Resolved Was there a phantom MacBook Pro being used for the Trackpad gesture video clips in Snow Leopard?

[B S Magnet]

I don’t know of a MacBook Pro with a trackpad that large with a button that thin. The first attached clip comes from the 10.6.8 version of Trackpad prefPane, but several more like this can be found in the 10.5.8 version of the same (like the second clip).

I’m speculating when I ask whether these trackpad gesture clips were filmed with an early unibody 17-inch test mule before the decision to forgo a button entirely.

 

[philgxxd]

Isn’t that from a first generation Air?

 

[Amethyst1]

Isn’t that from a first generation Air?

I'd also vote for a pre-2010 MBA.

 

[rampancy]

Yeah, that's a 2008/9 MacBook Air. It only makes sense it would be used as an example here, since at the time it was one of the most prominent Macs in Apple's product line, and it used the same multi-touch controller used on the iPhone/iPod touch at the time.

It wouldn't surprise me though if Apple had a prototype or mockup lying around that had the MacBook Air's trackpad button for testing.

 

[B S Magnet]

For some reason (and also, because I’ve never owned one), my mental picture of the early MBAs also had a glass trackpad like the unibody models, but that mental picture was just sliiiightly off.

Thank you, all! Mystery solved!

 

[Amethyst1]

Just a random thought - was/is there an app that allows using an iOS device as a multitouch track pad on a Mac?

 

[rampancy]

Just a random thought - was/is there an app that allows using an iOS device as a multitouch track pad on a Mac?

Yes - Mobile Mouse Remote provides exactly that functionality, but since I've never used it, I can't vouch for how good it is.

 

[Amethyst1]

Yes - Mobile Mouse Remote provides exactly that functionality, but since I've never used it, I can't vouch for how good it is.

Cool, thanks!

 

[Certificate of Excellence]

Cool, thanks!

Does anyone know of an app that does this and will run on ios5 and an ipad1?