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I haven't found a way to do interval shooting on mac. Pk-tether works great with windows but nothing for a k5 on a mac. So I'm forced to use windows for AP.

I simply use a 20 dollar Neweer intervalometer. I have 2 of them for the K3 and K1.

TriggerTrap and the corresponding Iphone or Android app offer numerous variatios from interval shooting to different timelapse modes.

Cool! Thanks guys for the help. I've been so determined to find a way on the mac. Even started to port pkTriggercord but its just not possible without the API - and the linux base apps don't work unless you have a OSX driver.

Well, there's always VirtualBox and a Windows VM. I have gotten PKT to work with VMWare on a MacBook Pro.

Unfortunately the triggertrap company has closed it's doors.

Oops, maybe this is another consequence of Apple's change to the fire audio connection instead of the former 3.5mm plug

One way I found is to use the mount/handcontroller aux port. Celestron/Skywatcher have camera control and the trigger cable for the pentax is the same as Canon - but its simple to make anyway.

Amazon.com : Neewer LCD Timer Shutter Release Remote Control for Canon 700D/T5i, 650D/T4i, 550D/T2i, 500D/T1i, 350D/XT, 400D/XTi, 1000D/XS, 450D/XSi, 60D, 100D, and Pentax : Telescope Remote Controls : Camera & Photo Works well with the K1 and the K3, simple to set up, simple to use

It seems to have started with a failed Kickstarter. I never thought about the possibility of Apple's change playing a role. Full details here.

I really liked that thing - it's a pity. Thanks for the information!

Thanks for the Link!

I love my Triggertrap -- my iPad is old enough to have a 3.5mm plug, as does my Android phone, of course. I've found that I can include a 3.5mm extension cable in the mix so there's no chance of yanking on it. Heck, I can lay the phone on the ground if I want to. The "bramping" mode is perfect for doing a whole series of arbitrarily-long bulb exposures.

It wasn't just a failed Kickstarter that put them under, in fact the Kickstarter gave them (they thought) plenty of money to bring the product to market . They just had a perfect storm of vendor fails, poor decisions, and bad luck that killed their effort to produce the coolest standalone triggering device EVAR. I don't know how they went from that to ceasing production on TriggerTrap Mobile, though. Anyone know the rest of the story?

Note that the Android app is still on Google Play; haven't checked Apple but that might be too. And I know there are still cables available via eBay and such. I've hardly used any of the other triggering modes (e.g. sound, shaking, distance) but they're certainly cool to have!

Do you guys know if triggertrap works with a standard 3.5 to 2.5 cable on the k5? I think it might since it's the same as canon and that's usually the standard. But now that I think of it. Maybe connecting the audio port directly to the camera is not a good idea 🤔