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		izacus on Dec 23, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Newest MacBook Pro is the first MacBook not recomm... Hmm, doesn't this still require you to cmd-tab to the tool, since TouchBar only allows the currently focused app to display things?

pilif on Dec 23, 2016 | [–]

This is a limit of the public API. The private APIs apparently make more things possible and AFAIK (I don't have a TB mac) better touch tool allows to change the control strip part of the touchbar

wlesieutre on Dec 23, 2016 | [–]

Never used it myself, but can you not set a global hotkey to bring it to front?

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