Questions & Answers for Magic Trackpad

Yes you can buy a sticker that adds a layer of numeric pad keys to the magic trackpad and it includes some software that can make it perfrom like it was a seprate numeric pad on its own.

• Answered by Bruce L
• 18/12/2011
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It requires Snow Leopard 10.6.5 or later.

• Answered by Logan T from Grayson
• 24/08/2011
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Use your thumb to click on the bottom edge of the trackpad and your index finger to move the cursor. (the pressure needed to click is _not_ adjustable)

Alternate method:
in system prefs/trackpad
-enable "tap to click"
in system prefs/Universal access (Lion only; they're in trackpad on snow leopard)
-trackpad and mouse tab
-click "trackpad options" button
-enable "dragging"
-enable "drag lock" (optional)

These setting allow the trackpad to be used without physically clicking.
(note: it takes a little more finger discipline to use in this mode. but, it doesn't take much time to adapt.)

• Answered by Chris S from San Jose
• 09/08/2011
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It doesn't matter what hard, flat surface you place the Magic Trackpad on.
(all movement input is done on the touch surface on the top of the Trackpad; there are two feet that sense physical click)

Note:
You can configure the Trackpad to work on soft surfaces (couch pillows, etc.) by opening SysPrefs/Trackpad and enabling:
-Tap to Click
-Dragging
-Drag Lock (optional)

• Answered by Chris S from San Jose
• 19/07/2011
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I have been using a trackpad (MacPro 1,1 with a plug-in bluetooth) for a few months. It is very fun to slip along like a hummingbird when moving from place to place, yes, smooth as silk, for sure: at first, it was so smooth it sometimes picked up the odd folder and dropped it somewhere along its path without my even noticing! You develop a light touch.

My complaint is that it's not often possible to select a section of text and drag and drop it – at all, let alone where you want it (you can cut and paste).
There is no easy right-click, but you can work around that, too.

The fun aspect is definitely addicting, and I haven't seriously considered going back to my trackball. But I do use a Wacom pad for Photoshop and such where detail is required. I hope this is helpful.

• Answered by Laurel R from Tomales
• 06/12/2011
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yes! i used it for a university lecture, it works very well. Depending on how big the theatre/audience is, do not move too far away from the computer. It will work up to about 6m away, but any further and the signal becomes broken more and more until eventually it is out of range.

it fits snugly into the palm of your left hand allowing for your right hand to make all the gestures. Be sure that you know how to click when it is not on a flat surface. If 'tap to click' is not on, you will need to press on the little semi-spherical rubber protecter at the bottom to click, as this triggers the physical click. I had a bit of a bad experience… but for the presentation it worked very well.

• Answered by Anthony-paul H from Coburg
• 27/10/2010
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Answering my own question: Yes it works.

I bought a Magic Trackpad and a bluetooth mouse and connected both to a Windows machine (Windows 7) and they work simultaneously.

I did some research beforehand and realized you can connect up to 8 bluetooth devices and they all should work together regardless of operating system.

• Answered by Robert Z
• 04/12/2010
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Yes. You need OS X 10.6 or higher.

• Answered by Mohamed Musnim R from Sunway
• 30/01/2011
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yes

• Answered by Lance S from Larkspur
• 31/08/2010
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