If it's defective, why not just return it?
Because - they're ALL "defective". Old MBAs, new MBAs, 2015 MBPs. And the only "fix" is to completely disable "secondary click". And I can use control click, that's fine, except that control click doesn't work in XQuartz, or TeamViewer, or Remote Desktop.
Yes, most trackpad gestures did not exist yet your older MBPro.
The newer trackpads don't even have a hinge point, with no mechanical switches in the trackpad, so no preferred "clicking area" like you might know from earlier types of trackpads.
Bottom line - You simply can't place finger tips just anywhere you like with a trackpad that is waiting for multiple pressure points (and knows what to do with them 😀 )
You can (I think) still turn off all gestures, so it just clicks when you need it to click. The two (or three) finger click might be something that you just have to live with. BUT, you might see a difference, too, if you turn OFF "tap to click"
(I think you will need to disable Magic Prefs for a bit to see the difference when you have that native function "tap to click" turned off.)
The Magic Prefs may even be application-aware (I'm not sure), so there may be some difference in how it reacts, depending on what you are doing. If so, should be in the settings somewhere.
Tap to click was never on. Whoever came up with that feature (with some intent for general use) should be shot. (I understand it might have some "accessibility" uses though).
Also, the MacBook Air does contain a mechanical switch. It's the last Apple laptop to have such a thing.
Being able to right click, and being able to scroll are really the only "gestures" I care about. I would immediately sacrifice all other gestures just to have perfect right click and scrolling. (scrolling is never a problem though, just the right click).
I noticed I can hold my finger 1 or 2 mm off the trackpad, and it still registers. But there is NO sensitivity adjustment anywhere, not even in MagicPrefs.
One side effect of the trackpad having gotten so massively oversized (much more so on the vapid 12" MacBook) is that it reduces the area where you can rest your hands, and so by extension, your fingers. For now, I am going to try working with the MagicPrefs real time display opened in the corner, and try to observe that when I have one of the invalid right click activations.
I've been putting up with this problem for almost 5 years. I thought my old MBA had just gotten warped (the battery had to be replaced - twice - for swelling, and this caused some screws to strip and fall out).
A SEPARATE POINT IS MADE BELOW, WHICH IS WHY I USED A SEPARATE POST, BUT THE POSTS WERE THEN MERGED.
[doublepost=1489312304][/doublepost]Whatever happened to, "ignore accidental trackpad input"?
Is that enabled all the time now, or is it "disabled" all the time now?
