Five-finger swipe up/down/left/right (see FAQ)
TipTap
Two-finger TipTap
Three-finger TipTap
What’s new in version 4.442
Updated on Mar 12 2024
macOS 14.4 fix: any BTT action that worked on the currently selected text would fail on macOS Sonoma 14.4. This should be resolved. For example the "Transform Selected Text With ChatGPT" or "Transform Selected Text With Java Script" actions.
The constant updates are getting on my nerves especially that many times it keeps proposing the same updates over and over and over again even though the app is already updated.. and the "Automatically update..." function does not work. App is good otherwise.
App is good.
His customer service is abysmal. Answers and support questions remain ignored even though I see him being active on his server.
I had fairly straightforward questions and he couldn't even give me a 30 second response, which has meant that even though I purchased his lifetime license, I can't utilise it because issues and questions remain unanswered.
I used BetterTouchTool for years to define paste into xterm windows. I retired in 2019, but I need to use BTT again now, and I forget how I configured it. I am trying to find the User Guide in vain.
I only use BetterTouchTool to resize my windows but I use it for that a gazillion times a day. Works great for me, been using it for years now. Works fine on Catalina. I'd be lost without it. Eventually I'll branch out and see what else little app can do.
I am trying to purchase bettertouchtool and when it tries to go to the purchase site it just spins and will not go there and then tells me that it cannot find the server. any thoughts on how to do this?
There are only two things that are certain in life: 1) The sun will rise tomorrow. 2) There will be a new release of BTT tomorrow. ;)
Seriously, this is an amazing program.
Does not work for me anymore, makes my Wacom super sluggish and has peaks of memory usage for no apparent reason (that are monitored by AppTamer). All I had set up were keyboard shortcuts.
I won't rate it bad because it worked fine until he finally stopped updating daily... Oddly enough that is when it started acting up.
Spins Kernal process up to 1200%, crashes your machine, unstable, rendering not antialiased, drains battery.
latest version of bettertouch & OSX as at 12/2019, it's not that they won't (eventually?) fix these problems but that with the next (non-alpha) update, they could come back again > Massive net productivity reduction
Fantastic Idea, dismal implementation.
(from OSXDaily.com)
The Green Button in OS X window bars used to “maximize” windows to fit the Mac screen, but since OS X Yosemite the Green Button now sends windows or apps into full screen mode by default. This can be modified one-off by Option+Clicking the green maximize button, but a better solution for some users is to permanently modify the behavior of this button to work like it used to instead.
To change the green button maximize behavior you will need to use BetterTouchTool, a free application for OS X that performs many other functions and neat tricks with the Mac trackpad and mouse, but for the purposes here we’re just using it to adjust window maximizing universally throughout OS X.
http://osxdaily.com/2015/03/11/change-the-green-button-maximize-behavior-in-os-x-yosemite-with-bettertouchtool/
v3.140 is the current version, and counting... -> Current prices: $7.50 for the Standard License in the USA. $21.00 for the "Lifetime" License in the USA.