If You Don’t Like the New MacBook Keyboard, Try the Haptic Touchbar App
The MacBook Pro touchpad is a great addition to your laptop. Many praised its versatility, while others lamented the removal of the traditional keyboard shortcuts we’ve come to know and love on Apple keyboards. Since there is no tactile indication of whether or not you pressed a key on the touchpad, it’s a little frustrating to find yourself pressing where you think the offset Escape key should be without getting a response. In this case, you should check out the Haptic Touchbar app to get a little feedback from your fingers.
Haptic Touchbar is a downloadable menu bar app that adds tactile feedback support (the sensation of a quick vibration when you press a key or point on a touchscreen) to your touchpad. When you press the Escape or Function keys, the Haptic Touchbar activates the Force Touch Trackpad magnets on your MacBook Pro, vibrating your laptop accordingly. You can choose from four levels of feedback intensity for a quieter (or stronger) response.
The Haptic Touch Bar costs $ 4.99, but you can use the 14-day free trial to decide if the feature is worth the Lincoln you’re going to spend. As a fan of haptic feedback ( I still want Novint Falcon ), any tool that shows if you actually pressed a button on a touchscreen is a utility I can use.