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The new Macbook Pro
Apple's new MacBook Pro laptops are a big leap forward, giving creative professionals the power they need for graphics and processor-intensive tasks. But... having unboxed and configured many (many!) MacBooks over the last 15 years, there is a configuration option in the Macs modern that drives me totally crazy, this way change this setting on your new MacBook immediately, before you too go crazy (lol).
Out of the box, your new MacBook touchpad is configured incorrectly. Here's how to fix it.
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Whether you're buying a new MacBook, received one as a gift, or want to make your current one a little more useful, make menu adjustments System Preferences always makes these machines much more useful.
O Macbook Pro touchpad
One of the best things about MacBooks has always been the huge glass trackpad, which has always been more responsive and offered more surface area than the touchpads on any Windows laptop.
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The gap has narrowed over the years, but it's still hard to beat a Mac trackpad. But it drives me crazy to see (and hear) people clicking their touchpads to do anything. He guesses? These touchpads haven't physically depressed when clicked for years. Instead, a intelligent haptic feedback makes it look like you clicked the button.
Changing the Setting on Your New MacBook
Windows computers were configured a long time ago to tap to click, which means that a simple tap of your trackpad works the same as a left-click on your mouse (or old touchpad button). A two-finger tap is equivalent to a right-click.
But every time I set up a new Mac, I spend several minutes tapping things in vain, with no effect, because MacOS has the tap to click disabled by default.
I assume it's just to make my life more difficult. Fortunately, it's easy to fix. And if you're a determined clicker and have no intention of becoming a tapper, that's okay – change these settings and you'll still be able to click away, but now tapping will work too.
Activating the Expose
As a bonus, while we're at it, let's activate Exposé, which is a very useful multi-finger gesture, and tap and drag, which is a much easier way to move things like folders on the screen.
Fix Apple Touchpad Default Settings:
- Tap System Preferences > Trackpad > Point and Click > Select the checkbox Tap to click (which is unchecked by default);
- System Preferences > Trackpad > More Gestures > Select the Trackpad checkbox Exposé App (fifth checkbox from the top);
- System Preferences > Accessibility > Pointer Control > Trackpad Options > Select the checkbox to Enable drag (no drag lock).
That's it, your MacBook is now configured correctly now.