MTMR
Replace the MacBook Pro Touch Bar with your own layout of buttons, widgets and scripts defined in a JSON file.GetMIT
HapticKey
Make the Touch Bar answer key taps with trackpad haptic feedback, a sound or a screen flash.
MIT · Downloads from github.com
- License
- MIT
- Open source
- Source
- GitHub
- niw
- Verified
- 2026
About HapticKey
HapticKey is a small utility for MacBook Pro models with a Touch Bar. When you tap Escape, a function key or another Touch Bar control, it vibrates the trackpad so the flat strip gives some physical confirmation, and it can play a sound or flash the screen instead.
It needs Accessibility permission and uses private multitouch interfaces for the haptic effect. The last release, 0.7.0, dates from October 2021 and is not signed, so expect to approve it manually; it is only relevant on Macs that have a Touch Bar.
Information
- Source code
- niw/HapticKey
- License
- MIT
- Website
- github.com
- Download
- github.com
- Category
- Utilities
- Evidence checked
- Tags
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Sources and image credits
- github.com/niw/HapticKey
- github.com/niw/HapticKey/blob/master/LICENSE
- github.com/niw/HapticKey/releases
- icon.png: Yoshimasa Niwa and HapticKey contributors. MIT; upstream project asset, trademarks retained.
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