Griffin PowerMate driver for modern macOS

(github.com)

38 points | by classichasclass 4 hours ago

9 comments

  • dmwood 1 hour ago
    Yippy! I feel like I'm 15 years younger
  • maroonblazer 1 hour ago
    >Of course, modern controllers exist that offer many more literal bells and whistles...

    Anyone have a favorite 'modern controller' for those of us who no longer have a PowerMate?

    • lukeh 14 minutes ago
      Microsoft Surface Dial is nice. You'll also need to write a driver...
    • eksu 40 minutes ago
      Surface Dial is a good hardware target.
    • parl_match 20 minutes ago
      some elgato stream deck models have knobs. 3Dconnexion also still around
  • mcphage 13 minutes ago
    I have one of those, but never used it too much—if the button got pressed while my Mac was asleep, it immediately woke up and kernel panicked. I don’t know if there was something odd about my machine or my particular PowerMate or what?
  • TheAtomic 1 hour ago
    I love this. PowerMate was the ultimate fidget tool when not scrolling, editing, etc.
  • detourdog 2 hours ago
    I have one of these all I need to do is find it.
    • donatj 2 hours ago
      Literally thinking the same thing. I have one somewhere... Haven't seen it in twenty years
  • haunter 1 hour ago
    Damn I always wanted to one of these! So cool
    • _-_-__-_-_- 11 minutes ago
      I check eBay from time to time, they are usually very expensive.
  • timnetworks 2 hours ago
    I have one of these and now all I need to do is find a reason to use the Mac.
  • fzzzy 2 hours ago
    Lol I wrote a new driver for the bluetooth one a few months ago.
  • joshmarinacci 2 hours ago
    Curse you! Now I have to go clean out the attic to find mine.