Hot answers tagged magic-trackpad
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Attaching a debugger to the BootCamp control panel, one can see that the settings are written with an IOCTL of the format CTL_CODE(FILE_DEVICE_MOUSE, 0x801, METHOD_BUFFERED, FILE_ANY_ACCESS). The data written matches what is found in the Windows Registry at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Apple Inc.\Trackpad\Mode. I've determined the format of this entry to be:
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DIY: using 7-zip, you can extract the drivers from Apple update download.
Download the Boot Camp Software Update 3.2 For Windows: 32-bit (280MB) or 64-bit (121MB)
Open the EXE with 7-zip and extract (or navigate into) the BootCampUpdate .MSP file
In the "BootCamp3200aToBootCamp3200" folder, extract Binary.AppleWirelessTrackpad_Bin (another compressed file ...
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While there is no real question, only statements, in your question, I'm going to go ahead and take a stab at the question. I'm guessing that you would like to know if they make drivers for the Magic Trackpad for Linux. After 1 minutes of Google-ing, I found this forum. I know the highlights are a little extensive, but the these posts are the only real ...
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I've been using the Magic Trackpad for over two weeks now since I asked the question. It can surely replace a mouse for most things except touching up pictures in Aperture. It's really painful to use. Literally. My wrist hurts after editing a dozen or so pictures. (I believe Lightroom or Photoshop users would face the same problem too) Generally, operations ...
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The term that you are looking for is "pairing":
Bluetooth devices like the Magic Trackpad must be paired with a computer in order to work at all.
Apple Remotes are somewhat unusual in that they will work with any Mac by default, but they optionally can be paired with a specific computer.
Your Magic Trackpad apparently is paired with both computer A and ...
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I've found the trackpad quite good as a 'gesture pad' - switching between windows and a few other custom gestures using BetterTouchTool.
Where I found it lacking was doing precision work - for instance trying to do fairly simple task like positioning arrows to annotate charts in InkScape was far better with a mouse.
All said I still use my trackpad as my ...
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This is interesting: http://www.trackpadcontrol.com/blog/24-an-impossible-battery-gauge.html
it seems apple is purposely hiding anything more than one finger and two finger input for the trackpad. I'm no expert in HID, but couldnt someone write their own driver for the trackpad that could then recieve the raw mouse data that is hidden when using apple ...
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So based on the comments the issue was solved by deleting /System/Library/Extensions/USBOverdrive.kext. Other extensions listed at the USB Overdrive support page:
KensingtonMouseDriver.kext
LCC.kext
LogitechHIDDevices.kext
LogitechUnifying.kext
LogitechUSBHIDevices.kext
MacallyKMDriver.kext
MicrosoftKeyboard.kext
MicrosoftMouse.kext
SteerMouse.kext
If any ...
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Generally, yes. No problem with that.
The only issues that might arise:
If the controlling PC moves the mouse, VNC will immediately set the mouse pointer to the location on the controlling PC. Therefore, if you move the mouse on the Mac, and somebody moves the mouse on the PC, the PC takes precedence.
Also, if you move the mouse on the Mac, the ...
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"Magic" and "Gestures" are too subjective to comment on. However, gestures such as two-finger-scroll, tap-to-click, bottom-right-click do work. I have tried this with Windows 8 on MacBook Air. You have an option to select the settings you want in the Boot Camp Control Panel.
There may be other 3rd party drivers such as Synaptics Gesture Suite that let you ...
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I haven't started using my MagicPad much on the Mac (not running Snow Leopard most of the time) but I've been using a Wacom Bamboo touchpad on my work PC for most of the year. I use the touchpad on the left and my mouse on the right and have got very used to just reaching left of my keyboard to do gestures and fine control with the mouse.
Ironically, I have ...
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