This hack lets you simulate the MacBook Pro’s Touch Bar on an iPad

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Still waiting for Apple to ship your shiny, new Touch Bar-equipped MacBook Pro? Curious to try out the new feature before plunking down $1,799+ worth of cash? Sticking with your old laptop, but interested in seeing how the new UI works anyway?

If you answered yes to any of those questions, then you should try installing Andreas Verhoeven and Robbert Klarenbeek’s Touch Bar Demo App. The application is a hacked-together workaround to enable using Touch Bar on an older Mac, either as an on-screen bar by pressing the Fn key, or on a connected iPad, should you have one handy. The app simply provides an alternative display for Apple’s already baked-in Touch…

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