Force Touch Compatability?Magic Trackpad 2

[3rdiguy]

Hi all,

I wondered if the Magic trackpad 2 will allow Force Touch to work on older Macs? I have a mid to late 2014 13" MacBook Pro retina.

 

[mattopotamus]

Hi all,

I wondered if the Magic trackpad 2 will allow Force Touch to work on older Macs? I have a mid to late 2014 13" MacBook Pro retina.

My guess would be yes. If you have the hardware to support force touch it should work just fine. In other words, I do not think you need a mac laptop that has force touch for the new trackpad to support it. As long as you are running el capitan on a mac supporting BT 4.0 you should be ok.

 

[the8thark]

My guess would be yes. If you have the hardware to support force touch it should work just fine. In other words, I do not think you need a mac laptop that has force touch for the new trackpad to support it. As long as you are running el capitan on a mac supporting BT 4.0 you should be ok.

You don't even need BT4.0. Just el captain if you are willing to use the trackpad via wired mode.

 

[satinsilverem2]

I'm using the new Magic Trackpad with my early 2011 MBP and everything is working as advertised. Now the 2011 MacBook Pros don't have BT 4.0 standard but I upgraded to the CAX card a while back. If you don't have a BT 4.0 Mac then you can still use the trackpad in wired mode.

 

[Stirlo]

That's cool, I would love force touch in Sketch, Xcode too and can much more easily afford the trackpad to a whole new setup!

 

[haruhiko]

I'm using the new Magic Trackpad with my early 2011 MBP and everything is working as advertised. Now the 2011 MacBook Pros don't have BT 4.0 standard but I upgraded to the CAX card a while back. If you don't have a BT 4.0 Mac then you can still use the trackpad in wired mode.

If you don't have BT 4.0 on your Mac you can use it in wireless mode too.

 

[darkinners]

I am using Magic TrackPad 2 with my 2012 rMBP. Works like a dream.

 

[jennysgotagun]

Does the Magic Trackpad 2 work with Boot Camp on its own? I know, no gestures with stock drivers, but is it at least working as mouse? Too sad the alternate ExtraMagic drivers for Windows got no support of the second-gen Magic Trackpad yet.