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Mid 2009 Macbook with no Inertial Scrolling?

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Patrick Boyle

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Jun 30, 2010
53
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Western Montana
I bought my wife a macbook and immediately did a fresh install of OS X.6.6, and even installed the trackpad update that Apple put out in July of 2010. I don't have inertial scrolling or the option to turn it on in the Trackpad settings.

Any ideas?
 
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vistadude

macrumors 65816
Jan 3, 2010
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I think onlythe macbooks with glass trackpads and no buttons have inertial scrolling capabilities.
 
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Patrick Boyle

macrumors member
Original poster
Jun 30, 2010
53
4
Western Montana
Inertial Scrolling and Three-Finger Drag Gesture Support

These Mac portables support inertial scrolling and the three-finger drag gesture after you install Magic Trackpad and Multi-Touch Trackpad Update 1.0:

MacBook
MacBook (13-inch, Early 2009)
MacBook (13-inch, Mid 2009)
MacBook (13-inch, Late 2009)
MacBook (13-inch, Aluminum, Late 2008)
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I'm confused, was there a version of the mid 2009 Macbook with a glass trackpad and one without?
 
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Jesseeee

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Feb 9, 2011
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Not sure where you got your "facts," but...

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4254

Inertial Scrolling and Three-Finger Drag Gesture Support

These Mac portables support inertial scrolling and the three-finger drag gesture after you install Magic Trackpad and Multi-Touch Trackpad Update 1.0:

MacBook
MacBook (13-inch, Late 2009)
MacBook (13-inch, Aluminum, Late 2008)

MacBook Pro
MacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid 2010)
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010)
MacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid 2009)
MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2.53 GHz, Mid 2009)
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2009)
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009)
MacBook Pro (17-inch, Early 2009)
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2008)
MacBook Pro (17-inch, Late 2008)

The following Mac portables support inertial scrolling after installing Magic Trackpad and Multi-Touch Trackpad Update 1.0:

MacBook Air
MacBook Air
MacBook Air (Mid 2009)
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Patrick Boyle

macrumors member
Original poster
Jun 30, 2010
53
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Western Montana
My "facts" came from every website returned when googling for "inertial scrolling, " including MacRumors.

Apple must have changed the models affected after the initial press release. Very stupid on Apple's part, considering inertial scrolling is entirely software-driven. There is no reason it can't be enabled on older Macbooks.
 
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laudern

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Jan 5, 2011
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inertial scrolling sucks anyway. I find it very annoying.....I dont use it on my macbook..but its good on the iphone!
 
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