Title: MockTab — Mac driver for older Wacom tablets
Open Graph Title: MockTab — Mac driver for older Wacom tablets
Description: Free Mac driver for unsupported Wacom tablets — Intuos, Intuos Pro, Cintiq, and Bamboo. An alternative to Wacom's driver for hardware dropped from official support.
Open Graph Description: A Mac driver for Wacom tablets that no longer have official support.
Opengraph URL: https://mocktab.org/
Domain: mocktab.org
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"@type": "Question",
"name": "Wacom says my tablet is no longer supported. What now?",
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"@type": "Answer",
"text": "Wacom periodically drops older hardware from its driver, usually alongside a macOS update. The Troubleshooting page at mocktab.org/troubleshooting.html covers common symptoms, which device families are affected, and how to switch. Check the Hardware page to confirm your model is supported, then uninstall Wacom's driver and install MockTab."
}
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"@type": "Question",
"name": "What is MockTab?",
"acceptedAnswer": {
"@type": "Answer",
"text": "MockTab is a native Mac driver for Wacom drawing tablets that no longer have official support on modern macOS releases. It is free and open source."
}
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"@type": "Question",
"name": "How is MockTab different from Wacom's driver or OpenTabletDriver?",
"acceptedAnswer": {
"@type": "Answer",
"text": "Wacom's software is closed-source and drops older hardware with each macOS release. OpenTabletDriver is a capable open-source project with broad hardware and platform coverage. MockTab takes a narrower approach: one platform, one vendor, native Swift, no background daemons, no kernel extensions. The smaller scope means a simpler configuration surface and no background services."
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{
"@type": "Question",
"name": "My tablet works with Wacom's driver or OpenTabletDriver. Why would I need MockTab?",
"acceptedAnswer": {
"@type": "Answer",
"text": "If your device already works, then you have no need to change. MockTab exists for hardware the official driver dropped, and for people who prefer a small native Mac app over a broader system service."
}
},
{
"@type": "Question",
"name": "What tablets does MockTab support?",
"acceptedAnswer": {
"@type": "Answer",
"text": "MockTab targets Wacom USB and Bluetooth tablets from the early 2000s to roughly 2020, including Intuos, Intuos Pro, Cintiq, Bamboo, and Graphire families. A handful are confirmed on real hardware; the rest rely on Linux kernel and OpenTabletDriver references and may need further testing. MockTab does not cover tablets from other vendors. A few post-2020 Wacom models have experimental registry entries that need further verification. See mocktab.org/hardware.html for the full list."
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"@type": "Question",
"name": "What are the system requirements?",
"acceptedAnswer": {
"@type": "Answer",
"text": "macOS 13 (Ventura) or later, on Apple Silicon or Intel. A supported Wacom tablet over USB or Bluetooth. Around 30 MB on disk."
}
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"@type": "Question",
"name": "How do I install MockTab?",
"acceptedAnswer": {
"@type": "Answer",
"text": "Download the latest disk image (.dmg) from github.com/Cyzor/tablet-driver/releases, drag MockTab.app into Applications, and launch. macOS will prompt for Accessibility and Input Monitoring permissions, both of which are required for the driver to function."
}
},
{
"@type": "Question",
"name": "Is MockTab spyware? The privacy prompts sound suspicious.",
"acceptedAnswer": {
"@type": "Answer",
"text": "No. MockTab makes no network calls, ships no telemetry, and declares zero data collection in its privacy manifest. It is open source under GPL-3. macOS forces both prompts on every third-party tablet driver: Accessibility lets MockTab inject pen pressure into other apps, and Input Monitoring lets it read raw HID reports from your tablet."
}
},
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"@type": "Question",
"name": "Can MockTab run alongside Wacom's driver or OpenTabletDriver?",
"acceptedAnswer": {
"@type": "Answer",
"text": "No. Two drivers reading the same HID device compete for control and produce erratic input. Uninstall the other driver before using MockTab, or use a process manager to pause it while MockTab is running."
}
},
{
"@type": "Question",
"name": "How do I remove MockTab?",
"acceptedAnswer": {
"@type": "Answer",
"text": "Quit it from the menu bar, drag MockTab.app to the Trash, and optionally delete ~/Library/Preferences/com.cyzor.mocktab.plist and revoke its Accessibility and Input Monitoring grants in Privacy & Security. MockTab installs no system extensions, daemons, or login items, so nothing else needs cleanup."
}
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"@type": "Question",
"name": "Is there a Linux or Windows version of MockTab?",
"acceptedAnswer": {
"@type": "Answer",
"text": "No. MockTab is Mac only. For Linux and Windows, use OpenTabletDriver at opentabletdriver.net."
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