Latest Chrome stable doesn't work with Better Snap Tool

You can block apps from Grammarly, but I'm not sure how to add Chrome to that blocklist yet

Might not fix the problem regardless

could you try to run this command (while BTT is quit) and see whether it helps?

defaults write com.hegenberg.BetterTouchTool BSTEnableEnhancementCheck YES

// ah no, it probably won't help, I think this is set to yes by default

Confirming it didn't work

It seems you can disable Grammarly for specific apps here:

However how do you make that thing appear? It doesn't show up in my Chrome for some reason

Yeah, that's what I was saying earlier. You can make it appear on specific sites, and then that option allows you to disable it for that site specifically. I can't figure out how to disable Chrome itself.

However, I might work around this by using Slack on the browser; I mainly need Grammarly to maximize my communication at work. Slack, Jira, PR reviews on Github all happen in the browser. They have a Chrome extension that does the same thing.

// UPDATE May 23, 2022: BetterSnapTool 1.9.7 is now available on the Mac App Store. The fix mentioned below is not necessary anymore.


Can you try running this terminal command while BetterSnapTool is quit?

defaults write com.hegenberg.BetterSnapTool BSTEnableEnhancementCheck YES

Grammarly and 1Password 8 seem to enable the accessibility enhancement mode in Google Chrome (I think this is bad because it means Chrome will use much more CPU), and this causes issues. With this command BetterSnapTool will try to disable this feature before each snap (and enable it again if it was set before)

If you are not familiar with the Terminal, here some more detailed explanation on how to execute the command:

1.) Open the “Terminal” app (this is located in your Applications folder in the sub-folder “Utilities”, but you will be able to open it using Apple’s Spotlight.)
2.) Quit BetterSnapTool (click the menubar icon on the top right, then select the quit option)
3.) Copy this command into the Terminal app, then hit the enter/return key:
defaults write com.hegenberg.BetterSnapTool BSTEnableEnhancementCheck YES
4.) You can now launch BetterSnapTool again and the issue will be fixed.

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You freakin wizard, that did it. Thanks a ton

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Had the same issue with Chrome (96.0.4664.93 (Official Build) (x86_64)) on a MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2020) and BigSur.
Also using Grammarly Mac-App and running this CLI command solved the issue.
Thanks!

Hello, I have the same issue. I'm using BST, Chrome and Grammarly. I tried the command shown above but still, have snapping problems with Chrome. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, any other suggestions? Many Thanks.

Restart Chrome, BTS and Grammaly.

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Hi, unfortunately, that didn't resolve it. I tried a full machine restart as well. Im using BTS 1.9.5

Cheers
PS Love BTS !!

the only important step is to run the terminal command while BST is quit. I’d try again to make sure it’s quit, then run the command again.

I can confirm BST + Grammarly + Chrome issue was solved by setting BSTEnableEnhancementCheck to true. It would be great to make this configurable on the UI somehow. Thanks for a great product!

As of {April 15, 2022}, the CLI command worked and got BST back to its previous state.

Many thanks for the community support :call_me_hand:

MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2021 & Apple M1 Pro)
Chrome - Version 100.0.4896.88 (Official Build) (arm64)

This fixed the issue for me too, except it wasn't grammarly for me it was 1Password

oh that’s interesting, 1password 8?

Ya. 1p8

thanks for reporting that! I’ll make the setting default sometime next week with a little update.

Hi,

I did the change and it work...ish. Not sure that the magic line is doing 100% the job, in my case at least.

Thank You :raised_hands: that fixed my issue with Chrome!!