🆕 [v3.6.9] AquaTouch – The Powerful Touch Bar Redesign.

Hi @wesbar!

Those need the iStats helper to run. They previously had issues with catalina but it seems to be working after I checked just then

I'll been working on them for the next update as they don't have any mention of this install, but in the meantime you can try install it manually:

Open the terminal and type:

gem install iStats

followed with return
Should install automatically after that, see if the widgets start working


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Hi. Tried to install istats but get an error message saying I don't have permission to write to the ruby folder?

Hello,
can you please fix the Beats battery script? It does not work properly: it is shown in this way.

The correct battery % is 60, but it show also another number.

Thank you so much

@wesbar
try

sudo gem install iStats

Let me know how this goes. I've had trouble with it on catalina


@sacco
Would you mind helping me out with this?
Visit this thread I just made:
Fixing AQT's Bluetooth Widgets

Hi. No joy with that either although it does get further. Get the attached message?

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@wesbar

Try follow this guide, specifically the one about "Gem Errors"

Careful to follow them closely and search up anything you doubt

https://medium.com/faun/macos-catalina-xcode-homebrew-gems-developer-headaches-cf7b1edf10b7

I'm not too experienced with the Terminal so I bet that'll help more than I can. It appears II got mine working purely by chance after tearing several files and stuff apart

Running Mojave here. Getting an issue while trying to install Gem iStats for game mode widget that I don't have root permissions. Very strange since I have an admin account. Any recommendations?

@thomascanndrum

Did you get any error messages?

Reply at the new FAQ thread:

this happens with spotify but the album cover and song name appears when i use spotify connect to play on another device, tried reinstalling spotify and the preset, no luck

@platterfoot

Open "Script Editor" on your mac, and make a new document.

Put this script in and run, tell me what number shows up

if application "Spotify" is running then
	tell application "Spotify"
		try
			if player state is playing then
				set sName to (get name of current track)
				set sArtist to (get artist of current track)
				
				if (length of sName) > 25 then
					set sName to text 1 thru 22 of sName & "..."
				else
					set sName to (get name of current track)
				end if
				if (length of sArtist) > 25 then
					set sArtist to text 1 thru 22 of sArtist & "..."
				else
					set sArtist to (get artist of current track)
				end if
				if sArtist is not "" then
					set nowPlaying to sName & "  —  " & sArtist
				else
					set nowPlaying to sName
				end if
				
				--fix JSON-Breaking Double Quotes
				set aString to nowPlaying
				set astid to AppleScript's text item delimiters
				set AppleScript's text item delimiters to quote
				set aString to text items of aString
				set AppleScript's text item delimiters to "\\" & quote
				set aString to aString as text
				set AppleScript's text item delimiters to astid
				-- Quotes have been vanquished
				set nowPlaying to aString
				
				set artworkURL to artwork url of current track
				
				set fileName to ((((path to application support folder from user domain) as text) & "BetterTouchTool:" as text) & "spotify_cover.png")
				
				set sNamePlist to ""
				set sArtistPlist to ""
				set plistfile_path to ((((path to application support folder from user domain) as text) & "BetterTouchTool:" as text) & "spotify_playing.plist")
				
				set returnText to "{\"text\":\"" & nowPlaying & "\",\"font_color\": \"255,255,255,255\", \"icon_path\":\"" & (POSIX path of fileName as text) & "\" }"
				
				-- read the plist file
				tell application "System Events"
					try
						if file plistfile_path exists then
							tell property list file plistfile_path
								tell contents
									set sNamePlist to value of property list item "sName"
									set sArtistPlist to value of property list item "sArtist"
								end tell
							end tell
						end if
						if (sName is sNamePlist) and (sArtist is sArtistPlist) then
							--return "Found it!"
							tell application "BetterTouchTool" to set_string_variable "ShowNotPlayingMsg1" to "false"
							--return returnText
							return "1"
							
						end if
					on error
						tell application "BetterTouchTool" to set_string_variable "ShowNotPlayingMsg1" to "true"
						--return "{\"text\":\" Spotify \",\"font_color\": \"255,255,255,255\"}"
						return "2"
					end try
				end tell
				
				if (sName is not sNamePlist) or (sArtist is not sArtistPlist) then
					
					tell application "System Events"
						try
							-- create an empty property list dictionary item
							set the parent_dictionary to make new property list item with properties {kind:record}
							
							-- create new property list file using the empty dictionary list item as contents
							set this_plistfile to ¬
								make new property list file with properties {contents:parent_dictionary, name:plistfile_path}
							make new property list item at end of property list items of contents of this_plistfile ¬
								with properties {kind:string, name:"sName", value:sName}
							make new property list item at end of property list items of contents of this_plistfile ¬
								with properties {kind:string, name:"sArtist", value:sArtist}
						on error
							tell application "BetterTouchTool" to set_string_variable "ShowNotPlayingMsg1" to "true"
							--return "{\"text\":\" Spotify \",\"font_color\": \"255,255,255,255\"}"
							return "3"
						end try
					end tell
					
					do shell script "curl " & artworkURL & " -o ~/Library/Application\\ Support/BetterTouchTool/spotify_cover.png"
					
					tell application "BetterTouchTool" to set_string_variable "ShowNotPlayingMsg1" to "false"
					--return returnText
					return "4"
					
				end if
			else
				tell application "BetterTouchTool" to set_string_variable "ShowNotPlayingMsg1" to "false"
				--return "{\"text\":\" Spotify \",\"font_color\": \"255,255,255,255\"}"
				return "5"
			end if
		on error
			tell application "BetterTouchTool" to set_string_variable "ShowNotPlayingMsg1" to "false"
			--return "{\"text\":\" Spotify \",\"font_color\": \"255,255,255,255\"}"
			return "6"
		end try
	end tell
else
	tell application "BetterTouchTool" to set_string_variable "ShowNotPlayingMsg1" to "true"
	return "7"
end if

@yuuiko

After installing the latest BTT update I ran into the same issue as @platterfoot. I tried the script you posted and it returned "1". Also, now the "current song" is gone entirely on the Spotify app set.

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song playing it returned 1, song paused it returned 5

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Hi, im new here, im having trouble when enter to YouTube the stock Touch Bar appears and can't use de YouTube widget that you made, unless go yo the AquaTouch button then YouTube, but every time I change tabs, when go I back to the YouTube tab again the stock Touch Bar appears

to create a toggle button for sidecar , this script work perfectly on and off. no need to go to setting anymore :):

tell application "System Preferences"

activate

set the current pane to pane id "com.apple.preference.sidecar"

get the name of every anchor of pane id "com.apple.preference.sidecar"

delay 1

tell application "System Events"

set target_button to a reference to (first button whose name is "Disconnect") of (window "Sidecar" of application process "System Preferences")

if target_button exists then

click target_button

else

click menu button "Select Device" of window "Sidecar" of application process "System Preferences"

count menu items of menu of menu button "Select Device" of window "Sidecar" of application process "System Preferences"

select item 1 of menu button "Select Device" of window "Sidecar" of application process "System Preferences"

key code 125

key code 76

end if

end tell

quit

end tell

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@Pepe_Grillo

Try this:

See more at:

@DecafMountain0 @platterfoot

I can't tell exactly whats wrong with the spotify widget but I can definitely tell that something is wrong.

Results helped, I'll probably rewrite the script as it looks a mess. will @mention again once I do but for now I'm quite busy with assessments

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ok thank you for the reply and look forward to seeing more of your work :slight_smile:

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We can get support for Microsoft Edge?

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