Stecker

Name: Stecker
Rating: 0 (0 reviews)
Author: Luis Riegger

Utilities

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4+
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Utilities
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Luis Riegger
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EN
English
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9.3
MB

Mac

Trigger macOS Shortcuts by physical device attachment or detachment. Stecker detects USB peripherals, including keyboards, mice, hubs, drives, cameras, and microphones. Stecker is very lightweight in memory and energy usage: It only acts on filtered system notifications - no repeated pulling of device status. Example use cases: - Plug audio equipment and start your podcasting software. - Plug a USB hub and changes your focus mode to “Work”. - Plug an ethernet adapter and disable Wi-Fi. - Plug an external keyboard and run a shell script that changes the system keyboard layout. Stecker also provides a Shortcut Action "Get Device Connection Status" for the Shortcuts App which allows you to query if a selected device is connected or disconnected.

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Great App!! Fixed My Problem
01/31/2024

Mr. Tskap
I have a usb connected scanner with an on/off switch and wanted the scanner software to auto launch each time that I turn the scanner on. I tried using the Shortcuts app to do this, but I could not figure it out. Then after searching the web, someone did a very positive review on this app and I decided to give it a try. Once the app laucnches, it lists all of the usb devices on the computer then allows you to select the one that you want to mange. Once you pick the usb device that you want to manage, and follow the instructions, it will eventually connect into the Mac OS shortcut app and link to the exact task that you need to have completed. So now when I turn on the scanner, the scanner software will immediatley launch without any input from me. What a great tool!!!
Great App!! Fixed My Problem
01/31/2024

Mr. Tskap

I have a usb connected scanner with an on/off switch and wanted the scanner software to auto launch each time that I turn the scanner on. I tried using the Shortcuts app to do this, but I could not figure it out. Then after searching the web, someone did a very positive review on this app and I decided to give it a try. Once the app laucnches, it lists all of the usb devices on the computer then allows you to select the one that you want to mange. Once you pick the usb device that you want to manage, and follow the instructions, it will eventually connect into the Mac OS shortcut app and link to the exact task that you need to have completed. So now when I turn on the scanner, the scanner software will immediatley launch without any input from me. What a great tool!!!
Fantastic
10/19/2023

wilpig.org
This is exactly what I was looking for to detect when my docking station gets disconnected. I need to run a small shell script when the dock gets bumped because virtualbox doesn't like the bridge device disconnecting but a quick shell script will make it happy.Once Luis pointed out that I needed to create an item in the "shortcuts" application this is working like a dream! Thank you Luis!
Fantastic
10/19/2023

wilpig.org

This is exactly what I was looking for to detect when my docking station gets disconnected. I need to run a small shell script when the dock gets bumped because virtualbox doesn't like the bridge device disconnecting but a quick shell script will make it happy.Once Luis pointed out that I needed to create an item in the "shortcuts" application this is working like a dream! Thank you Luis!
Great program!
07/04/2023

SDTravel
I was trying to use another program to detect USB connect/disconnect. However the other program buggy and the developer was hostile. I found Stecker, and it WORKED the first time with my USB device. I love the interface that lists all the USB devices as well. Wonderful!My only suggestion is to add the abiity to send a global hotkey combination to the OS instead of caling a shortcut. Yes a shortcut could send the hotkey, but that's an extra step.
Great program!
07/04/2023

SDTravel

I was trying to use another program to detect USB connect/disconnect. However the other program buggy and the developer was hostile. I found Stecker, and it WORKED the first time with my USB device. I love the interface that lists all the USB devices as well. Wonderful!My only suggestion is to add the abiity to send a global hotkey combination to the OS instead of caling a shortcut. Yes a shortcut could send the hotkey, but that's an extra step.
Crashes on Launch
12/19/2023

Joe Schmanoli
Update 2: I am happy to report that version 12 resolves this "crash on launch" issue. The developer was very responsive and after acouple of testfilgt versions all is well.------------Stecker v 1.1.0macOS v 13.5.2Update: I was contacted by the developer who said that he will look into it. Further updates pending on the outcome.-----------Crashes on launch. Emailed deveolper via address on support site but received no reply.

Developer Response
Hi,The issue should be solved in the newest release 1.2.0. Thanks for your patience.
Crashes on Launch
12/19/2023

Joe Schmanoli

Update 2: I am happy to report that version 12 resolves this "crash on launch" issue. The developer was very responsive and after acouple of testfilgt versions all is well.------------Stecker v 1.1.0macOS v 13.5.2Update: I was contacted by the developer who said that he will look into it. Further updates pending on the outcome.-----------Crashes on launch. Emailed deveolper via address on support site but received no reply.
Developer Response 12/18/2023
Hi,The issue should be solved in the newest release 1.2.0. Thanks for your patience.

The codebase was modernized, adopting Swift 6 Strict Concurrency Mode. The minimum macOS requirement was bumped to macOS 14 Sonoma. Resolved issues with long-running Shortcuts: - The “Try” Button in the UI triggers the Shortcut in a new background process which does not block the UI. This was an issue for long-running Shortcuts. - Long-running shortcuts do not block the Stecker background process any more. - If an automation is enabled and triggered, and its Shortcut is still running: then, another trigger (of the same automation) will cancel the existing Shortcut and launch it again. This is to avoid creating parallel “zombie” processes for long-running Shortcuts.

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