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Software Update Brings Inertial Scrolling and Three-Finger Drag Gesture to Recent Apple Notebooks
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Well I know with the update that's where it is, but what about the settings for the three finger gesture with Safari?
Can anyone explain to me what's sop great about this gadget? I use Ap[ple products and appreciate them, but this is way over my head. So, by he way, is the way-out enthusiasm for am item that mimics what is already available in the latest mac laptops.
I may be drowning in cult-sweat.
This thread isn't about the gadget (if you mean Magic Trackpad). It's about the ability for MacBook users to get some of the new (and old) functionality from the new trackpad. Mainly inertial scrolling.
I take you must be one of the random ppl who clicks negative on a post about a free software update that gives more functionality to existing users.
There are no built-in trackpads in iMacs, Mac Minis or Mac Pros, hence the utility of Magic Trackpads
Thank you, Apple! I've been waiting for you to enable inertial scrolling on my mid-2009 MBP! My MagicMouse can do it, so why couldn't my trackpad?
this is rad! ive been using smart scroll to mimic inertial scrolling and now i dont need to
yup same here, tap to click for the win
yup same here, tap to click for the win
The inertial scrolling is awesome. I have an early 08 MBP, installed update and it works great. Makes me feel better about the investment buying this machine on launch day.
As has been posted before, it's not just window dragging. The three-finger gesture is for dragging ANYTHING. It duplicates the click-hold-drag that is done with a mouse. Thus, you can do all sorts of operations with the three-finger gesture -- drag windows, drag icons, select text, move folders/directories, drag/set controls, select and scroll through menus -- nearly anything that you can do with a mouse except single and double click and scrolling with a mouse wheel (for which there are other gestures).
This is a truly great update to my 13" Aluminum MacBook (late 2008 MacBook).
After restart, my time was set to January 1st 2001, clock to midnight, all network traffic off, twitterrific doesn't work, all kinds of daemons I've never heard of are asking for network privileges... I just don't know what to do.
i got inertial scrolling on my Macbook pro 13 late 09, but what is this 3 finger drag thing?? i cant use it
Are you referring to the model just prior to the Unibody release? None of the documents say it is supported and I can't get the update via Software Update.
I thought the non-Unibody Penryn MBP users were out of luck on this one.
Well, this may be good news for some but for others like me who have a 2010 15" which already has the inertial scrolling it's not a biggie update. The slight disappointment I have with this update is that I actually like the 3 finger window drag but it only works when you disable the 3 finger swipe for webpages and iTunes pages and that sucks so I just put it back to the original setting.
I retract what I said. According to the Apple website, early 2008 MBPs are supported. I can't get the update through Software Update, but I will try again later or just use the link on Apple's page.
Here's the official list from Apple.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4254
If any non-Unibody owners are successful with the update, let us know.
UPDATE: I downloaded it directly from that link and installed it on my own. It works!
Here's the official list from Apple.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4254
If any non-Unibody owners are successful with the update, let us know.
UPDATE: I downloaded it directly from that link and installed it on my own. It works!
Huh? On the iPhone, you drag down to scroll down as well.
Maybe you've been holding your iPhone upside-down all this time?
hmmm dammit i want both 3 finger swipe to nav. in my browser and 3 finger gesture to move windows as well...decisions decisions.....
Huh? On the iPhone, you drag down to scroll down as well.
Maybe you've been holding your iPhone upside-down all this time?
Are you kidding?
I've always dragged up for the page to go down. It's like if you physically moved the page.
It's clearly different on OS X, and I'd like the option of inverting it too.
Well, as others have pointed-out, the thread is about the software update - not the gadget.
The enthusiasm for the gadget is because you can use it on a Mac desktop, which didn't previously have a trackpad (at least not an official Apple one) as an available option.
This was less of a big deal back when trackpads were just a poor substitute for a mouse. But as they've gotten more sophisticated, they are now better than a mouse for some tasks.
Oh, we're getting a little confused with terminology here.
I think what you mean is that you drag up to reveal what's at the bottom of the page. You are moving the page up, so that what's at the bottom of the page appears in the "window".
So, from my viewpoint, you "drag up, to make the page go up".
In any case, my Macbook and iPhone both act the same way, without me having to change any settings. maybe you had changed yours?
(Edit: I re-read the response to your original post, and I see the suggested fix is to change a settting in BTT, a third-party app. Maybe you have that installed and had changed the setting?)