The new MacBook Pros have received quite a thrashing over the internet for not being good enough. While we share that sentiment to a great extent, there’s no denying that the Touch Bar is exceptional and our hearts are yearning for it.
That said, there’s no way in hell we are going to spend 1.5 lakhs just to play with the Touch Bar. But does that mean you have to miss out on it? Nope, not at all!
Here’s how you can create a fake a Touch Bar on your old Mac!
Yes, you read that right. No, I am not kidding.
Coders around the world are wizards who seem to have the solution to almost every problem thrown at them. Seriously, if cancer could be cured by coding, they’d have eradicated it in 1992!
This time around, a couple of brilliant minds came together to write a piece of code that can mimic the Touch Bar through the interface of an App. According to their official description:
“Touch Bar Demo App allows you to use your macOS Touch Bar from an iPad (through USB connection) or on-screen by pressing the Fn-key. It shows the original Apple Touch Bar, which changes dynamically based on the app you’re currently using. With this demo app, you can try out the Touch Bar on any Mac that does not have a physical Touch Bar.”
You can download the “app” from GitHub by clicking here. The page also has detailed instructions on how to install and use the app, so don’t worry, you won’t be left stranded during the process of installation.
Please note that the fake Touch Bar will run only on macOS Sierra 10.12.1 build 16B2657. The site specifically informs that the code will not run on any other build version even if it is for Sierra itself. You can download the right build for the OS from Apple’s support website.
With actresses faking accents, footballers faking injury, girls faking orgasms, and the US faking religious tolerance, I really think it’s okay for us to fake a Touch Bar!
Here’s a video demo of the app: