Modern MacOS driver for Griffin PowerMate

[Lockjaw8Y9]

I found a Griffin PowerMate in my junk USB drawer, and thought "can this even work now?" While the System Profiler showed the device, it did not register as an HID device, so it was dead as a hockey puck. So, I wrote a driver.

The driver works on ARM Macs and enables scrolling and button presses. It also makes the blue light change intensity as you scroll. While mostly useless, maybe you might want to reminisce about how we "used to do it" with PowerMate.

See the GitHub project or download the latest release.

 

[Phipli]

I found a Griffin PowerMate in my junk USB drawer, and thought "can this even work now?" While the System Profiler showed the device, it did not register as an HID device, so it was dead as a hockey puck. So, I wrote a driver.

The driver works on ARM Macs and enables scrolling and button presses. It also makes the blue light change intensity as you scroll. While mostly useless, maybe you might want to reminisce about how we "used to do it" with PowerMate.

See the GitHub project or download the latest release.

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Nice work

Good to keep these things useful.

You might consider uploading it to Macintosh Garden if you're comfortable sharing it. It will make it findable for people looking.

 

[akator70]

Thank you for this!