Filed under: Hardware, OS, Software, Macbook Pro
10.4.7 enables two finger right-click on 15" MacBook Pros
Many commenters on our Mac OS X 10.4.7 Update post have noticed that two finger right-clicking has been enabled on 15" MacBook Pros. It seems to work just fine on mine, and this update should evoke a sigh of relief to all those using the trackpad hack we blogged to accomplish the same thing since the hack has annoying side effects, such as needing to be re-enabled after each restart.As a side note: it seems a little strange that this wasn't documented; I scanned the extended release notes on the 10.4.7 update and didn't see this anywhere.
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John Muir said 11:43AM on 6-28-2006
As predicted here:
http://www.tuaw.com/2006/06/01/enable-two-finger-right-click-on-15-macbook-pros/1#c1570564
Yes, I am a futureseeing genie.
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Ruegen said 11:50AM on 6-28-2006
a Toast 7 DVD video image menu selection glitch fix when exporting to an image file would be nice... I've been waiting since 10.4.6 :-(
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M said 11:51AM on 6-28-2006
Strange that it was undocumented?
No, that's par for the course.
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Vanhammersly said 12:13PM on 6-28-2006
I have noticed that my MacBook Pro is significantly cooler, too. It was running around 157 F and now is at 112 F. Huge difference. This happened right after updating.
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Spaz said 12:14PM on 6-28-2006
10.4.7 breaks Safari! A quick visit to cnn.com will probably crash Safari. It does it for me approx 50% of the time. And thats just loading the home page. I assume it one of their cycling ads that has the issue, but it not a happy result of the update.
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Ken69267 said 12:18PM on 6-28-2006
My Safari is fine. I'm glad they updated WebKit/Safari, some rendering issues have been fixed.
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shlomo said 12:28PM on 6-28-2006
does this work on the powerbook also?
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Dothan said 12:29PM on 6-28-2006
It doesn't work for me.
Still don't see the option in system preferences.
Anyone else with problems?
Any tips?
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David Chartier said 12:45PM on 6-28-2006
#6: Are you sure you're checking the Trackpad tab of the Keyboard & Mouse System Preferences Pane? It's under the 'Trackpad Gestures' section in that tab.
#3: Are you sure you don't have any Safari plugins or extensions installed that might not have been updated for 10.4.7 yet? My Safari is working fine, as I repeatedly refreshed CNN and restarted Safari just to make sure.
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David Chartier said 12:47PM on 6-28-2006
Also: I don't believe this right-click option is available for any portables besides the new MacBooks and MacBook Pros. I don't think PowerBooks get this feature.
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Tyler Moody said 12:53PM on 6-28-2006
Yes, this does work on the MacBook I've been using it for most of the day, and I just can't thank Apple enough for this.
Good-Bye,
Control-click
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dd said 1:01PM on 6-28-2006
The option is not available in some languages. If you want to set the pref, just change your system language to English, set the option and go back to your language of preference.
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Dothan said 1:10PM on 6-28-2006
@9
Exactly!
That worked. Good call mate!
Thank You so much
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Jim said 6:07PM on 6-28-2006
why not powerbooks w/ two-finger scrolling? This seems like a simple software fix (wink, wink all you intrepid hackers).
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orange said 9:23PM on 6-28-2006
This was actually first introduced on the MacBook and newer MBP revisions (glossy screen release) under 10.4.6. Worked then, works now, but only if you have one of these models.
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Philipp Schmid said 7:53AM on 6-29-2006
I never had to reenable the two finger right click after a restart on my mbp 15" (with the hack installed)
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mungler said 9:21AM on 6-29-2006
for powerbook, checkout iScroll2 - it lets you do two-finger right clickage. worked a treat on my 12'' PowerBook G4 1.33Ghz (which i've now sold on ebay.. sniff.. goodbye old friend.... :'( )
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iFelix said 9:50AM on 6-29-2006
Excellent, I like it already.
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brad said 10:51AM on 6-30-2006
sweet just what i have been looking for with parallels.
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