Magic Trackpad and Multi-Touch Trackpad Update 1.0 was released Tuesday afternoon by Apple. It is a 75.09MB update that requires Mac OS X 10.6.4. In addition to adding inertial scrolling and three-finger drag in recent MacBook and MacBook Pro notebooks, it also adds support for Apple's newly released $69 Magic Trackpad.
Swiping Up with Three Fingers. To activate gestures on your MacOS, go to the Apple menu, then click on System Preferences and finally activate the trackpad. Apple allows you the freedom to turn on or off the gesture or alter the type of gesture. Do not hesitate, go on and explore these options while following the given directions. To enable three-finger drag, head to System Preferences Accessibility Mouse & Trackpad, and click Trackpad Options. Click the box for Enable Dragging, and select three-finger drag. Thanks to this feature, I’m tapping over clicking almost exclusively, which should be better for my hands, plus reduce the number of accidental Force Clicks.
According to Apple, the following MacBook and MacBook Pro models now have both inertial scrolling and three-finger drag gesture:
MacBook (13-inch, Mid 2009)
MacBook (13-inch, Aluminum, Late 2008)
Keykey 2 6 – typing tutorial. MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010)
Apple Trackpad Drag With Three Fingers Mac
MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2.53 GHz, Mid 2009)
Rhinoceros 5 5 2 – versatile 3d modeler. MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009)
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MacBook Pro (17-inch, Late 2008)
Inertial scrolling, but not the three-finger gesture, is offered in four additional models:
MacBook Air (Mid 2009)
Apple Trackpad Drag With Three Fingers Feels
MacBook Pro (17-inch, Early 2008)
The new three-finger gesture was first discovered earlier Tuesday with hands-on tests of the Magic Trackpad. The capability allows users to quickly drag windows around. At the time, the feature was exclusive to the new hardware.
Also Tuesday, Apple released updates for Windows that add support for the Magic Trackpad hardware. A 6.62MB update is available for 32-bit flavors of Windows, while the 64-bit software is 3.98MB. It works with Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 machines, as well as Macs running the operating system via Boot Camp.
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