Like using a mouse, many people want to “click” the trackpad and feel the feedback to know that they’ve made a click. Selecting one of the options from the pop-up changes the setting for the trackpad.īy default, tap to click is disabled. The other possibilities are to click in the bottom right corner of the trackpad or click in the bottom left corner. In the case, a secondary click (right click) defaults to a click with two fingers. To see what other gestures are available for a specific function, click on the disclosure triangle and a pop-up menu displays the other gestures (see screenshot below): (Click on the disclosure triangle next to a gesture to see other available gestures)

If we wish to disable one of these trackpad functions, we can just uncheck the box in front of the function in the list. This means that you have extra choices for setting up the trackpad. Looking at the first image (titled “Trackpad Point & Click Preferences”), you’ll notice two things about each entry on this screen:ġ) There’s a checkbox if you wish to enable (checked) or disable (unchecked) a trackpad function.Ģ) There may be a disclosure triangle (looks like ˇ ) below the entry. Notice that there are other sources of data about the force-clicked word, such as Siri Knowledge, Movies with the word “information” in them, and so on. (Force-click on any word or data detector for more information)įor example, in the screenshot above I force-clicked the word “information”, which displayed a dictionary definition of the word. By default, if you force click (click, then press firmly on the trackpad) with one finger on any word or a data detector (items such as appointments and addresses that have a small disclosure triangle next to them), a pop-up window appears that displays more information. Look up & data detectors lets you do some pretty cool things. The first tab of the Trackpad preferences is used to customize Point & Click actions (see screenshot below).

Launch System Preferences from the Dock or from Apple () menu > System Preferences…, then click on Trackpad. Your key to customizing trackpad gestures is the Trackpad preferences pane in System Preferences. Today we’ll show you a number of “hidden” trackpad gestures in macOS Mojave and how those gestures can be enabled, disabled, or otherwise customized to your liking.įor the purposes of this article, we’ll be using an Apple Magic Trackpad, which uses identical gestures to those found on the trackpads on MacBooks. Most Mac users almost intuitively know how to use their trackpad for simple gestures like clicking, dragging, zooming in or out of photos, and so on, but may not know about the other gestures that are available or how to customize those gestures to their liking.

Trackpads are the default pointing device on Apple’s notebook lineup, and the Magic Trackpad (at right) is a popular accessory for desktop Macs.

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