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The touchbar is super useless unless you install something like MTMR[1] to customize it. The downside of course is that you need to be comfortable with some cod
by toxican 6y ago
The touchbar is super useless unless you install something like MTMR[1] to customize it. The downside of course is that you need to be comfortable with some code to modify it outside of any pre-defined profiles. But even then I don't find myself using it much.
Also while Mac's aren't meant for gaming, when I do game I find the touchbar to be a poor replacement for the F keys. I play WoW and have F1-F5 bound to certain abilities and having zero tactile feedback during something as fast-paced as combat is frustrating.
Additionally, totally agree with the webcam complaint. I don't use it very often, but I was definitely expecting more from it when I first used it. A $2k laptop should have a better camera than my ~$600 laptop from a few years ago.
All that being said, I do also agree with the praise-worthy part of the post. I've really enjoyed how intertwined my iPhone and Mac experience are. Being able to effortlessly take/make calls and texts from my laptop without having to install an app on the phone or waste a bunch of time configuring things is really wonderful.
The speakers are also wonderful and the laptop itself runs surprisingly silently, even under high-load.
[1] - https://github.com/Toxblh/MTMR https://github.com/Toxblh/MTMR
- mthoms 6y agoI've found this tiny utility a great help. It provides haptic feedback for all touch bar presses (BetterTouchTool also has this feature). https://github.com/niw/HapticKey https://github.com/niw/HapticKey
- toxican 6y agoLooks like MTMR supports it as well, but I didn't have any luck getting it to work. HapticKey is working great though. For as good a job as Apple did with making the iPhone's button and the touchpad feel really responsive, I'm amazed they didn't bother doing the same with the touchbar.