I'll clean it up a bit too! maybe also add dark mode sensing as well.
Nice, yeah mine does not switch from dark to light atm haha. If you implement it I’ll make sure to backport it.
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I'm not sure how to create a thread under this preset so I'll post my bug report here.
Somehow the touch bar started displaying labels alongside the icons, even displaying a button for 'spacer' and won't scroll so a lot of the menu is inaccessible.
This is a common issue that I still don't completely know the workaround for. @Andreas_Hegenberg is there an official solution for this? I'd like to document it in the upcoming FAQ.
Hi @GoldenChaos
Fabulous work on this! I'm really enjoying the presets and learning a lot configuring the touchbar.
I was not sure if this is best place to raise bug/issue relating to "Reapply ALL Settings"
I am currently running BTT 2.683 (988) and recently upgraded to GC-BTT 2.671.2.
I made certain to delete GC-BTT 2.641 and even restarted, There are no other presets other than default. Upon completing the direct import of GC-BTT 2.671.2 and having BTT restart. I attempt to "Reapply All Settings" without any success.
Please see below pictures, None of my settings appear preserved.
Before Update:
After update and "Reapply All Settings"
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank!
Seb
The only settings that get preserved are the ones in the GC-BTT settings menu! The preset is designed to be used unmodified, since all the settings switches in the settings menu do the rearranging. However, since you made deeper changes - like those dividers and significantly rearranging the layout - you'll need to recreate those changes when you upgrade. My suggestion is to basically ignore the settings menu if you're planning on manually editing things in BTT.
It's possible that there will be a way to upgrade similarly modified versions in the future, but there's no time frame for that currently - @Andreas_Hegenberg did talk about being able to override existing widgets on import once which would be fantastic.
Hey GC. I think the point you raised in your reply to Seb is a very important thing to point out in your introduction to GC-BTT. The fact that this preset is designed to be used unmodified and only tweaked by your own Settings panel. This confused me originally but makes so much sense.
Thanks.
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Good idea 
I should also write that FAQ. I think once I have the new settings menu fully working I'll release that and take a short break to write the FAQ.
@seb785 've also added other widgets and buttons outside of GC-BTT and the way i keep them even after updates is by adding them to there own preset so they won't be affected my any changes.
@GoldenChaos the AirPods Connect unfortunatly doesnt work for me, it shows the battery info when i connect manually but i can't seem to be able to use it's connect feature.
My airpods are named "Samahy's Airpods". i've tried with just Airpods and even with yours IIRC "the timme flakes" but still the connect feature doesn't work.
here are the current scripts inside them: https://pastebin.com/1zgsitrq
one of the things i did change in the preset is the bluetooth buttons in both the connectivity actions and the secondary menu bar as i used my own script or rather made bash script and executed the .sh.
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Hi @syto293,
Thanks so much for your response. Can you expand on to protocol you have in place? How is your master preset set up in order to accordingly override the default GC -BTT?
Thanks,
The AirPods button doesn't use any of the Bluetooth button code, so you should be able to change that without affecting things. I'll have a look and see what's going on after I've got the new settings menu all worked out 
if I forget, please just remind me!
Also, this ties into another feature I want to add: the ability to define the name of your AirPods through the settings window. One step at a time...
If you want to automate the reproduction of your GC-BTT customizations, have a look at the "GC's GC-BTT" preset script under the "Other" tab in the BTT settings. You can basically script the whole thing to set the settings you want, change variables to options that are not normally available, move items around, and a lot more if you make your preset script big enough. You can pretty much tell BTT to do anything.
I've pasted it below. I don't modify GC-BTT too heavily because, well, it's the interface I want to use haha. But I do change one of the date variables to something not normally available and enable a special option menu button (Sleep) that there is no setting for! So you could start to see how you could use that to make GC-BTT fit in with your own personal presets that are loaded alongside it.
-- GC's GC-BTT
-- This is a PRESET script, called from GC-BTT Settings
tell application "BetterTouchTool"
try
-- Set Escape Key persistent variables
set_persistent_string_variable "escKeyStyle" to "combo"
-- Set Calendar App persistent variables
set_persistent_string_variable "calendarApp" to "fantastical"
-- Set Home Strip persistent variables
set_persistent_string_variable "showBackForward" to "true"
set_persistent_string_variable "showRefresh" to "true"
set_persistent_string_variable "showNewTab" to "true"
-- Set Menu Bar persistent variables
set_persistent_string_variable "menuBarSize" to "medium"
set_persistent_string_variable "showCollapseMenuBar" to "true"
set_persistent_string_variable "showSettings" to "false"
set_persistent_string_variable "showBrowserTabs" to "true"
set_persistent_string_variable "showEmojiPicker" to "true"
set_persistent_string_variable "showCurrentLanguage" to "false"
set_persistent_string_variable "showAppSwitcher" to "false"
set_persistent_string_variable "showCaffeinate" to "true"
set_persistent_string_variable "showConnectGamepad" to "false"
set_persistent_string_variable "showConnectBeats" to "false"
set_persistent_string_variable "showConnectAirPods" to "true"
set_persistent_string_variable "showBluetooth" to "false"
set_persistent_string_variable "showWifi" to "false"
set_persistent_string_variable "showMicrophoneMute" to "false"
set_persistent_string_variable "showVolumeMute" to "false"
set_persistent_string_variable "showVolumeDown" to "true"
set_persistent_string_variable "showVolumeUp" to "true"
set_persistent_string_variable "showBrightnessDown" to "true"
set_persistent_string_variable "showBrightnessUp" to "true"
-- Set Date/Time persistent variables
set_persistent_string_variable "dateSize" to "dynamic"
set_persistent_string_variable "timeFormat" to "12hour"
-- Set a custom date format
set_persistent_string_variable "dateFormatMedium" to "E d h:mm a"
-- Set Weather Widget persistent variables
set_persistent_string_variable "showWeather" to "dynamic"
-- Set Spotlight Key persistent variables
set_persistent_string_variable "showSpotlight" to "never"
-- Set Siri Key persistent variables
set_persistent_string_variable "showSiri" to "never"
-- Set Notification Center Key persistent variables
set_persistent_string_variable "showNotificationCenter" to "always"
-- Show the Sleep key in the Option Menu
update_trigger "4375EE82-970A-49C3-A280-27A102CF19C7" json "{\"BTTEnabled2\" : 1}"
-- Set Dock Badge persistent variables
set_persistent_string_variable "showSafariBadge" to "true"
set_persistent_string_variable "showSafariPreviewBadge" to "false"
set_persistent_string_variable "showChromeBadge" to "false"
set_persistent_string_variable "showChromeCanaryBadge" to "false"
set_persistent_string_variable "showFirefoxBadge" to "false"
set_persistent_string_variable "showFaceTimeBadge" to "true"
set_persistent_string_variable "showiMessageBadge" to "true"
set_persistent_string_variable "showWhatsAppBadge" to "true"
set_persistent_string_variable "showTelegramBadge" to "false"
set_persistent_string_variable "showFranzBadge" to "false"
set_persistent_string_variable "showSkypeBadge" to "true"
set_persistent_string_variable "showSkypeBusinessBadge" to "false"
set_persistent_string_variable "showYakYakBadge" to "false"
set_persistent_string_variable "showChattyBadge" to "true"
set_persistent_string_variable "showCaprineBadge" to "false"
set_persistent_string_variable "showGoofyBadge" to "false"
set_persistent_string_variable "showAppleMailBadge" to "false"
set_persistent_string_variable "showOutlookBadge" to "false"
set_persistent_string_variable "showSparkBadge" to "true"
set_persistent_string_variable "showAirmailBadge" to "false"
set_persistent_string_variable "showPolymailBadge" to "false"
set_persistent_string_variable "showBoxyBadge" to "false"
set_persistent_string_variable "showMailplaneBadge" to "false"
set_persistent_string_variable "showPostboxBadge" to "false"
set_persistent_string_variable "showMailMateBadge" to "false"
set_persistent_string_variable "showSlackBadge" to "true"
set_persistent_string_variable "showDiscordBadge" to "false"
set_persistent_string_variable "showDiscordCanaryBadge" to "true"
set_persistent_string_variable "showTrelloBadge" to "true"
set_persistent_string_variable "showBodoBadge" to "true"
set_persistent_string_variable "showAbstractBadge" to "true"
set_persistent_string_variable "showZeplinBadge" to "true"
set_persistent_string_variable "showTweetbotBadge" to "true"
set_persistent_string_variable "showTwitterBadge" to "false"
set_persistent_string_variable "showTwitchBadge" to "false"
set_persistent_string_variable "showFacebookBadge" to "false"
set_persistent_string_variable "showTumblrBadge" to "false"
-- Refresh the Touch Bar
trigger_named "Check All Settings"
end try
end tell
@seb785 don't set GC as the default and make your edits in your own Preset.
my setup is as follows.
@GoldenChaos
i thought about automating my changes and integrating it into my GC preset;However, i chose not to bec it'll be easier for me to edit and modify later without going through a mountain of items even though i color coded them.
"Power in Diversity" and all. and i'm eagerly waiting your new release.
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@Andreas_Hegenberg in recent builds of BTT my dock badge scripts are returning an error. I haven't changed them since I introduced the hide on DND feature a few versions ago, and they were working then. I'm not sure what the error is, but this means that dock badges are totally broken. Here's a sample dock badge script for Apple Mail, can you see what's causing the error?
tell application "BetterTouchTool"
try
set dndEnabled to get_string_variable "dndEnabled"
end try
end tell
if dndEnabled is "false" then
if application "Mail" is running then
tell application "System Events"
tell process "Dock"
try
set badgeNumber to value of attribute "AXStatusLabel" of UI element "Mail" of list 1
if badgeNumber exists then
if badgeNumber contains "iPhone" then
return "iPhone"
else if badgeNumber contains "iPad" then
return "iPad"
else if badgeNumber contains "watch" then
return "Watch"
else if badgeNumber contains "Mac" then
return "Mac"
else
return badgeNumber
end if
else
return ""
end if
on error
return ""
end try
end tell
end tell
else
return ""
end if
else
return ""
end if
Your script seems to work fine here. (I didn't try it with Mail because I don't use that, but used some other app instead).
Is there any error logged / output?
@Andreas_Hegenberg and @GoldenChaos
I am having problems with Bluetooth toggle functionality because I do not have the Bluetooth menu showing in the task bar. I wrote the below script that integrates the homebrew "blueutil" addon. The output is working, but when incorporating into my BTT "Option" submenu, it cycles on/off until I let go of the modifier key, Any help would be greatly appreciated.
There is an error, but I don't know what it is. Is there a way to get the error portion of a try block to output what the error is? Everything I've looked at online seems to say you have to define a bunch of different cases and see which one returns, which seems inefficient.
@seb785 GC-BTT actually used blueutil in some of its earliest releases, but requiring users to install an additional helper caused more problems than it was worth, and so helper apps were systematically eliminated (looking at you, icalBuddy). If you're going to use the bluetooth toggle, I genuinely recommend just enabling the BT menu bar item. It will be a more reliable experience!
Thanks. I was wondering what was going on with the weather widget. Just downloaded the stable version yesterday. I'm running OSX Mojave and saw your note about it not working w/ that version of OS.
UPDATE: Location Services has to be enabled for weather to work. I just resolved.
If you're still running versions of GC-BTT that old, I highly recommend upgrading to 2.641! It's very, very stable and feature-complete, and much more customizable.
