Just used the calculator for the first time in Sequoia on my 13" M1 MacBook Pro only to find the Touch Bar completely blank! That is a really mean omission by Apple. The calculator used to be one of the few apps which made excellent use of the Touch Bar; having the calculator function keys directly above the numbers made it a real pleasure to use, now there's nothing there. I'll report the omission as a bug and it might get fixed in a future update but I've a feeling that it's a "feature" and that the Touch Bar is well and truly dead in Apple's eyes, no longer receiving even token support from Apple's own apps. Very disappointing...
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Calculator app no longer works with the Touch Bar
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Calculator seems to be a full redesign… there are a bunch of minor changes that could trip up a frequent user (e.g. previously the green dot would switch from Basic to Advanced view; now its greyed out and there’s a dedicated button for it). I suspect Touch Bar got the axe at the same time.
Send feedback; if enough people moan about it they’ll find the resources to add it back. Https://www.apple.com/feedback
Send feedback; if enough people moan about it they’ll find the resources to add it back. Https://www.apple.com/feedback
Found a calculator in the app store (PCalc) which has touchbar support. This was a more challenging hunt than I would've imagined, btw!
it's a $10 app, but I think that's worth it as the only reason I bought my particular macbook over the other sizes was for the touchbar.
it's a $10 app, but I think that's worth it as the only reason I bought my particular macbook over the other sizes was for the touchbar.
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Thank you! I will check it out and I’ve sent Apple feedback about this as well; probably never will be read. I suspect the touch bar will be ignored more and more as time goes on.
Bad update!
BetterTouchTool allows for configuration of the Touch Bar. Not sure if it could do what is needed, though.
BetterTouchTool allows for configuration of the Touch Bar. Not sure if it could do what is needed, though.
Ran across this thread after posting about another calculator regression that I noticed (https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/calculator-regression.2437526/).
This is probably a result of them rebuilding the calculator, the name of the framework that they are using escapes me, but it allows them to basically have one project and build it for macOS, iPad, and iPhone. As part of this, they "neglected" to bring over or rewrite the Touch Bar functionality.
I think the same "solution" might work here — If you rely on this functionality, Apple's probably not going to give it back, so just get a copy of the macOS Sonoma Calculator app and keep it around (until you no longer have a system with a Touch Bar).
...I'm stuck trying to figure out how to actually copy a macOS system application. Everything that I have tried has either resulted in it just dropping an "alias", or an app that crashes immediately.
Or, maybe I should just buy PCalc. @5tracks, can you confirm whether it has the "repeat behavior" function that I describe in the thread that I linked above?
This is probably a result of them rebuilding the calculator, the name of the framework that they are using escapes me, but it allows them to basically have one project and build it for macOS, iPad, and iPhone. As part of this, they "neglected" to bring over or rewrite the Touch Bar functionality.
I think the same "solution" might work here — If you rely on this functionality, Apple's probably not going to give it back, so just get a copy of the macOS Sonoma Calculator app and keep it around (until you no longer have a system with a Touch Bar).
...I'm stuck trying to figure out how to actually copy a macOS system application. Everything that I have tried has either resulted in it just dropping an "alias", or an app that crashes immediately.
Or, maybe I should just buy PCalc. @5tracks, can you confirm whether it has the "repeat behavior" function that I describe in the thread that I linked above?
umm... unless I'm missing something, you don't need to click the buttons with the mouse - you can just use the keyboard. or are you referring to extra scientific/memory buttons?
I'm referring to basic operations like addition and multiplication, which I had setup for the touchbar, one quick tap versus clicking with the mouse or requiring shift+number row.
Yes, PCalc has that in the settings menu, it's turned off by default, but after checking the box it's back it repeat mode (I use that, too)
Thanks. I picked it up and it seems good. ...Sort of options overload, ha, but I was able to get it quickly set up with something workable for me.
Thank you, I'll give it a try. I've had PCalc on my iPad (which only supports iOS 16 anyway) for ages and like it as an app on that. It's ironic that Apple's "upgrade" of the calculator has resulted in the need to buy a third party app 🙁