SlideSense 0.1.3

Install

1. Download SlideSense-0.1.3.zip and unzip it.
2. Drag SlideSense.app into /Applications.
3. The build is ad-hoc signed but not notarised, so the first launch shows
   "Apple could not verify SlideSense is free of malware" → Open
   (or System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway).

Requires macOS 13 or later and a built-in Force Touch trackpad.

Added

• Automatic updates. SlideSense checks GitHub releases once a day (and on
  demand from Settings → Startup → Check Now…), downloads the archive,
  verifies it against the SHA-256 GitHub publishes, swaps the bundle in and
  relaunches. No Sparkle: it refuses to update a bundle whose signature has no
  team identifier, which an ad-hoc build never has.
• Settings → Startup tab: open at login, automatic update checks, version and a
  manual check.
• Settings → Media tab (was "Extras"), so the media controls are easier to find.

Changed

• Accessibility is only requested while the media strip is enabled — volume and
  brightness never need it.

Privacy

• The daily update check is the app's only network request: a GET to the public
  GitHub releases API. Nothing about the machine or the user is sent.

Full changelog: CHANGELOG.md

SHA-256: 54d7025e35eefa92695c74e877f9ab063af2c2e1682ab5711397a026e92dd79d

SlideSense 0.1.2

Install

1. Download SlideSense-0.1.2.zip and unzip it.
2. Drag SlideSense.app into /Applications.
3. The build is ad-hoc signed but not notarised, so the first launch shows
   "Apple could not verify SlideSense is free of malware" → Open
   (or System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway).

Requires macOS 13 or later and a built-in Force Touch trackpad.

Fixed

• The download was called "damaged" by Gatekeeper. Without a bundle signature
  the main executable only carries the linker's ad-hoc signature, which fails
  bundle verification ("code has no resources but signature indicates they must
  be present"), and macOS offers no way past it.
• The build script ad-hoc signs the bundle again (codesign --sign -), so the
  app is a valid — if unidentified — signature: Gatekeeper now shows the normal
  "Apple could not verify" prompt with an Open / Open Anyway path.
• Still no certificate, no Apple Developer account, no notarisation, no network.

Full changelog: CHANGELOG.md

SHA-256: 63e846a47e1d55a8e0134981d1e3ff5b7ec06b6022c29bb854685dc5a3c729ce

SlideSense 0.1.1

Install

1. Download SlideSense-0.1.1.zip and unzip it.

2. Drag SlideSense.app into /Applications.

3. The build is unsigned, so the first launch needs right-click → Open, or:

   xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/SlideSense.app

Requires macOS 13 or later and a built-in Force Touch trackpad.

What changed

The idle timer is gone. The previous build ran a 1 Hz refresh that re-read
CoreAudio and DisplayServices whether or not anything happened, while the README
promised "no polling". That was a fair catch.

• Volume and mute now arrive as CoreAudio property callbacks.
• Brightness is read once when a finger lands and once when the menu opens.
• The menu refreshes its readouts as it opens; the permission row refreshes when
  the app becomes active.
• No Timer remains anywhere in the app. Idle CPU measures 0.0 %.

Everything else is unchanged: edge sliders, Liquid Glass HUD, haptics, quick
mute, media strip.

Full changelog: CHANGELOG.md

SlideSense 0.1.0

Turn the edges of your MacBook trackpad into volume and brightness sliders.

Install

1. Download SlideSense-0.1.0.zip below and unzip it.

2. Drag SlideSense.app into /Applications.

3. The build is unsigned, so the first launch needs right-click → Open, or:

   xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/SlideSense.app

Requires macOS 13 or later and a built-in Force Touch trackpad.

What's in it

• Volume on the right edge, brightness on the left.
• A real Liquid Glass HUD on macOS 26, frosted panel on macOS 13–15.
• Haptic tick for every step, light/medium/strong.
• Precise sliding (quarter steps), plus ⇧⌥ fine control.
• Quick Mute: double-tap the top-right corner.
• Media strip: swipe the bottom edge to skip, double-tap to play/pause.
• Cursor freeze, bottom-quarter mode, required modifier, swap sides, vertical
  axis flip.
• Minimal menu bar menu with live levels, four-tab settings window, open at login.

Notes

• Accessibility permission is only needed for the media strip (it posts system
  media keys). Volume and brightness work without it.
• The app is fully offline: no analytics, no network calls.

Full changelog: CHANGELOG.md