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Griffin PowerMate driver for modern macOS

73 pointsby classichasclassyesterday at 9:35 PM26 commentsview on HN

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Cockbrandtoday at 8:09 AM

I was wondering whether BetterTouchTool would support the PowerMate, and I sure didn't get disappointed: https://community.folivora.ai/t/griffin-powermate/30169

Disclosure: I have no idea whether this would still work, and I have no way to find out.

zdwtoday at 2:57 AM

Would be great if it could do other things, like be a volume knob, or do media play/pause, given that scrolling and mouse button press seem like things you already have a mouse to do?

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dmwoodtoday at 12:06 AM

Yippy! I feel like I'm 15 years younger

rcarmotoday at 5:59 AM

This is awesome. I know I have one someplace that I stopped using because of lack of drivers, now all I need is to find it :)

maroonblazertoday at 12:35 AM

>Of course, modern controllers exist that offer many more literal bells and whistles...

Anyone have a favorite 'modern controller' for those of us who no longer have a PowerMate?

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detourdogyesterday at 10:57 PM

I have one of these all I need to do is find it.

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aa-jvtoday at 7:15 AM

I have two of these, near-permanently affixed to my Zynthian .. but now I think I want another one for the desktop. Anyone know of similar devices available currently?

TheAtomictoday at 12:40 AM

I love this. PowerMate was the ultimate fidget tool when not scrolling, editing, etc.

timnetworksyesterday at 11:15 PM

I have one of these and now all I need to do is find a reason to use the Mac.

hauntertoday at 12:05 AM

Damn I always wanted to one of these! So cool

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mcphagetoday at 1:28 AM

I have one of those, but never used it too much—if the button got pressed while my Mac was asleep, it immediately woke up and kernel panicked. I don’t know if there was something odd about my machine or my particular PowerMate or what?

fzzzyyesterday at 11:19 PM

Lol I wrote a new driver for the bluetooth one a few months ago.

joshmarinacciyesterday at 11:05 PM

Curse you! Now I have to go clean out the attic to find mine.