Griffin PowerMate driver for modern macOS

classichasclass 65 points 23 comments May 11, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (10 comments)

detourdog

I have one of these all I need to do is find it.

joshmarinacci

Curse you! Now I have to go clean out the attic to find mine.

timnetworks

I have one of these and now all I need to do is find a reason to use the Mac.

fzzzy

Lol I wrote a new driver for the bluetooth one a few months ago.

haunter

Damn I always wanted to one of these! So cool

dmwood

Yippy! I feel like I'm 15 years younger

maroonblazer

>Of course, modern controllers exist that offer many more literal bells and whistles... Anyone have a favorite 'modern controller' for those of us who no longer have a PowerMate?

TheAtomic

I love this. PowerMate was the ultimate fidget tool when not scrolling, editing, etc.

mcphage

I have one of those, but never used it too much—if the button got pressed while my Mac was asleep, it immediately woke up and kernel panicked. I don’t know if there was something odd about my machine or my particular PowerMate or what?

zdw

Would be great if it could do other things, like be a volume knob, or do media play/pause, given that scrolling and mouse button press seem like things you already have a mouse to do?

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