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1-Finger Tap Window dragging?

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MBX

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Sep 14, 2006
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Hey there

Just got a new MBP 15'' with Mavericks. But I'm disappointed to see that Apple has gotten rid of the "1-finger tap window dragging" in the touchpad settings?

Is this no longer possible? I'm coming from Snow Leopard 10.6x and loved the fact that I don't have to press the touchpad down to right click or drag windows and now this seems gone.

Any ideas?
 
MBX said:
Hey there

Just got a new MBP 15'' with Mavericks. But I'm disappointed to see that Apple has gotten rid of the "1-finger tap window dragging" in the touchpad settings?

Is this no longer possible? I'm coming from Snow Leopard 10.6x and loved the fact that I don't have to press the touchpad down to right click or drag windows and now this seems gone.

Any ideas?
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Coming from a pure Windows background, I still find myself trying to do this each time I use my Mac.
 
Go to System Settings->Accessibility->Mouse and Trackpad->Trackpad Options

Check enable dragging and select with drag lock.
 
its called tap to click

you can make secondary click a variety of things in the menu below tap to click

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MBX said:
Hey there

Just got a new MBP 15'' with Mavericks. But I'm disappointed to see that Apple has gotten rid of the "1-finger tap window dragging" in the touchpad settings?

Is this no longer possible? I'm coming from Snow Leopard 10.6x and loved the fact that I don't have to press the touchpad down to right click or drag windows and now this seems gone.

Any ideas?
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3-finger drag is great.
 
Guys, Apple has replaced the 1-finger window dragging with 3-fingers now. This IS HORRIBLE.

Dragging windows or files with 3 fingers is extremely annoying, frustrating and leading to stupid results (prematurely dropping a file or window position accidentally).

WTF. Why is Apple constantly giving us only 1 Option and replacing previous ones without giving an alternative :mad:

Any idea how to fix this?
 
MBX said:
Guys, Apple has replaced the 1-finger window dragging with 3-fingers now. This IS HORRIBLE.

Dragging windows or files with 3 fingers is extremely annoying, frustrating and leading to stupid results (prematurely dropping a file or window position accidentally).

WTF. Why is Apple constantly giving us only 1 Option and replacing previous ones without giving an alternative :mad:

Any idea how to fix this?
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Really!? Read the helpful posts you got. The second response gave you what you wanted:
chibisukee said:
Go to System Settings->Accessibility->Mouse and Trackpad->Trackpad Options

Check enable dragging and select with drag lock.
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lol awesome, thanks guys. Sorry I overlooked chibisukee's post/ suggestion.

Great! Thanks
 
I'm running mavericks,


I can only 3 finger drag the top part of the window? Can I get it to 3 finger drag any part of the window?

I don't really see the point of only 3 finger dragging the top part of the window when I can just single click it and drag....
 
drenline said:
I'm running mavericks,


I can only 3 finger drag the top part of the window? Can I get it to 3 finger drag any part of the window?

I don't really see the point of only 3 finger dragging the top part of the window when I can just single click it and drag....
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BetterTouchTool can do this, I just tested it.
 
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