I have an Early 2008 Macbook Pro and I thought Apple enabled support for my device, am I missing something or is my 2 year old computer now out of legacy support
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I thought I got momentum scrolling?
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Only Unibody MacBooks and Unibody MacBook Pros are supported:
from About Magic Trackpad and Multi-Touch Trackpad Update 1.0
from About Magic Trackpad and Multi-Touch Trackpad Update 1.0
These are the MacBook Pro models that support inertial scrolling:
MacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid 2010)
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010)
MacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid 2009)
MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2.53 GHz, Mid 2009)
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2009)
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009)
MacBook Pro (17-inch, Early 2009)
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2008)
MacBook Pro (17-inch, Late 2008)
MacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid 2010)
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010)
MacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid 2009)
MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2.53 GHz, Mid 2009)
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2009)
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009)
MacBook Pro (17-inch, Early 2009)
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2008)
MacBook Pro (17-inch, Late 2008)
You're 2 year old computer is really almost 3 years old now BTW. But anyways, here's the list of supported Macs and it's for the late 2008 MBP.
https://www.macrumors.com/2010/07/2...inger-drag-gesture-to-recent-apple-notebooks/
https://www.macrumors.com/2010/07/2...inger-drag-gesture-to-recent-apple-notebooks/
I have Macbook Pro model 4,1 I really wanted that scrolling function
I think there's a third-party app that will enable it (but I can't remember the name).
I don't want to shoot you, I just recognised it myself. Maybe Apple has taken those models off the list later, as the list has been modified on August 13th, 2010.
And the OP told us at least, that s/he has an MBP from early 2008:
I have Macbook Pro model 4,1 I really wanted that scrolling function
SmartScroll via "iphone like scrolling"
I have Macbook Pro model 4,1 I really wanted that scrolling function
I apologize for asking for more info from you but could you post in more "english" for those of us (ME) who don't know what a 4,1 Macbook Pro is? I don't even know how to tell what number is on my own Mac.
What size screen and is it early or late 2008? That would help.
Actually, 4,1 is the correct way of informing people of what model you have
It is in system profiler Forgot to answer, it is early 2008, but also the 4,1 Identifier would include the year
@spinnerlys Thanks for putting a lot of effort into this thread! I am sure it will help lots more!
Actually, you computer does support it. My MacBookPro4,1 ran it out of the box. like spinnerlys said, until August 13 Apple's site DID have had Early 2008 MacBook Pro under supported computers for inertial scrolling but not three finger drag. I really don't know what your problem is. I have made a solution, that actually adds 3 finger drag support to it as well. https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/979493/
I just re-downloaded the update, and opened the info.plist file that came with it. It is exactly the same. If you want, you can always try the Kext I uploaded on the thread I linked to. (Just to make sure, are you on OS 10.6.4 or earlier?).
I just re-downloaded the update, and opened the info.plist file that came with it. It is exactly the same. If you want, you can always try the Kext I uploaded on the thread I linked to. (Just to make sure, are you on OS 10.6.4 or earlier?).
...will my macbook 5,2 support this or are there any free apps out there with the same functionality?
I have the early 2008 MacBook Pro as well and it has inertial scrolling enabled right now. I remember when the update first came out that this MacBook Pro was supported by the update for inertial scrolling but not three finger drag.
The MacBook5,2 doesn't support Inertial Scrolling, but I sometimes used to use AveScroller. It expires after 100 minutes, but relaunching it resets the counter. Or you could try InertialScroll (not sure if it works on non-multitouch Macs). SmartScroll works fine, but it asks you to register every once in a while.
Goodluck.
Open System Preferences, select Trackpad, then on scrolling, make it "without Inertia".
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Just wanted to confirm that I, too, have a MBP 4,1 and after reinstalling the update and restarting my computer, I now have inertial scrolling.