Support
BarDeck for Mac
- Key-press and paste buttons do nothing.
- These need the Accessibility permission. Open System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility, and turn BarDeck on. If it is already on and still does nothing, switch it off and on again, then restart BarDeck.
- The New Folder button does nothing.
- It asks Finder to create the folder, so macOS needs to allow that. Open System Settings → Privacy & Security → Automation and allow BarDeck to control Finder. The folder is made in the front Finder window, or on the Desktop if no window is open.
- I can’t see the bar.
- It may be hidden. Click the BarDeck icon in the menu bar and choose Show bar, or press the show/hide hotkey (Control-Option-B). If you turned auto-hide on, rest the pointer where the bar was.
- How do I move the bar?
- Drag the dotted handle at its left end. The bar remembers where you leave it.
- How do I add, edit or remove a button?
- Right-click the bar. You can add a button or a stack, edit or remove any button, lock buttons so they cannot be moved, and undo recent changes. You can also drag an app, folder, file or web link onto the bar.
- I removed something by mistake.
- Right-click and choose Undo last change. Older layouts are in Backups → Restore; BarDeck saves one automatically whenever you make changes.
- Can I edit my buttons in a text file?
- Yes. Choose Edit config file from the right-click menu. Changes are picked up as soon as you save, and a file with a mistake in it is ignored rather than overwritten.
- My trial has ended.
- The bar shows Trial ended — Buy BarDeck and Enter licence key. Your buttons are kept. After you buy, paste the key into Enter licence key and everything returns.
- My licence key isn’t accepted.
- Copy the whole key from the email, including the BARDECK- at the start. It is long, so make sure none of it is cut off. If it still fails, email me and say which key you were sent.
- macOS says the app can’t be opened.
- Drag BarDeck from the downloaded disk image into your Applications folder first, then open it from there.
Contact
Email stevendevmosaic@gmail.com and say which version of macOS you are using.