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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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...
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sweet just what i have been looking for with parallels.
June 30 2006 at 10:51 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyExcellent, I like it already.
June 29 2006 at 9:50 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyfor 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.... :'( )
June 29 2006 at 9:21 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI never had to reenable the two finger right click after a restart on my mbp 15" (with the hack installed)
June 29 2006 at 7:53 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThis 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.
June 28 2006 at 9:23 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replywhy not powerbooks w/ two-finger scrolling? This seems like a simple software fix (wink, wink all you intrepid hackers).
June 28 2006 at 6:07 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply@9
Exactly!
That worked. Good call mate!
Thank You so much
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.
June 28 2006 at 1:01 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyYes, 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
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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