jaskirat1616/mactap-app
MacTap — knock your MacBook to run shortcuts
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MacTap Knock the MacBook. The app does the rest. mactap.vercel.app · Download · GitHub MacTap lives in the menu bar and turns taps on the chassis — or the desk underneath a still laptop — into shortcuts. One, two, or three knocks. Copy, paste, Accept, screenshots, media, or whatever you map. Requires a MacBook whose motion sensor is exposed as an SPU HID device: M2 and later, or M1 Pro / Max / Ultra. The original M1 Air (MacBookAir10,1) and some other M1 models do not publish the accelerometer HID report MacTap reads, so knocks cannot be detected. macOS 14.6 or later. MacTap does not fall back to rebinding arrow keys when the sensor is missing. Detection itself does not need Accessibility. Actions do. The app is Developer ID signed and notarized. Gatekeeper evaluates MacTap.app, not the .dmg wrapper. A codesign --verify on the disk…
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MacTap — knock your MacBook to run shortcuts
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- Owner
- jaskirat1616
- Primary language
- Swift
- Stars
- 318
- Forks
- 10
- Open issues + pull requests
- 3
- License
- MIT
- Archived
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- Default branch
- main
- Created
- 2026-09-08T22:57:29.000Z
- Last push
- 2026-09-10T05:12:09.000Z
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