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Henge Docks Clique: A new way to merge your Wireless Keyboard and Magic Trackpad

by Steven Sande (Dec 5th, 2011)

Many Mac users use a combination of an Apple Wireless Keyboard and a Magic Trackpad for their typing and pointing pleasure. Twelve South came up with a lovely way to merge the two devices into a single unit with the MagicWand (US$29.99). Now Henge Docks has developed a less expensive and more ...

Holiday Gift Guide: The all-purpose Mac setup

by Kelly Hodgkins (Nov 25th, 2011)

Welcome to TUAW's 2011 Holiday Gift Guide! We're here to help you choose the best gifts this holiday season, and once you've received your gifts we'll tell you what apps and accessories we think are best for your new Apple gear. Stay tuned every weekday from now until the end of the year for ...

Magic Numpad turns your Magic Trackpad into a number pad

by Matt Tinsley (Aug 31st, 2011)

So you love your sleek, compact Apple wireless keyboard and Magic Trackpad, right? Who doesn't? There's not a wire or cable in sight and you're workspace couldn't be more clutter free, functional and oh so pleasing to the eye. Until, that is, that dreadful day comes when you need to do some ...

Apple's latest iMac receives glowing review from Computerworld

by Steven Sande (Jul 3rd, 2011)

Apple's iMac is a popular and speedy desktop all-in-one computer, and Mac aficionados have been in love with them since 1998. The latest edition was introduced on May 3, 2011, with Intel's Sandy Bridge processor and lightning-fast Thunderbolt I/O. Now Computerworld has weighed in with a review ...

MacDec provides another way to combine keyboard and Magic Trackpad

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Feb 24th, 2011)

There's a growing number of devices that allow Mac users to combine their keyboards and Magic Trackpads into a single unit. Steve Sande took a look at TwelveSouth's MagicWand not long ago. But if you have the money to spare and want something really sleek -- and expensive -- thodio will sell ...

TwelveSouth MagicWand: Bring your keyboard and Magic Trackpad together as one

by Steven Sande (Feb 18th, 2011)

At Macworld Expo 2011, one of my personal highlights of the show was talking with Andrew Green, the CEO of Apple accessory design house TwelveSouth. It's always a pleasure to see what new toys the company is coming out with, so when Andrew reached into a bag and pulled out a MagicWand, I naturally ...

Customizing a Magic Trackpad using BetterTouchTool

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jan 19th, 2011)

We took a look at BetterTouchTool last year and covered its usage with a Magic Mouse and a MacBook trackpad. As you would expect, this versatile utility can also be used to customize the functionality of the Magic Trackpad. The app features over 50 multi-touch gestures including taps, clicks and ...

Patents for multi-touch, iPad dock and MacBook Air awarded to Apple

by Steven Sande (Dec 8th, 2010)

Apple has been awarded several patents by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, one of which could be valuable ammunition in the flood of intellectual property lawsuits that has been swirling around the company lately. PatentlyApple is reporting that Apple now holds the patents for one of the ...

Mac 101: Adjusting your mouse and trackpad speed

by Michael Jones (Dec 6th, 2010)

More Mac 101, our series of tips and tricks for novice Mac users. If you've ever used the trackpad on a PC laptop connected to an external monitor and noticed how many times you have to swipe your finger across the pad to get the mouse cursor from one screen to the other, the end result can be ...

Apple Trackpad hacked to use USB

by Dave Caolo (Aug 20th, 2010)

The aesthetics and convenience of wireless devices add to their appeal, but buying batteries (no matter how special) is a bummer. MacRumors forum user MarkBog felt so strongly about buying all of those batteries that he hacked his Magic Trackpad to use a USB connection. To accomplish this feat, ...

Talkcast reminder: 10pm ET, new gear and new month

by Michael Rose (Aug 1st, 2010)

It's the first of August -- already? -- and we're back live tonight on Talkshoe, so call in and chat with us about the biggest Apple stories of the past week. On the docket this evening, we'll be talking about what iPad owners (and the iPad's detractors) are like, the revised iMacs and Mac Pro, ...

A look inside the Magic Trackpad

by Dave Caolo (Jul 29th, 2010)

It's so thin and barely there. What could be inside Apple's Magic Trackpad? The folks at iFixit took theirs apart, photographing and describing each component in great detail. Here's what they found. Inside there is, well, not a whole heck of a lot. A large spacer prevents the user from pressing ...

Software Update: Magic Trackpad and Multi-Touch Trackpad Update 1.0

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jul 27th, 2010)

Apple released the Magic Trackpad this morning, but the OS update to make it work with your Mac is out now, available via Software Update on your Mac (drop down the Apple menu on the left if you've never done this before). Here's the link for a download of the update. This update also enables ...

Apple introduces the Magic Trackpad

by Dave Caolo (Jul 27th, 2010)

Today, Apple released the Magic Trackpad, calling it "...a multi-touch Bluetooth trackpad meant to work with your desktop computer." It certainly resembles an oversized MacBook Pro trackpad (in fact, it's 80% larger) perched atop the same battery case that's on Apple's Bluetooth keyboards. In fact, ...

Apple's Magic Trackpad approved by FCC

by Mike Schramm (Jul 19th, 2010)

We've seen the Magic Trackpad name before, and we've even gotten a glimpse of what the device might be -- a larger, Bluetooth-enabled multitouch surface designed to bring all of the gestural and multitouch capability found on the iDevices and MacBooks to the desktop itself. Now, Engadget notes that ...