#Bettertouchtool install

This tells Plex to go to it’s home screen, select Movies, and press Return twice to navigate through the interface so you can actually select a film.īefore just blindly following these instructions, confirm that these series of steps will work with your install of Plex. And optionally, send the Keyboard Shortcut Return followed by send the keyboard Shortcut Return.Creating a new actions set for Plex.Ĭreate a new action and call it something like Movies or Go to Movies. I only want these actions available in Plex so add and select Plex left sidebar. To do this, I'll use BTT Remote to get BetterTouchTool to trigger Plex’s keyboard shortcuts. Going Directly to MoviesĪdd some actions that control different parts of Plex. Any other media apps that might interfere with things will close down.

When you run this action, Plex Media Server and the Plex media player will both start running with the media player in full screen.

Controlling Other Applications > Open Application/File/etc.Controlling Other Applications > Send Shortcut to Specific Application sending Command-Q to Spotify, iTunes, and any other media apps you have.Open BetterTouchTool and create a new Global BTT Remote action. Start by making a command to launch Plex and close down any other media apps. A Mac running Plex and BetterTouchTool.

#Bettertouchtool how to

How to Use a Mac as a Media Centre With Plex.

The previous tutorial in this series, Getting Started With BetterTouchTool and BTT Remote, and,.

The BetterTouchTool introduction, Speeding Up Your Workflow With Custom Trackpad Gestures,.

In this tutorial I'll show you how to take things further by building a set of actions to control a Plex Media centre.īefore continuing, you’ll need to have read: You get all the power of BetterTouchTool, but you can trigger it from an iOS device. It’s an iOS app that connects to one of my favourite Mac automation apps: BetterTouchTool. In the previous tutorial, I showed you basics of using BetterTouchTool Remote ( BTT Remote) to control a Mac.