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Howcome Multiclutch works in iTunes for me?

mgpg89

mgpg89

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Normally, Multiclutch isn't supposed to work in iTunes since it's a Carbon app and Multiclutch only supports Cocoa apps, right?

Well, the past hour, multiclutch has been working just fine in iTunes.
Swipes assigned to previous/next track.
Rotates to volume controls.
etc...


I find this weird because a month ago, it didn't work and I'm still in the same beta version. How is this possible?

UPDATE: And just like that, it's gone again ...
 
ummm apple maybe apple just came out with an itunes update and now it supports multitouch
 
bki122689 said:
ummm apple maybe apple just came out with an itunes update and now it supports multitouch
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It doesn't matter if iTunes supports multitouch or not, that's what MultiClutch is for.
It does matter however if the app is a carbon or cocoa one ...
Normally iTunes shouldn't work with MultiClutch but I'm absolutely positive that I had it working for about an hour or two.

Then I put my MBP to sleep and when I tried again afterwards, it didn't work anymore.
Maybe there's some sort of backdoor which the developer can use to make MultiClutch available in all apps?
 
mgpg89 said:
It doesn't matter if iTunes supports multitouch or not, that's what MultiClutch is for.
It does matter however if the app is a carbon or cocoa one ...
Normally iTunes shouldn't work with MultiClutch but I'm absolutely positive that I had it working for about an hour or two.

Then I put my MBP to sleep and when I tried again afterwards, it didn't work anymore.
Maybe there's some sort of backdoor which the developer can use to make MultiClutch available in all apps?
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what are you doing on the touch pad in itunes. I wanna see if it works for me?
 
bki122689 said:
what are you doing on the touch pad in itunes. I wanna see if it works for me?
Click to expand...

Swipes assigned to previous/next track.
Swipe up to play/pause.
Rotates to volume adjustments (along with GimmeSomeTune -> iTunes plugin)

Haven't changed my settings but now it doesn't work anymore.
Can't recall what I've done differently back when it did work.
Good luck.
 
doesn't work for me i tried everything.

hmmm this is strange let me know if it works for you again.
 
ha, same thing happened to me last night. I was like, what i thought iTunes was carbon, how is this working. Then, a few hours later it won't work again
 
fishniw said:
ha, same thing happened to me last night. I was like, what i thought iTunes was carbon, how is this working. Then, a few hours later it won't work again
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Glad to hear I'm not losing it then.
I wonder if this makes it possible for the developer to find a way around the cocoa-only restriction.
 
the last two days its been working for me in finder as well which it hadn't in the past. I guess I'll just enjoy it will while it lasts
 
it worked for me for about an hour last week i think, since i have a global swipe down to minimize, and it was actually doing it in itunes...i was trying to figure out how to replicate it, but nothing worked...
 
It's working for me again as I type this... wonder how long it'll last this time.
 
UPDATE: Still working in iTunes and I also added the Finder itself to the Multiclutch prefPane and I'm glad to report the Finder is working with Multiclutch as well.

Zoom in/out opens/closes a finder window.


For people who want to add it: The finder is located in /System/Library/CoreServices/
 
Logged out a few minutes ago, logged back in and it stopped working.
So there must be something I triggered that made it work and the proces must've stopped once I logged out.

update: a few minutes after the fresh login, the finder started working again. (haven't changed finder prefs in multiclutch since ...)
so this 'trigger' isn't carbon-wide, just application specific...


any help/input would be appreciated.
 
yeah i have no idea why its working in finder. two days in a row now for me and i test it quite a bit. there should be someone who has an answer as to why
 
I logged out.
I restarted.
I did a clean install.

And it's still working in Finder for me ...
That means there must be a way to get it working in iTunes again too ...
I hope W. Henderson hasn't stopped developing this amazing app.
 
crap, i tried everything including what you guys suggested. Still won't work for me.
 
I have gestures mapped with MultiClutch for both Finder and iTunes. When I start my MacBook Pro, the gestures will never work, however if i open any window for that application (Get Info for Finder, Equalizer for iTunes), it will suddenly work for the rest of the time the app is open, unless I sleep or close it. Absolutely no idea why this is.
 
jlocalled said:
I have gestures mapped with MultiClutch for both Finder and iTunes. When I start my MacBook Pro, the gestures will never work, however if i open any window for that application (Get Info for Finder, Equalizer for iTunes), it will suddenly work for the rest of the time the app is open, unless I sleep or close it. Absolutely no idea why this is.
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That's great!
If that's a workaround to the cocoa restriction, I'm pretty sure the developer can integrate it into the application.
 
mgpg89 said:
Normally, Multiclutch isn't supposed to work in iTunes since it's a Carbon app and Multiclutch only supports Cocoa apps, right?

Well, the past hour, multiclutch has been working just fine in iTunes.
Swipes assigned to previous/next track.
Rotates to volume controls.
etc...


I find this weird because a month ago, it didn't work and I'm still in the same beta version. How is this possible?

UPDATE: And just like that, it's gone again ...
Click to expand...
I believe that works on my MB also... O.O cool..
 
I say it's a Variable thing. Working on some different Configurations.

Bindings for iTunes that I have set : Swipe Left=Command-LeftArrow, SwipeRight=Command-RightArrow.

It works here on a MacBook Pro Unibody 2.4GHz Standard Config with Mac OS X 10.5.5 Build 9F2114 with all Updates installed except for the EFI update and the Mac OS X 10.5.6 update. And I have Multiclutch Version b4.

I just tested it. Still Works once I manually open Equalizer or Help.
 
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