Install & first-time setup
SlipTap needs two macOS permissions before it can work. It usually takes just a few minutes, and you normally only do it once — though you may need to set the permissions again after moving or updating the app.
Move to Applications Open SlipTap Allow Accessibility Allow Input Monitoring Re-check
System requirements
- macOS 13.5 (Ventura) or later
- Apple Silicon or Intel Mac (universal build)
- Avid Pro Tools with AudioSuite
- About 30 MB of disk space
Trial & license
- A 14-day free trial — no license needed to start
- One license activates up to two Macs
- After activation you can work offline for up to 14 days, then reconnect once
Why two permissions?
SlipTap presses the Render, Learn, and Send buttons of AudioSuite windows you already have open. To do that it has to read Pro Tools windows (Accessibility) and notice the hotkeys you assign (Input Monitoring).
SlipTap only watches for the key combinations you assign — it does not record or transmit what you type. It connects to the internet only for things like license activation and update checks.
Setup steps
1. Move SlipTap to Applications first
Open the downloaded .dmg and drag SlipTap into the Applications folder, then eject the disk image. Do this before you launch it: macOS ties permissions to where the app lives, so if you move the app afterwards macOS may ask for the permissions again.
2. Open it from Applications
The first time you open an app downloaded from the internet, macOS asks you to confirm. Click Open. SlipTap then shows a “Get started with SlipTap” window listing the two permissions.
3. Allow Accessibility
In that window, press Open Settings next to Accessibility. System Settings opens at Privacy & Security → Accessibility. Turn on SlipTap in the list. If SlipTap is not listed, click the + button and pick SlipTap from your Applications folder.
4. Allow Input Monitoring
Do the same for Input Monitoring — this is the step people get stuck on most often. Without it, panel buttons may still work but your hotkeys will not fire.
5. Back in SlipTap, press Re-check
Both rows turn to Granted. Press Re-check first — if a permission still does not register, quit SlipTap and open it again, or remove SlipTap from the list with − and add it back with +. Then press Start using SlipTap, open your AudioSuite windows in Pro Tools, and use Assign Plug-in to link them to buttons.
If something does not work
SlipTap is not in the Accessibility or Input Monitoring list
macOS only adds an app to those lists when the app asks for the permission, so it can be missing — for example if you dismissed the request earlier. Click the + button under the list, choose SlipTap from your Applications folder, and switch it on.
It is switched on, but SlipTap still says the permission is missing
The list entry can go stale — most often after an app update. Select SlipTap in the list, remove it with the − button, add it again with +, switch it on, then press Re-check in SlipTap.
I closed the setup window by accident
Reopen it any time from the SlipTap menu bar: Help → Setup Guide. The permission status is shown there, so you can finish the setup from the same place.
Hotkeys do nothing, but panel buttons work
That is the signature of missing Input Monitoring — the two permissions do different jobs and SlipTap needs both. Also remember hotkeys fire only while Pro Tools is the front app: that is deliberate, so a render never happens while you are typing somewhere else.
I moved SlipTap after granting the permissions
Permissions follow where the app lives, so macOS may ask for them again after you move it. Keep SlipTap in the Applications folder, then remove and re-add it in both lists.
Both permissions are on, but hotkeys still do nothing
Check the status dot at the top right of the panel. Yellow means another app has turned on Secure Input — a macOS feature that blocks every third-party app from detecting keystrokes, usually because a password field is open somewhere. Close that field or app. Red means the hotkey engine stopped: press Restart Hotkeys.
To find out what is intercepting your keys, open Settings → Diagnostics → Check Keyboard Conflicts. It lists the apps that can capture keystrokes right now; quitting one of them restores your hotkeys.
If the dot is green and both permissions are on but nothing happens, the list entry itself may be stale. In System Settings, select SlipTap and remove it with the − button, then add it back with + by picking SlipTap from your Applications folder, switch it on, and press Re-check in SlipTap. This is the fix that works most often after an update.
Nothing happens when I trigger a button
SlipTap presses controls in plug-in windows that are already open, so the assigned AudioSuite window has to be open in Pro Tools. Use Plug-in Check in SlipTap to see at a glance whether every assigned plug-in is actually open.
Still stuck?
Right after the problem happens, open Settings → Diagnostics → Export Diagnostics in SlipTap and send us the file. It records the app and macOS versions, permission state, hotkey engine, Secure Input, recent actions and errors, and crash information. It does not include Pro Tools session names, file names, clip names, or your license key.
The same tab also offers an AX Snapshot, which we may ask for when window detection behaves differently on your setup. That file can contain session, track, clip or file names — have a look before you send it.