How To Add A Tamagotchi Pet To Your MacBook Touch Bar
When it introduced the Touch Bar to the MacBook Pro, Apple likely didn't expect it to be used as a Tamagotchi pet. The Touch Bar was used on MacBook Pro models between 2016 and 2020 as a way to provide easy access to functions that can help improve a user's productivity. However, few would argue that feeding and petting a cute kitty instead isn't a worthwhile use for it.
Tamagotchis, for the uninitiated, were Japanese toys that shot to prominence around the world during the 1990s. Small enough to be attached to a key chain and carried in a pocket, the battery-operated devices featured a screen displaying a small pet that required caring for. Players had to keep their pets alive, happy, and healthy by feeding, playing with, and cleaning up after them. Over 82 million are said to have been sold by 2017, showing just how popular the Tamagotchi became. The same can't be said for Apple's Touch Bar, however. Introduced in 2016, it allowed users to do things like answer FaceTime calls, choose emojis, select predictive text, edit photos, and open website shortcuts. Despite all that, public opinion on the Touch Bar is very much split.
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Users might be more favorable were they to install Touchbar Pet. Created by iOS developer Grace Avery, Touchbar Pet is an unofficial but no-less delightful take on the Tamagotchi. Its cat-like pet meanders back and forth along the MacBook Pro's Touch Bar eating treats, playing, sleeping, and doing its business. Users must look after it and can also play laser pointer and ball games with it.
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The Touchbar Pet can be downloaded from Avery's website for use on
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