Brink - Turn your MacBook trackpad's edges into controls
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Brink is a free macOS menu bar app that turns your trackpad's edges into controls. Slide the right edge for volume, the left for brightness, the top for keyboard light. Swipe the bottom to skip, double-tap the corner to mute. Native HUD, haptic ticks.
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Hey Product Hunt 👋
My MacBook trackpad has four edges I never use, and I kept reaching for the menu bar to change volume and brightness. So I built Brink.
• Right edge: slide for volume
• Left edge: slide for brightness
• Top edge: slide for keyboard light
• Bottom edge: swipe to skip, and double-tap the top-right corner to mute
It shows the same HUD as your keyboard keys, ticks under your finger as you slide, and keeps the pointer still while you do it. Hold ⇧⌥ for quarter steps, pick where slides can start, swap sides, or require Fn/⌥. Works with Magic Trackpad and Magic Mouse too.
It's free, signed and notarized, universal (Apple silicon + Intel), built in Rust with Tauri, and updates itself. macOS 13+.
Would love to hear which edge you end up using most.