Filed under: Hardware, OS, Software, Hacks, Macbook Pro
Enable two-finger right-click on 15" MacBook Pros
Rejoice, fellow 15" MacBook Pro owners, for the enterprising hackers over in the OSx86 Project forum have put together an installer package that enables the fancy two-finger right-click for 15" MacBook Pros. This is a standard feature of the MacBook and 17" MacBook Pro, but the early-adopting 15" MacBook Pro owners were left out in the cold with this most essential and highly-requested of features.The installer is linked in a forum thread here. An uninstaller is included, and you might want to peruse the rest of the thread for experiences and tips in case you run into issues. After all, this is a hack, so remember to cross your t's, dot your i's and post in their thread if you run into any speedbumps.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
YJ said 8:06PM on 6-01-2006
I think someone needs to point out this "hack" is not perfect. It needs to be reactivated everytime the computer is restarted. This can turn out to be quite a hassle. So bewarned.
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ejota said 8:25PM on 6-01-2006
is there a way to bypass having to reactivate this every time?
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Derek said 8:25PM on 6-01-2006
What about us iBook and Powerbook users with two-finger scrolling?
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John Muir said 8:30PM on 6-01-2006
Could do worse than checking out Sidetrack:
http://www.ragingmenace.com/software/sidetrack/index.html
Working nicely on my pre- all this fancy two finger mousing PowerBook from 2003 and seems highly configurable.
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andy said 8:30PM on 6-01-2006
thats what im thinking number2, im a desktop user about to recieve my 1st mac portable - (a 14" ibook) and was wondering about this, any way of it happening? is there other scroll pad shortcuts on ibooks other than scrolling?
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John Muir said 9:17PM on 6-01-2006
According to this MacWorld article, the two finger right click trick is done entirely in software, as discovered by the editor when migrating from and back to a 15" MBP and new MacBook.
http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/macword/2006/06/macbookswap/index.php?lsrc=mwrss
I.e. the build of OS 10.4.6 on the 15" MBP predates the feature. So expect it to be officially supported in 10.4.7! That or screw around with this hack / try to get the newer build off a MacBook.
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andy said 9:34PM on 6-01-2006
hey john, news flash, other people use macbooks
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neil kraft said 10:32PM on 6-01-2006
i tried it on my powerbook 10.4.6 without any new software and it was just like right clicking. is it really new?
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Joshua said 10:44PM on 6-01-2006
There is also iScroll2. [http://www-users.kawo2.rwth-aachen.de/~razzfazz/iscroll2/] I've been an iScroll 2 user for a long time now - but I'm about to get a Macbook, rendering it useless!
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Jake Simonds-Malamud said 10:52PM on 6-01-2006
Forget all these unsafe hacks, this app is running fine on my dad's iBook G4, pre- updated ones with the SMS (Sudden Motion Sensor)
Anyways, here it is, and it can be disabled from within its pref pane
http://macupdate.com/info.php/id/17240
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J.T. Mill said 11:05PM on 6-01-2006
I was kind of upset when my 2nd gen Macbook Pro didn't have this feature, thank you hackers!
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SpacePirate said 11:28PM on 6-01-2006
iScroll 2's two finger right-click is slightly different; you need to hold down two fingers and click. With the MacBook, it functions like the trackpad tap, only using two fingers instead of one. Please refrain from posting if you have no idea what you are talking about.
And it DOESN'T need to be reinstalled every time for it to work, at least on my MacBook Pro.
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Patrick said 12:20AM on 6-02-2006
iscroll works great on the pre-scrolling ibook and powerbooks, I dont have track pad tap enabled on my G4 powerbook, but with iscroll I can use two finger scrolling and hold two fingers on the trackpad while clicking which functions as a right click, I even find this to be much more useful than having an entire second button like on PC laptops, if feels more natural and you dont even have to think about doing it.
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andy said 12:44AM on 6-02-2006
Hi people, so is anyone using iscroll2 under latest tiger? if so is it ok? (ill prob try it out when i get my 2nd hand ibook in a few days.
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Kit said 1:06AM on 6-02-2006
Andy:
Yes, I can verify that iScroll2 works fine under OS X v10.4.6, on a 15" PowerBook (FW 800).
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Jeshii said 2:36AM on 6-02-2006
Stuck in the middle... late model PowerBook G4. Supports two-finger scroll, so iScroll won't install. Not intel, so I can't use this hack. Man... I could try that sidetrack program, but I'm so used to two-finger scrolling. Alas! ;)
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Mark D. said 8:31PM on 6-02-2006
#12: Not reinstalled, you sometimes need to disable/enable in the prefs pane after a reboot, I know I do. This is really more of a problem when I switch to XP and completely lack all these fancy trackpad enhancements, which is rare, and thus why I sometimes even forget to reactivate the right-tap in OS X when I reboot.
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Mark Domers said 9:41PM on 6-02-2006
Apple, for christ...
Just start putting a second button fcuking on your systems! Make the second button do the same thing as the first when running os x...
It really saddens me to see the typical poor Mac user having to fumble around without right click functionality. Goog god Windows users have had this since 1994.
Please get with it... you owe it to your loyal base.
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digitalintrigue said 12:42AM on 6-09-2006
You can use iKey to create a Macro which sets the right click via trackpad automatically, everytime the MacBook Pro boots...at least until 10.4.7 updates things. ;)
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cars said 6:01AM on 8-06-2006
I tried it and it is very exciting.great job,keep hacking guys
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