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Unshaky stopped working - empty debug window #128
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Unshaky appears to have stopped working. It shows a static number of shaky keypresses stopped, and the debug window is empty.
I am on OSX 10.13.6. I was on Unshaky 0.5.4, and just updated to 0.6. The same issue remains. What's odd is that even though I thought I completely uninstalled Unshaky, it remembered my preferences, so there must be something I missed. I tried restarting and sleeping the mac, but no joy.
Help please! :)
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clickysteve commentedon Oct 2, 2019
Looks like I had a conflict with Karabiner, which is annoying, as I use it to map the Caps Lock key to a Hyper key config. As soon as I disabled it, Unshaky started working again. Any suggestions for sorting this out?
mickaphd commentedon Oct 2, 2019
I already opened a ticket weeks/months ago (#110) with the same problem. I let a message recently saying how I was fixing the problem (just lock screen). Can you try if it works for you?
aahung commentedon Oct 3, 2019
Thanks for reporting. It is a possible duplicate of #110 or a conflict with Karabiner. I will test it when I am free.
clickysteve commentedon Oct 7, 2019
I can't find the solution you left. Can you repeat it?
aahung commentedon Oct 22, 2019
Does #131 apply to your scenario?
clickysteve commentedon Nov 12, 2019
That fixed it! Interesting bug. Thanks :)
musiKk commentedon Feb 10, 2020
FWIW I also have this problem and I don't use Karabiner. So far 0.5.5 but 0.6 does not fix anything. Downgrading to 0.5.3 works. I do use BetterTouchTool but quitting that does not make a difference either. Any suggestions? I'm on 10.15.2.
benapetr commentedon May 26, 2020
Hello, I don't use karabiner I don't even know what it is, this app does nothing, I set delays to thousands of ms, still get double spaces all time, debug window is empty. Some suggestions?
shearerpmm commentedon Oct 20, 2020
I have been having the same problem. Currently on OS X 10.14.6, 0.6.0 of Unshaky.
I saw the most recent Catalina issue and decided to remove+add Unshaky from the Privacy/Accessibility settings. That seems to have fixed it for now.
Not sure it will stick though, because last time I installed Unshaky it worked for like 15 minutes and then nothing I did would get it to continue working.
Sadly, I have had to resort to this much simpler and less effective app to keep my keyboard from double keypressing constantly.
UPDATE: Yep, just like before, it stops working after about 15 minutes. Remove+add in Privacy/Accessibility doesn't solve. Back to the basic debouncer again!
Semmu commentedon Sep 21, 2025
Hi,
I'm facing the same issue. I used Unshaky years ago on my 15" Macbook Pro 2018, and it was working flawlessly (the debug window showed non-zero debounce numbers), but now I'm using this old Macbook actively again and Unshaky does not work. Same hardware, different OS (15.7 Sequoia now).
I tried adding all these permissions to the app, restarting it, etc., but it does not seem to intercept anything. I'm not sure if it is a new OS limitation or some APIs changed, but I would appreciate some help.
TIA
Bluekezhou commentedon Sep 21, 2025