Multi touch refers to a touch sensitive surface that can recognize two or more points of contact
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What's the touch resolution (LPI) of the Magic Trackpad?
I'd like to know how the Magic Trackpad compares with Wacom tablets as far as resolution goes. The Wacom Intuos5 line has 5080 LPI, while the Bamboo line has 2540.
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Right-click context menu not consistently “sticky”
I'm running Snow Leopard 10.6.8 on a 2008 MBP.
The right-click on my mousepad activates the context menu. A single right-click displays the menu, and it stays visible until I make a selection or ...
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Why does text appear blurry when zooming in Safari until you release your fingers from the trackpad?
This has been bothering me for a while. When you zoom in Safari (Mac) using the pinch gesture, the text is only anti-aliased after finishing the gesture, not in realtime. Why not?
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iPad 2 looses touch response in particular area of screen
My wife's iPad 2 is having a weird screen/touch issues.
In a particular part of the screen (near the middle bottom on the left side if holding in portrait with the home button down), it just doesn't ...
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Has Mountain Lion broken the ability to show Desktop with a gesture, begin dragging an icon, and unshow the Desktop?
I have just upgraded from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion. Despite my initial concerns relating to the new gestures, I am actually getting on pretty well and many of the new features are welcome.
I do ...
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pinch to zoom with magic mouse in Mountain Lion
I am unable to "pinch-to-zoom" on my magic mouse in mountain lion. I am using better touch tool (but have tried disabling that and pinch-to-zoom still doesn't work). In better touch tool under mouse ...
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Are there any apps or tools that allow visualizing multitouch finger positions for iOS screencast/recording?
I'd like to have a visual indicator of multitouch finger positions as I record the iOS screen of an iPad using AirPlay.
This seems like something that would require a jailbreak. Luckily I do have my ...
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Windows 8 Pro on MacBook Pro 15" early 2011. Multitouch and reversed scroll?
I've installed the newly released Windows 8 Pro on my MacBook Pro, and I'd love to get multi-touch gestures working such as pinch to zoom and 3 finger middle click tapping. I'd also like to reverse ...
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Is it possible to simulate multi-touch mouse down events?
I'm wondering if there's some application that allows you to simulate mouse-down events?
I looked at BetterTouchTool and it can bind to specific actions, but I can't do something like Hold Down a ...
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Is there an alternative to the five-finger swipe out gesture, allowing me to copy things to/from the desktop?
On my MacBook, I frequently end up with lots of overlapping windows on the screen, obscuring the desktop. I recently discovered the five finger 'swipe outwards' gesture that displays the desktop. ...
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Dragging selected text using the Three Finger gesture
Mountain Lion here. I can select text using the Three finger swipe. But to drag that text (for copying into another window, for example), I have to resort to the old fashioned (:)) ...
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How to get the three finger 'scroll to top' back in mountain lion?
Remember in Snow Leopard there was a gesture using three fingers to scroll to the top of webpages? Has anyone worked out a way of getting that back?
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Trackbar Gesture for Mission Control / Spaces: Two fingers + click
Up until Snow Leopard I was using a simple shortcut to navigate through Spaces (Desktops). Two fingers plus click would present Spaces and allow me to select desktop and/or window effortlessly. So my ...
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How can I enable Trackpad tap-to-click for the login window in OS X 10.8?
In older OS X versions, this used to work just fine:
defaults write /Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences com.apple.mouse.tapBehavior -int 1
It would enable tap to click for built-in MacBook ...
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Is Pinch To Zoom in TextEdit feature available in Lion?
In Mountain Lion it is now possible Pinch To Zoom in files within TextEdit. I think this is a new feature in Mountain Lion.
I'd like to know whether it is available in Lion?
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Is it possible to use mac trackpad gestures on, say, a linux virtualbox machine?
Specifically, I would just love to use the trackpad to do "three finger swipes" and switch between Linux workspaces (desktops), that would be extremely slick.
I imagine this might require a plugin or ...
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Pinch to Zoom on Macbook Pro 2007
I have an early 2007 Macbook Pro. The trackpad isn't multitouch - it doesn't support any of Lion's new many-finger gestures - but it does support two-finger scrolling. It obviously can keep track of ...
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Trackpad switch pages with 3 fingers
By default the Back/Next gesture works with two fingers (in e.g. Safari) on the trackpad. Now it often happens to me when scrolling through iframes (with two fingers) I accidentally activate the back ...
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Looking for a new mouse with touch surface and gestures [closed]
My 6 year old Razer Deathadder is starting to fail and I'm looking for a mouse that meets most of the following criteria (and #1 is a solid requirement).
Is NOT an Apple Magic Mouse or Magic ...
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Trackpad Gestures - Three-finger swipe unresponsive until I use two-finger scroll (OS X Lion)
Sometime within the last week or so, I noticed this really weird glitch with my trackpad. I have always used the three-finger swipe to navigate forwards and backwards on web browsers, between tabs in ...
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3 finger tap on word to show spanish-english translation of word
3 finger tap triggers the English dictionary, but it only works to explain English words in English.
Is there any way to change a 3 finger tap to show the translation of an English word into Spanish, ...
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How can I disable gestures on a particular workspace?
Is it possible to disable trackpad gestures I don't want to trigger on a particular workspace?
I have virtualbox fullscreen on one of my workspaces and I'd like for mouse gestures to not trigger when ...
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Using all trackpad gestures via Apple Remote Desktop
How is possible send all trackpad gestures via Apple Remote Desktop.app (ARD)?
Some working, some not, especially don't works gestures:
mission control (4 fingers up)
exposee (4 fingers down)
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Can Safari on an iPad be controlled with gestures?
On the Desktop version of Safari, you can navigate back and forward with a swipe gesture on the trackpad. Setting up other gestures (close tab, new tab, next/previous tab) is trivial with an app like ...
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Simulate touchpad or gestures on iMac
I recently started using a MacBook Air and find some of the gestures such as the double click zoom in Safari extremely useful, I'm aware I can zoom normally using cmd - (+) but find the gesture zoom ...
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iPod Nano 5th Gen Can't Disable Shake Gesture
I have disabled the "shuffle on shake" feature of my iPod Nano 5th gen, yet occasionally this still happens. I've noticed, for example, if I have it connected to the aux jack in my car while driving, ...
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Is there a gesture to navigate back to previous page in iPad 2 (or the new iPad)?
I've just bought a new iPad, but it's so annoying when I have to click the arrow on the top left of the page to navigate back and forth using Safari. I wonder is there a gesture for navigating that ...
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What (un-)documented multitouch gestures exist in Lion and common applications?
Safari allows to go back to a previous website using the two-finger-swipe gesture. All of the standard multitouch gestures are very nicely documented in the More Gestures section of the Trackpad ...
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How can I scroll to the top/bottom of web page with a three finger gesture?
I'd like to use a three finger swipe to scroll to the top or bottom of a web page. Is there a way to make that work?
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Show Desktop and Stacks in Lion
In Snow Leopard, I would routinely swipe up to show the desktop and then click on my "Documents" or "Downloads" stack from the dock in order to quickly move a file to the desktop.
In Lion, if I ...
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How can I use Mighty Mouse Swipe Gestures for Back/Forth in Mac App Store?
I have the latest mighty mouse bluetooth wireless thing. (Hate it.)
In Mac App Store, I'd wish to be able to swipe left and right to be able to go back and forth, such as in Safari, Chrome, etc.
How ...
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Is there a gesture to drag and drop with Expose on Lion?
I know it could be done by pressing F3 button while dragging an item but I really need the five-finger-gesture for that.
On Snow Leopard, I could drag an item with my thumb and then use the ...
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Can You Turn Off Swipe Gestures On iPad 2?
I want to turn off the multitouch gestures on my iPad 2 running iOS 5. They make it very difficult to use around my child who is constantly switching apps on me or bringing up the notification bar.
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Is it possible to customize multi-touch gestures on an iPad?
The iPad has multi-touch gestures:
Is it possible to customize these gestures? If so, how?
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Does Apple have a patent of their three finger drag feature? [closed]
I like Macbook's multi touch, especially three finger drag feature. It's very convenient to me.
I'd always like to use this feature in other laptops and OS. Except Apple, however, any other venders ...
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How can I improve response from the iPhone 4 multi-touch display?
When I touch the surface of my iPhone 4, it doesn't always register.
How does the display work? Heat? Charge? What can I do to make the phone register my touch better?
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Enable multi touch feature in windows7
I've installed a windows7 with BootCamp 3.2 64-bit on my macbook pro but multi touch feature is not enables in trackpad and magic mouse.
Is it possible to enable features like zoom, or moving ...
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Are non-unibody MacBook Pros capable of Lion's 3 and 4 finger multi-touch gestures?
Are non-unibody MacBook Pros (Late 2006 ~ Early 2008) capable of Lion's 3 and 4 finger multi-touch gestures?
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Why does the three-fingers gesture not work in Lion Launchpad
When Launchpad is displayed, the vertical three-fingers gesture does not switch to Mission Control as I would have expected. Is there a way to change this?
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Is it possible to use a gesture to go back in Finder in Lion?
I miss the ability to go back to previous directory via a gesture (swipe with two finger right like in Safari or Chrome) in Finder. Is it possible to enable it?
Edit: I'm on a MacBook Pro, and using ...
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App order for multitasking gestures
A recent update brought multitasking gestures to my original iPad. I hardly use them because swiping left never works and swiping right seems to launch random apps. What are the rules behind them?
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Dragging files between spaces
Prior to 10.7.2 I used to be able to do the following sequence:
Drag and hold a file using my thumb on the trackpad (button depressed)
Three finger swipe to move to another space
Drop the item in ...
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Is there a way to change the gesture that invokes Launchpad?
i use launchpad quite a lot, but find the 'finger & thumb' pinch rather awkward.
i never use mission control, and would love to use the 3 finger vertical swipe for launchpad instead of mission ...
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Right Click Drag with Magic Trackpad
Is it possible to perform a "right click drag" with a Magic Trackpad? What gestures/settings do I need to accomplish this?
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Prevent dictionary from coming up in Lion
On Lion, a three finger double tap brings up the dictionary. The problem is I have to disable this feature on multiple Macs and cannot be done by clicking on each system. How can this be achieved? Can ...
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Is there a way of swiping between single spaces on a multi-monitor setup?
In Lion, being able to swipe between desktops with the trackpad is great. However since adding another monitor to my setup, what I really want to be able to do is swipe desktops across monitors. E.g. ...
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Map gestures to mouse buttons
I do like the mac mouse. touch sensitivity is nice. But the precision and number of buttons on my gaming mouse is much better. It seems to work on the mac just fine, but only left/right click and ...
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Are there any non-Apple multi-touch trackpads on the market? [closed]
I love the Apple trackpad with its multi-touch gestures. I want to buy a MacBook Pro primarily because of this. I am a student though and it seems to be very expensive for me. Hence I was wondering if ...
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Stylus for Multitouch (Laptop) Trackpad?
I remember seeing a stylus that was available for the multitouch (laptop) trackpad. I'm learning a new language right now so it would be rather useful to be able to use a stylus to 'write' instead of ...
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Can Lion be configured to use the three finger drag gesture anywhere in the window?
With the proper gesture enabled, Lion allows using a three-finger drag to move a window. However, it only does this when the pointer is over the title bar; gesturing anywhere else in the window does a ...
