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10.5.6 [Tutorial] How to enable four finger gestures on early 2008 MBP/MBA natively

Argh! I have lost all two finger scrolling, two finger right click! How can I undo the changes? Im about to run Onyx automation....

Please any help?
 
mattyb240 said:
Argh! I have lost all two finger scrolling, two finger right click! How can I undo the changes? Im about to run Onyx automation....

Please any help?
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Then you must have done something wrong because there is basically no way to mess this up if you follow the steps in my first post correctly.

Just do all the steps over again and remember to follow them closely. Everything should be perfectly fine.
 
Do you think the instructions are the same for the MB Air first gen?

There is really no need to fool around in Terminal as long as you repair the permission before re-start, right?
 
I didn't think I would need this 4 finger swipe since there's F3 for expose and cmd-tab for switching applications, but I might try this tonight.
 
rwill80 said:
Not sure about yours specifically, but I can confirm this does not work on my early 2008 Blackbook 2.4
Oh well... I don't have much of a need for it, but thought it would be cool to try. No biggie for me.

Nice find, however!
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The first line of this thread states it only works on the MBP's, could be why it didn't work on your Blackbook.

Worked perfectly for me, don't know how much I will use the 4 finger, but nice to know it is there if I need it.

Thanks again for the step-by-step.
 
DjAmTraX said:
Do you think the instructions are the same for the MB Air first gen?
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I don't know. You can always try.

Just remember to backup your own original AppleUSBMultitouch file before you delete it and replace is with the modified one.

If it doesn't work, you just have to do all the steps again except this time you will be replacing the modified AppleUSBMultitouch file with the backup of your own original AppleUSBMultitouch file.
 
Bobioden said:
The first line of this thread states it only works on the MBP's, could be why it didn't work on your Blackbook.

Worked perfectly for me, don't know how much I will use the 4 finger, but nice to know it is there if I need it.

Thanks again for the step-by-step.
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Oh, I know that... But someone asked about their Macbook (non-pro), so I decided to try it and see... that's why I replied to their post. Nonetheless, this is a nice find for MBP owners.
 
Works great for me. This is brilliant! I'm actually a big user of Expose and Spaces so this will come in handy for me as I'm always looking for a shorter, easier way to access things.

Very nice and thank you very much!
 
Macbook?

Actually, credit is due to Michaelb who first solved it using the new MBP .kext (10.5.5) and foobarbaz who found that the new 10.5.6 .kext already contained the entries you needed to copy over.

michaelb said:
I then examined the kernel extension "AppleUSBMultitouch.kext" (the one installed with the new 10.5.5 unibody OS X).

This Info.plist of this kext contains several entries for what looks like different makes of trackpads. I noticed that some of them had two keys that the others did not:

<key>TrackpadFourFingerGestures</key>
<true/>
<key>TrackpadSecondaryClickCorners</key>
<true/>

I didn't know which model trackpad my Air has and it didn't really matter, as I copied those keys to all entries.

Once the AppleUSBMultitouch.kext was modified (and permissions restored), I rebooted and, hey presto!, there is the Four Fingers entry in the System Preferences.

...

I suspect this would work on all later model multitouch trackpads.
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foobarbaz said:
Don't download the old kext. It might break something...

All you need to do is edit the plist file inside it, as described above. It took me two (!) reboots until it worked, but it did!
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This is from the thread

Old MBP. Do we get the 4 finger swipe as well???

For BLACKBOOK/WHITEBOOK/MACBOOK Users:

You should be able to follow the same instructions in that thread to modify your 10.5.6 .kext, or at least find out if the .kext has the proper entries for the new macbook shared on the old macbook in 10.5.6.

Nvm forgot there is no support for >2 finger gestures. Thanks Kilamite.

For old MBP Users:

Keep in mind as OP stated this only works on MBPs that support 3 finger gestures, i.e. Jan 2008 and later. Otherwise there is no hardware support.
 
fjk said:
Actually, credit is due to Michaelb who first solved it using the new MBP .kext (10.5.5) and foobarbaz who found that the new 10.5.6 .kext already contained the entries you needed to copy over.





This is from the thread

Old MBP. Do we get the 4 finger swipe as well???

For BLACKBOOK/WHITEBOOK/MACBOOK Users:

You should be able to follow the same instructions in that thread to modify your 10.5.6 .kext, or at least find out if the .kext has the proper entries for the new macbook shared on the old macbook in 10.5.6.

For old MBP Users:

Keep in mind as OP stated this only works on MBPs that support 3 finger gestures, i.e. Jan 2008 and later. Otherwise there is no hardware support.
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michaelb & foobarbaz did not include the file. This thread is more useful IMO.
 
Hi, i tried this trick and it works well.
Except for one little thing:
2 finger zoom in/out does not work anymore in finder.
I've successfully tried it in Preview, Quicktime, Safari, Photoshop CS4, Firefox beta with gesture support...well tell me if there's something else to try with..
But i can't zoom in/out icons in Finder anymore. Not on Desktop, nor in Icon View when i browse folders..
I've followed every single step in the first post.
I've got a May 2008 MBP, 10.5.6, 2.5Ghz Itel Core 2 Duo.

My system language is italian but the trackpad Preference pane is already localized..Anyonw with the same problem?any guess on how to solve it?
 
Just did the hack on my Air. It worked perfectly. Here are screen shots of before and after. I did not touch Terminal.


Step 1 - Update to 10.5.6

Step 2 - Download and unzip the modified kext file attached to this post

Step 3 - Delete the AppleUSBMultitouch.kext file in System/Library/Extensions (this should require the administrators password)

Step 4 - Put the modified kext file you downloaded at Step 2 in System/Library/Extensions (this should also require the administrators password)

Step 5 - Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder and Repair Disk Permissions of your startup disk (tis may take a couple of minutes)

Step 6 - Restart your Mac

Be sure to save & back-up before the hack.

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After
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nick2k3 said:
Hi, i tried this trick and it works well.
Except for one little thing:
2 finger zoom in/out does not work anymore in finder.
I've successfully tried it in Preview, Quicktime, Safari, Photoshop CS4, Firefox beta with gesture support...well tell me if there's something else to try with..
But i can't zoom in/out icons in Finder anymore. Not on Desktop, nor in Icon View when i browse folders..
I've followed every single step in the first post.
I've got a May 2008 MBP, 10.5.6, 2.5Ghz Itel Core 2 Duo.

My system language is italian but the trackpad Preference pane is already localized..Anyonw with the same problem?any guess on how to solve it?
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This is normal. 10.5.6 leaves this feature off (thankfully) by default now. You can turn it back on in the Advanced tab of Finder's option menu.

DjAmTraX said:
Just did the hack on my Air. It worked perfectly. Here are screen shots of before and after. I did not touch Terminal.


Step 1 - Update to 10.5.6

Step 2 - Download and unzip the modified kext file attached to this post

Step 3 - Delete the AppleUSBMultitouch.kext file in System/Library/Extensions (this should require the administrators password)

Step 4 - Put the modified kext file you downloaded at Step 2 in System/Library/Extensions (this should also require the administrators password)

Step 5 - Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder and Repair Disk Permissions of your startup disk (tis may take a couple of minutes)

Step 6 - Restart your Mac

Be sure to save & back-up before the hack.
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You sure about that? I tried to delete it in Finder and it said I didn't have the correct permissions to. I had to use terminal (MBP July 2008, 10.5.6). I only have one account (mine) on the system, so I should be the Admin. Sudo is set and has password set to it also. Neither worked.
 
gumbyx84 said:
This is normal. 10.5.6 leaves this feature off (thankfully) by default now. You can turn it back on in the Advanced tab of Finder's option menu.
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Thank you.. it was too strange that only the pinch gesture did not work on finder:D
anyway, Congratulations to whom have found this trick:D
Thanks, again!
 
Did you get the file from a late (aluminum) MBP? What is the difference between the original file and yours?
 
worked great for me, thanks! questions: should i keep a backup of the orginal kext file and should i revert back in the event i need to take my mbp in to apple store for any service? thanks.
 
2 kernel panics on my mac in the past 2 hours since doing this. Penryn.

going back to default. Not worth the stability issues.
 
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