Loadwheel

Install guide

About two minutes. You need macOS 14 Sonoma or later, on Apple silicon or Intel.

Install

  1. Download Loadwheel. Download Loadwheel.dmg (1.8 MB). It lands in your Downloads folder.
  2. Open the download. Double-click Loadwheel.dmg. A window opens showing Loadwheel and your Applications folder.
  3. Drag Loadwheel onto Applications. Then close the window and eject the disk by clicking ⏏ next to Loadwheel in a Finder sidebar.
  4. Open Loadwheel from Applications. macOS checks the download and asks "Loadwheel is an app downloaded from the internet. Are you sure you want to open it?" Click Open. Loadwheel is signed and notarised by Apple, so this only happens once.
  5. Look for ◎ in your menu bar. That's Loadwheel running. It has no Dock icon.

Allow permissions

  1. Accessibility. On first launch macOS asks to let Loadwheel control your computer. Click Open System Settings, then switch Loadwheel on under Privacy & Security → Accessibility. This lets it paste into apps, snap windows and use a mouse button as the trigger. If you missed the prompt: ◎ → Settings → General → Grant access.
  2. Spotify and Music. The first time the ring opens while music is playing, macOS asks whether Loadwheel can control Spotify or Music. Click Allow to see what's playing in the centre.
  3. Notifications, microphone and Reminders. Only asked when you first use Clock alerts, Voice memo or Reminders. Allow each one if you want that tool.

Start using it

  1. Hold ⌃⌥Space (Control, Option and Space). The ring opens at your pointer.
  2. Flick towards a tool and let go. Or tap the shortcut to keep the ring open and click a tool.
  3. Change the shortcut in ◎ → Settings → General if another app already uses it.

Enter your licence key

Everything works free for 7 days. After buying, your licence key arrives by email from Lemon Squeezy.

  1. Copy the key from the email.
  2. Open ◎ → Settings → Licence.
  3. Paste the key and click Activate. It shows "Licensed" when done. You need to be online for this step only.

Moving to a new Mac? Choose Deactivate this Mac on the old one first, then activate on the new one. A key works on up to 3 Macs at once.

Update

Download the latest Loadwheel.dmg, quit Loadwheel from ◎ → Quit, then drag the new copy onto Applications and choose Replace. Your settings and licence stay put.

Uninstall

  1. Quit Loadwheel from ◎ → Quit.
  2. Drag Loadwheel from Applications to the Bin.
  3. Optional: remove your data. In Finder press ⌘⇧G, go to ~/Library/Application Support/Loadwheel and delete the folder. Then remove Loadwheel from System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility.

Something not working?

Email support@loadwheel.com with your macOS version and what happened.