Griffin Powermate on Mac is back!

with AXIØMate

  • "One of the best, lost pieces of interface hardware has been given life anew beyond the decrepitude of intel hegemony."

    Davemee (Reddit)

Powermate on macOS Demo Video

Powermate for macOS

Close-up of a person's finger pressing a button on a small, metallic, cylindrical device on a dark surface with a laptop and a monitor in the background.

…is back! The old Griffin app runs inconsistently on macOS El Capitan, that’s almost a decade ago! Plus their app wasn’t stellar, and always had odd issues like needing to be uninstalled before installing upgrades?!(🤨🤷)

AXIØMate is a one-click install from the Mac App Store®, runs every time your Mac® starts, stays up to date with new macOS versions, and lives quietly in the Menu Bar.

Free Trial for Griffin Powermate Download

I used the old open-source hack solutions for years, and I love every hacker who worked on them ♥️ but I always found they lacked polish, or would stop working with macOS upgrades, or stop working randomly 😵‍💫

AXIØMate is a low-cost app and you can rely on it either working or being updated with every major OS upgrade; no tinkering with GitHubs required 🛠️

A metallic cylindrical device with a brushed finish, featuring a circular top, black ring detail, and a blue light glow at the bottom.

Griffin Powermate Bluetooth

My personal favourite 🥰 after installation, AXIØMate will prompt for Bluetooth® permissions and then use/configure Bluetooth PowerMate actions while AXIØMate is running in the Menu Bar and its accompanying DriverKit extension is enabled.

AXIØMate macOS app icon for Griffin Powermate

Griffin Powermate USB Driver FUTURE UPDATE

A small metallic device with a cable attached, labeled 'GRIFFIN TECHNOLOGY'. It's a modern electronic or tech gadget with a cylindrical shape and a blue accent at the bottom.

Even though I daily-drive the Bluetooth Powermate, I have a USB Powermate as well and am working on adding a DriverKit USB HID (Human Interface Device) Extension to support it in a future, free update.

Powermate Fan Links

  • Recommendation–Powermate on Windows

    I only use Windoze for gaming but, if I were to use it and that would be a cold day in hell, I think this is likely what I would go for. Like mine it works in the Menu “Tray” and provides clean, basic functions.

    Powermate on Windows 11

  • Recommendation–Powermate on Linux

    You Linux users, my hat goes off to you. The installation instructions alone gave me a big rubbery one, but this seems to be regularly updated by someone who knows what they are doing 🐧

    Powermate on Linux

  • Powermate Wikipedia

    Good, if a bit cold, summary of our beloved Powermate. I know the tone of an encyclopedia is supposed to be impartial, but it doesn’t get across how taken it’s (albeit not large enough) fanbase was.

    Powermate Wikipedia Article

  • Powermate on Reddit

    Unfortunately there’s no dedicated Powermate community, but you can see the love for it both then and now through these posts of posterity.

    Search Powermate on Reddit

  • Powermate on B&H Photo Video

    So wild that these guys keep listings up for so long. I don’t even think amazon does that. I’m not complaining though, it’s a bit nice to look back on this given how many times I lusted after it as a student.

    Powermate B&H Photo Video listing

This is an unofficial app and driver for the Powermate originally from Griffin Technology, Inc. made without permission, though they are defunct and the Powermate line of controller knobs discontinued so… 🤷