Unclack is the small but mighty Mac utility that automatically mutes your microphone while you type and un-mutes when you stop. No more getting called out for clacking your way through a Zoom meeting on your mechanical keyboard! Multitask in peace, with Unclack.
I love it and have been recommending it! I just saw there was an update. As I'm always interested in learning what was updated, is there a changelog somewhere? Keep up the good work, this is an amazing Mac app!
Perhaps out of curiosity, what other plans do you have for Unclack?
@leo_selieΒ It's been a long time since I've been able to dedicate any time to Unclack, but I just published a release today bringing it to modern versions of macOS. In the future I hope to add some small quality of life features like keyboard shortcuts & adding the ability for you to select apps to exclude from muting.
I built Unclack after my new Keychron K8 keyboard started becoming the bane of my work video calls. 'AJ! Your keyboard!" was a daily refrain as I multitasked my way through our daily stand-ups. After several dozen incidents fumbling for my software mute button I knew there had to be a better way.
Unclack is built entirely using SwiftUI for macOS Big Sur and above. I loved the experience building a small, focused experience in SwiftUI that I could quickly deploy and share for free. I hope you enjoy it and share it with your clacky-keyboard-owning friends!
For more of what I've been building, check out https://ajkueterman.dev and https://base11studios.com, and follow me on twitter @ajkueterman
@ajkueterman The title should be "mute your microphone" :) . I was wondering what's muting the keyboard.
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@ajkueterman looks great, does it keeps microphone on mute when microphone was muted manually by user? User mutes microphone manually and then types something is the microphone still on mute once typing is done?
@johnhadenΒ Yes, Unclack should work with any keyboard.
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Nice idea! Like in my case the target base for this product would be work laptops - which are more often than not under corporate IT management and will not upgrade to Big Sur until months. I would therefore highly recommend a Catalina version.
@apurv Hi Apoorv, you're definitely not alone in this feature request. Spent some time back-porting, and just published an update to Unclack to support Catalina! Thanks for your feedback! You can download the latest from the landing page now!
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@ajkueterman Love your promptness with listening to users. Thanks a lot, will install it now (and tell others in my office).
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Brilliant! I bought a Keychron K8 this week and got complaints on my first meeting. I can't wait to give this a go.
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Brilliant. I'd love to see a directory of all of these clandestine work solutions (aka all the things that allow you freedom in the always-Slacking-and-Zooming work culture).
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Unclack for macOS
@leo_selieΒ It's been a long time since I've been able to dedicate any time to Unclack, but I just published a release today bringing it to modern versions of macOS. In the future I hope to add some small quality of life features like keyboard shortcuts & adding the ability for you to select apps to exclude from muting.
Unclack for macOS
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Unclack for macOS
@johnhadenΒ Yes, Unclack should work with any keyboard.
Unclack for macOS