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sk3pt1c

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is there any way to set up the right click on the trackpad of a Powerbook?
maybe tapping the top left corner or something like that?
i hate ctrl-tap
 
What version powerbook are you running?
I seem to remember a program that enabled two-finger scrolling and two-finger right-click on older powerbooks (that didn't come with two finger scrolling).

Edit: It's called iScroll (http://iscroll2.sourceforge.net/)

Edit2: Look into SideTrack, I think it's what you need
 
it's the last version of Powerbook that came out actually, it's got two finger scrolling and i can't set the right click to a two finger tap from System Preferences.

side track looks like what i need but i'm not ready to pay for a feature like this 🙂

is there any other way to do this?
 
it's the last version of Powerbook that came out actually, it's got two finger scrolling and i can't set the right click to a two finger tap from System Preferences.

side track looks like what i need but i'm not ready to pay for a feature like this 🙂

is there any other way to do this?

You can use Sidetrack without paying. It just displays a little message when your start-up the computer. But there's no two-fingered taps on any pre-intel Apple-laptop, FYI. Excluding the ones that iScroll works on, but that doesn't include yours (or mine 😱 ). Sidetrack gives you a 1-fingered right-click, which, frankly, can be annoying sometimes. And it disables the two-fingered scroll.
 
well, if it disables the two finger scroll i don't want it,
the two finger scroll rocks imho.
so that's it, no other way to do this?
 
Nope, not for now. It's not actually a technical issue, from what I hear. Rather that Apple has a patent on this technology and no one wants to risk getting sued.
 
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