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# Touch Macs are already here
- URL: https://birchtree.me/blog/touch-macs-are-already-here/
- Published: 2026-06-09T17:15:02.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-09T17:15:01.000Z
- Author: Matt Birchler

Apple's WWDC kicked off yesterday, and there is [one update in particular](https://www.macrumors.com/2026/06/09/macos-27-brings-direct-touch-control-to-sidecar/?ref=birchtree.me) that struck me, the Sidecar feature [now lets you directly manipulate macOS](https://x.com/BLCNYY/status/2064234331434852632?ref=birchtree.me) with your finger. As you can see from the video, it's literally macOS's standard UI that's completely usable with a finger. Scroll views that are complete with physics like you'd expect, menus are usable, and yes, you can move and close windows. [You can even pull to refresh views](https://www.macrumors.com/2026/06/09/macos-27-golden-gate-pull-to-refresh-support/?ref=birchtree.me)!

No "touch mode".

No toggle to iPadOS.

No Apple Pencil-only restriction.

No massively blown up UI.

*It just works,* if you will.

I feel like I've been writing variations on this for years at this point, but I genuinely think people have been overthinking how touch will work on Macs. I've been using macOS Golden Gate for a few hours, and if you didn't know it could be used with touch, you would never know that suddenly this UI supported touch.