Just got a 2013 Air with Lion. First time using a mac since the iBook G4 days. Very impressed so far in general.
However, I am having trouble with games and controlling them. I didn't put this in the games forum because I think this an OSX problem.
Any time I have a game running (fullscreen or otherwise) EVERY extended function of the trackpad is gone with the exception of tap to click. No two-finger tap to right click, no three finger middle-click drag, no four finger swipe to switch between full screen apps, and heck, I can't even command+tab away when in fullscreen!
I've tested this on KotOR, XCOM, CIV5, and a couple 2D indie games.
In a windows laptop, any adjustments made to, say, a Synaptics touchpad driver control panel will carry over to EVERY application on that computer.
What gives? Am I doing something wrong? Is this just a very very major limitation of OSX? Is there some 3rd party program I should be using? I sure hope this can be resolved, because light mobile gaming is one of the reasons I bought this machine, and "just plug in a mouse" does not solve my problem for my intended use.
Any help is appreciated. Sorry if this has been asked before, but a quick forum search and a 25+ minute google scour came up with nothing.
However, I am having trouble with games and controlling them. I didn't put this in the games forum because I think this an OSX problem.
Any time I have a game running (fullscreen or otherwise) EVERY extended function of the trackpad is gone with the exception of tap to click. No two-finger tap to right click, no three finger middle-click drag, no four finger swipe to switch between full screen apps, and heck, I can't even command+tab away when in fullscreen!
I've tested this on KotOR, XCOM, CIV5, and a couple 2D indie games.
In a windows laptop, any adjustments made to, say, a Synaptics touchpad driver control panel will carry over to EVERY application on that computer.
What gives? Am I doing something wrong? Is this just a very very major limitation of OSX? Is there some 3rd party program I should be using? I sure hope this can be resolved, because light mobile gaming is one of the reasons I bought this machine, and "just plug in a mouse" does not solve my problem for my intended use.
Any help is appreciated. Sorry if this has been asked before, but a quick forum search and a 25+ minute google scour came up with nothing.
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