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Software Update Brings Inertial Scrolling and Three-Finger Drag Gesture to Recent Apple Notebooks

This is the best news of the day. I was so jealous and thought it was ridiculous that the MBP I got in Jan '09 didn't have it.

I love it already.
 
Hurray for inertial scrolling! I was so jealous of my friends brand new MBP. :)
 
jtara said:
Oh, we're getting a little confused with terminology here. (...snip...) 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?
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I think you're confused, and I agree with the OP.

Try this experiment. Load a scrollable widget such as a long playlist on an iPod touch, iPhone, or iPad. Move (scroll) your finger up. The list moves up, revealing more of the bottom. You are scrolling down. (Even if we disagree on what this is called, let's call it that for these purposes.)

Now, open iTunes, Finder, or something else with scrollable content in your Mac with a Magic Mouse or trackpad (or, although less preferable since they don't touch to scroll, a Mighty Mouse or any scroll-wheeled mouse). Move (scroll) your finger up. Nothing happens--you need to move your finger in a downward motion to scroll down.

Result? Up on iDevice, down on Mac to achieve same action. If yours behaved differently, maybe you changed your settings. :D Or, perhaps like me, you never thought about it until the OP mentioned it--both these gestures seem natural on their respective devices, and it would probably take some getting used to to swtich the scrolling on my mouse. I don't know why, but I'm happy with both.
 
I just downloaded the update on my early 2008 MacBook Pro. Inertial scrolling feels very weird right now, but I'm sure that I'll get used to it in a week or two. It certainly is nice to be able to quickly scroll to the top and bottom of long pages though!
 
jmcrutch said:
Looks like it requires Snow Leopard. Guess I'll have to upgrade to that first.
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Yea, but if you have a PowerBook, you're going to need to upgrade that to a MacBook before you can upgrade your OS so you can upgrade your software and upgrade your image so you don't look like a :eek:FOOL:eek: at the 1nt4rw3b Cafe pounding on tha ↓ button...










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Now all we need is the bounce effect when the page reaches the bottom.

Nice update!
 
Just to be certain, we can disable the 3 finger dragging and revert to old 3 finger navigation (back and forward in safari/finder)? I ask this because I'd like to have the inertial scrolling but not the obvious...

FS
 
NeuralControl said:
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.
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That's the one - I got my MBP from the clearance store exactly the same day the first unibodies were released... I need 2x firewire ports for my audio interfaces... Anyway: I think this is the only pre-unibody model that supports it...

While the update doesn't come up in software update, try following the link to the official release documentation: download it manually and apply the update - assuming you have Snow Leopard 10.6.4 installed already. It says that

"the following Mac portables support inertial scrolling after installing Magic Trackpad and Multi-Touch Trackpad Update 1.0:

MacBook Air
MacBook Air
MacBook Air (Mid 2009)

MacBook Pro
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2008)
MacBook Pro (17-inch, Early 2008)..."
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Mine is an "early 2008" MBP, and it has always supported multitouch gestures... at first, I had to use this widespread hack with Leopard... then, Snow Leopard incorporated multitouch officially... and now, inertia scrolling... but I find inertia runs better with SmartScroll. As for the three finger drag thing, I still dont know how that works.... but I'm sure I don't need another gesture :p

Good luck!
 
I have a mid-2009 Macbook and the update doesn't work for me either ):

Here's my Trackpad window.

Any solution?
 

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They don't have the trackpads that support gestures, but they've always had double tap to right click and two fingered scrolling.

The update specifically says adds inertial scrolling and three finger swipe to them. Maybe the update description is wrong...
 
useless

3 finger dragging is a nice feature, but the way apple implemented it makes it useless.
to drag a window with 3 finger touch you have to have cursor at the title bar of the window, but if you have cursor there already you could click and drag it, and it was working like that ages ago.
it should work for the active window, regardless where cursor is.
otherwise it's like scroll with two fingers that works only when cursor is above the scroll bar.
 
my macbook is less then 2 weeks old...is the only difference im going to see 3 finger drag? is better touch tool better for that
 
Dimka said:
3 finger dragging is a nice feature, but the way apple implemented it makes it useless.
to drag a window with 3 finger touch you have to have cursor at the title bar of the window, but if you have cursor there already you could click and drag it, and it was working like that ages ago.
it should work for the active window, regardless where cursor is.
otherwise it's like scroll with two fingers that works only when cursor is above the scroll bar.
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I disagree - it works fine. It works with anything dragable. Normally, you would need to move the cursor over the object you wanted to drag, then click&hold and drag it. With three-finger drag, you move the cursor the same, then click&hold with three fingers and drag. Same total number of movements.
 
Dimka said:
3 finger dragging is a nice feature, but the way apple implemented it makes it useless.
to drag a window with 3 finger touch you have to have cursor at the title bar of the window, but if you have cursor there already you could click and drag it, and it was working like that ages ago.
it should work for the active window, regardless where cursor is.
otherwise it's like scroll with two fingers that works only when cursor is above the scroll bar.
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It's NOT just for dragging windows! It's a general drag, it allows you to drag anything. Simply put, it's the exact equivalent to using a traditional mouse, clicking, not letting go, and moving the mouse, and then letting go. Drag n' Drop!

Just because a MacRumors article said that it was for dragging windows doesn't mean it's only for that purpose. You can select text, drag sliders and scrollbars, move icons and draw in Photoshop... without the need of using the annoying "Dragging" checkbox that delays your clicks, and without having to press the heavy, loud and annoying button on the trackpad.
 
Stella said:
Why on Earth wouldn't early 2008 MacBook Pro support the 3 finger drag?

If this can be done via BetterTouchTool I'm sure Apple can.
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Perhaps it's something we'll get in 10.7. If I remember correctly, some of the earlier MBP's didn't have 4-finger gestures either, and then Snow Leopard gave them to all supported models.


rgarjr said:
Well I dont think those have the multi touch trackpad.
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Wow, seriously? The brand-new white MacBooks don't support multi touch gestures? Is it just the white MB or all MB's?
 
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