A touch-sensitive device for controlling a pointer on a computer's screen. It is similar to a mouse, but translates the motion of a user's finger to a relative position on a screen.
Questions tagged [trackpad]
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Silent clicking not working on macOS
Specs:
MacBook Air M1 2020
macOS Monterey 12.3.1
In System Preferences -> Trackpad, I have the option Silent clicking enabled, but there is no difference in the trackpad clicking sound.
I have tried:
restarting the machine
muting the…
broAhmed
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Right-click context menu appears slowly with two finger tap instead of two finger click
In order to right-click or secondary-click I have elected to use a two-finger tap, like so:
The problem is that it always takes at least a second for the contextual menu to show up, sometimes slower. Is there a way to speed this up?
I have observed…
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How to enable "tap to click" using keyboard only?
My trackpad started to work incorrectly: when I double-clicked and draged, I couldn't select text anymore. Even though when I just double-clicked a word, it was being selected as usual.
I tried to troubleshoot this issue and went into Trackpad…
Andriy Makukha
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Can I make the trackpad tracking speed faster than allowed in System Preferences?
The title says it all ... I have the trackpad speed on my Macbook Pro Retina 13" set to the max, but I'd like to try it faster. I recall some of these things can be configured by modifying ~/Library/*plist files or somesuch. Thanks in advance for…
gatoatigrado
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Dragging objects with MacBook Pro touch area
To drag a window on a Windows laptop I could put my mouse in the title bar area of the window, double tap and hold the second tap down (instead of letting off). As long as I hold this down I can drag the window wherever I want and let off of the…
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trackpad's double tab function contradictions?
I always turn on tap to click because I feel that is easier to use trackpad. Then I find one inconvenience of it.
I like double-click to zoom feature in window title
But I also like double-tab to drag
So if I turn them both on, double tap/click…
Qiulang 邱朗
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How to disable tap to drag?
On a MacBook air, the trackpad is super hard to use because whenever I try to move the cursor, it selects everything or drags something to somewhere random. This is the fault of some tap to drag feature. Whenever I touch the trackpad and move my…
user288181
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TrackPad Preferences
I own a MacBook Pro mid 2010, and formatting it and upgrading it to the High Sierra is no longer displaying TrackPad preferences so I can adjust it, the menu I am referring to is in this order: System Preferences - > Trackpad, it is worth…
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MacBookPro trackpad is on crack!
It's as if an alien entity has commandeered the trackpad, and it highlights things when it has not been asked to do so; the mouse jumps erratically all over the place, AND opens up random windows unbidden. In this state it's nearly impossible to…
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MBP trackpad does not register click/tap
I have a 2013 Macbook Pro running MacOS 11.5.2 (Big Sur) which worked fine since I've had it. The machine only gets used every several months, since it's a dedicated dev machine for a specific software product that requires a very specific dev…
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How to disable trackpad on M1 MacBook Pro
I found the answer on how to disable for MacBook Air. I went to accessibility -> pointer control and checked the disable when mouse is active box. Then connected my bluetooth mouse. The trackpad is still active.
dlsso
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Click (but not tap) with two fingers to activate secondary click while being able to tap with one finger
This answer doesn't solve the problem cause it deactivates a single finger tap.
Probably you guys are aware of some terminal magic here.
Many thanks!
ZenBerry
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Double clicking the trackpad is suddenly hard
My trackpad became tough to double click, i.e., I had to apply extra force to double click, while the force needed to single click remained the same. The MacBook is not damaged in any way.
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High Sierra not detecting Trackpad - Trackpad settings
Recently upgraded to High Sierra, Trackpad only searches for bluetooth trackpad,
And shows "No trackpad found".
My trackpad functions very well and it's not defective so it's not a hardware issue, I can see the relevant information of my trackpad in…
Shayan
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How to fine tune force touch trackpad sensitivity?
The force touch trackpad seems great but I would like to reduce it's sensitivity.
It seems the UI allow selection of 3 modes:
Click: Light - Medium - Firm
which both set sensitivity and the haptic feedback level.
Would it be possible to set the…
user1707414
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