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Wow, I only just realised (using Laura’s five-year-old hand-me-down MacBook Pro) that when you use Keynote on a MBP that has a touch bar, you basically get your presenter display on it. That’s amazing. Especially given you don’t always have the luxury of one at smaller events and/or if you’re live coding but also have slides.

Damn… wish they hadn’t discontinued those now :)

#keynote #mac #presenting

Photo of MacBookPro showing keynote running with my slides and timer displayed in the touch bar.
#mac #keynote #presenting
in reply to Aral Balkan

DNA schedule
DNA schedule
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I liked the touch bar, I was in the unpopular minority at the time. I think Apple tragically under-invested in it, from a developer relations perspective. Invested big in the hardware but couldn't get devs to capitalize on it, so customers didn't see the point. Lack of physical escape key was a serious misstep too imo.
in reply to Aral Balkan

David Somers
David Somers
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Except for a few cases like this, my Touch Bar has been unused. Apple invested so much in it, and it noticeably bumped up the end user price, but was so underwhelming. Lack of physical escape a mistake. Lack of haptic was a mistake. Inability to find the keys on the bar by touch was also an issue. We all just wanted something like a mini Lebedev keyboard up there.
in reply to Aral Balkan

devolute
devolute
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Someone should make a USB container so we can strip these out of old, broken MBPs and use them for the 1% of all jobs where they are actually rather useful.
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