

So in one of the upcoming updates, customizing your touch bar will become easier. Yet, you can make custom buttons of your own. The tool comes with already-configured buttons. On first install, you need to allow access for MTMR in Accessibility - otherwise, buttons like Esc, Volume, Brightness, and other system keys won't work. I know that it’s a bit complicated fiddle around with the source code, but the developer of the app Anton Palgunov added on his to-do list to create an interface for adjusting the settings. My Rules) is a TouchBar customization app for your MacBook Pro. I would encourage you to play around a bit with the file and see what button combination and layout works best for you. If you would like to use my preset, just copy/paste the code below in your items.json file: Therefore I went with the brightness adjustment buttons, a button that shows me the current song playing on Spotify, the 3 media buttons (previous, play/pause, next), a volume slider, a “coffee” button that turns off my screen, a “tomato” button for the Pomodoro productivity tracker, current weather and date indication. In my specific case, I wanted to have a fixed set of buttons that I constantly use. Picture of my MTMR preset with the Spotify button.
#Mtmr github install#
dmg file and install the app like any other Mac application by dragging the MTMR icon in the “ applications” folder. Navigate to the GitHub page of MTMR and download the latest.
#Mtmr github how to#
If you prefer more to see a video tutorial on how to do this, you can check it out on my YouTube channel. So if you are frustrated with the same problem, then this article is for you as I will show you how to setup your touch bar, according to your rules. What this application enables you to do is to add a fixed set of Touch Bar buttons and organise them in any way you want. That’s of course all up until I came across an app on GitHub called My TouchBar, My Rules (MTMR) developed by Anton Palgunov. It was very frustrating that I had no option to select a fixed set of buttons that would constantly be there no matter in which application I was in. While using my 2018 MacBook Pro I got a bit tired of the Touch Bar buttons that constantly get switched every time I would go from one application to the other. Picture of my custom MacBook Pro touch bar.
