Mac MultiButton: An Action Button for the Mac
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Mac MultiButton: An Action Button for the Mac
I know I’m far from the only one, but ever since the Action Button was introduced with the iPhone 15 Pro, I’ve been a little obsessed with playing around with its functionality. First, I started using it with quick action menus, taking my previously created ‘Lock Screen Launcher’ and moving it to the Action Button. This worked great, but I still wanted more advanced functionality.
To absolutely no one’s surprise, that ‘more functionality’ came from Federico when he introduced his MultiButton shortcut, which allowed for a second shortcut to be triggered with an additional press of the Action Button. Federico recently updated this shortcut to integrate with a new tool he created: Contextual Apps Plugin System (CAPS). You can read all about CAPS in Issue 409 of MacStories Weekly, but the TL;DR is that CAPS allows you to alter which shortcut runs when you press the Action Button depending on the app you currently have open.