The laptop trackpad has come a long way since Apple Inc. pioneered it 14 years ago on the PowerBook 500 series as a replacement for the trackball found on earlier models. While almost anyone who has ...

Select and move images, text, and more with the trackpad or a mouse Mouse: Click and drag to highlight items > hold and drag > release the primary click button on your mouse. Trackpad: Click or tap to ...

It was the best of designs, it was the worst of designs. Apple really went for it in 2015, with varying degrees of success. Image: Stephen Smith/Cult of Mac 2015 was a bold year for Apple. The company ...

MacOS is constantly iterating, often leading to several features that may or may not be helpful individually, depending on personal preference and usage requirements. This also extends to your MacBook ...

Apple’s Magic Trackpad looks like an optional peripheral for now, but it’s much more than that. It’s several nails in the mouse’s coffin. It may even be a stake through its heart. Apple’s intent for ...

Several years ago, Apple finished deploying a “solid-state” trackpad in place of the mechanical kind it had used starting in 1995. This new kind of trackpad first appeared as part of the short-lived ...

Hot off of software update is a firmware fix for those glitchy trackpads in the new MacBooks that would completely stop responding after a certain number of clicks. We never had problems with our ...

I am new to mac, I just installed xp pro with bootcamp and I am wondering how to adjust the macbooks trackpad in windows. I can two finger scroll, hold to finger on pad and tap mouse button to right ...

If you ever need a set of weighing scales in a pinch, it's possible to use your MacBook, believe it or not. Tom's Hardware noticed a new app for macOS that turns the humble MacBook trackpad into a ...

One of my favorite things about using a MacBook Pro is the trackpad gestures. For years, I’ve been able to swipe through different windows, open Command Center or Launchpad, and check notifications ...