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Touch Bar Simulator - The macOS Touch Bar Simulator as a standalone app

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Touch Bar Simulator lets you use the Touch Bar on any Mac.

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I recently got into macOS development [0] and Swift, and I'm currently working on an app where I want to support the Touch Bar. I don't have the new MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, so I was stuck with having to launch the simulator from inside Xcode. I built this app to make it easier to code and design for the Touch Bar. Not everyone has or even wants Xcode installed, for example, designers, non-developers, or developers making apps with Electron (which now supports the Touch Bar). This app bundles the Touch Bar simulator at build time so users don't need to have Xcode installed. It also adds a handy screenshot button. I'm happy to entertain other useful features. Note that it requires macOS 10.12.2 or later. It's of course open-source. Contributions welcome! :) [0]:
you had me at "I recently got into macOS development [0] and Swift..." - thats great, how long have you been learning?
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About 3 months.
The screenshot icon takes the screenshot of touchbar itself.
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That's a feature. What did you expect?
to open facetime or screenshot?
The icon made me think it'll open photo booth. Screenshot-ing the touchbar didn't intuitively cross my mind. But then I'm not a developer, so it could be just me.
I think maybe you're thinking that that button is on a real touch bar as well...it's not...that's just for this app to grab a screenshot of the touch bar. (There is a screenshot button you can add to the system button area, but that's another story).
That's a very good alternative to buying a new MacBook Pro with Touch Bar 😂
LOL exactly my thought! :D
lol :) you Apple marketing almost got you!
Looks great! QAs and Designers could use this simulator to test Touch Bar support without installing Xcode and stuff. Screenshot button also would be useful for them 😉 Well done!
Works very well! Especially with an external monitor, dock on one screen, touch bar on the other!
This standalone build of the Touch Bar Simulator is a really welcome addition. Using, trying, and developing with the Touch Bar now is within everybody's reach! #sharingiscaring
Very Dope🚬🚬🚬 I love the creativity
This is super cool! It even automatically adjust buttons after I opened Sketch 3. Two suggestions: 1) Allow user to pin the touch bar on the bottom of screen. 2) Allow user to enable the touch bar take up full width of the screen.
Awesome that your on the swift bandwagon 👍
Awesome work ! So useful and it welp definitely help me in my future projets ! Thank you :)
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