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Two Finger - Right Click with iBook G4 (10.5.6?)

GimmeSlack12

GimmeSlack12

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Ok so am I late to the party on this one or has no one else noticed that the two finger - Right Click, has been enabled on older laptops? I love this feature from the MacBooks and now its on my iBook G4.

Either way, just wanted to share.
 
Ninja Dom

Ninja Dom

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I noticed that I can enable two-finger scrolling on my early 2008 Macbook under the new Trackpad option in System Preferences (10.5.6).

That was new to me but I've only had this Macbook for two weeks so it may have been available before.
 
Chundles

Chundles

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Two finger scrolling/right clicking has been available since the last version of the PowerBook/iBook.
 
GimmeSlack12

GimmeSlack12

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Chundles said:
Two finger scrolling/right clicking has been available since the last version of the PowerBook/iBook.
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Two finger scrolling. Yes.
Two finger right-click. No, trust me.

Ninja Dom said:
I noticed that I can enable two-finger scrolling on my early 2008 Macbook under the new Trackpad option in System Preferences (10.5.6).
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It's been available on every MacBook (where this option was introduced originally).

sporadicMotion said:
It's been around for a while. I can't even remember how long ago I first enabled it on a portable. It's really good once you get accustomed to it.
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Define portable, because any G4 Apple laptop has not had this (two finger right-click) until somewhere between 10.5.4 and 10.5.6.
 
sporadicMotion

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GimmeSlack12 said:
Two finger scrolling. Yes.
Two finger right-click. No, trust me.



It's been available on every MacBook (where this option was introduced originally).



Define portable, because any G4 Apple laptop has not had this (two finger right-click) until somewhere between 10.5.4 and 10.5.6.
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I couldn't remember if it was my first Intel or Last PPC machine. :) I Purchase new machines every 6 months... so the lines are blured.
 
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kennyli

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I have a iBook G4 1.33 GHz (10.5.5) here with me. Yes, 2 fingers double-click works in this iBook. Also, 2 finger scrolling works too ;)
 
GimmeSlack12

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sporadicMotion said:
I Purchase new machines every 6 months... so the lines are blured.
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GimmeSlack12 said:
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