Your Touch Bar comes in the way of your producitivity? Worse, it's no longer in its prime and it started flickering?
Hide My Bar is a macOS app that allows you to turn off the Touch Bar in an instant. Simply double-tap on the key of your choice and the Touch Bar will be disabled. No more flickering. Need it for a quick action? Double-tap again to turn it back on.
To download and install Hide My Bar on your Mac:
- Head over to https://clemstation.com/hide-my-bar to grab the latest version.
- Launch Hide My Bar from your Applications folder or Dock.
- Choose your shortcut key and disable your Touch Bar now!
Because of Apple's restrictions. The API used to turn off the Touch Bar is private and Apple only allows use of public APIs for apps to be published on the App Store.
This app has been notarized by Apple. It means Apple has scanned our app for malicious content and also checked for code-signing issues and approved it. On top of that we use Sparkle’s EdDSA signature to ensure that the updates you download are the ones we published, without any alteration.
In order to simulate keys pressed for Brightness, Volume and so on, you need to give the app the accessibility permissions. Go to System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Privacy -> Accessibility -> Check Hide My Bar.
To be able to use the Function Keys (F1, F2, etc...) with Hide My Bar, you must change your Touch Bar configuration to either App Controls or Expanded Control Strip. Go to System Preferences -> Keyboard. Next to Touch Bar shows, select Expanded Control Strip. Note that App Controls would work as well. Click on Hide My Bar's icon (in the menu bar) -> Preferences -> Hot Keys and check Double tap ^Control next to Function Keys. You can choose any keys available.
It is working well alongside Karabiner, BTT and many others. However some users reported issues using it with GoldenChaos
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Go to the Issues tab to post bugs, feature requests, or questions.
Feel free to comment on any existing feature requests that you also want to request. The more requests, the more likely I'll do it.
If you're filing a bug, please include the following:
- MacOS version
- Processor (Intel, M1, ...)
- Detailed steps to reproduce
If you wish to contact me directly, feel free to send an email to contact@clemstation.com.
Hide My Bar is compatible with macOS 10.13 and later versions.
Hide My Bar is built using the following open-source libraries: