Magic Trackpad Sensitivity

Is there a way (3rd party software perhaps) to adjust the sensitivity of the Magic Trackpad?
I use the one-touch option in preferences (Tap to click - one touch finger) because this works best for me, however I find it too sensitive - I'm accidentally tapping things I don't want which is really frustrating.

Hmm,
I have been using Mac's since they had the cute little handles in the top. I have no idea how many mice, track balls, pads..... I have used but it would be a large number.
If this is "simply an adjustment to the device issue", IMHO the thing is tooooo... sensitive. I have worked with mine for months and still have the same problems no matter what I do. There are times when no matter how much you call something a feature it fails to benefit the vast majority.
The other possibility is some sort of hardware/software malfunction in some of the track pads, hardware/software combinations...
There it went, for some reason, I could not type in all of pads ^ above, then it was like it was selecting some of the letters and not letting me type anything else. Tapping the track pad seemed to clear the problem. I don't think I even touched the pad before I saw the problem, I was just typing, until I saw the missing letters... It's kind of like the pad selects things for reasons only it understands...Or maybe it is a software bug, of some random nature, that got introduced with the track pad...Sometimes I just seem to be stuck, until I tap the track pad.
The fact that I am having exactly the same "other" issues the poster above mentions which I did not: added to the fact that person has apparently used multiple different Apple track pads without this problem, leads me to believe that "where there is smoke there is fire".
Maybe I will take it to the Apple Store and have it checked out.

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Macbook drag and drop different that magic trackpad ?

Dear friends,
I have been using a Magic Trackpad with my 27" iMac for a long time and have it configured so that a slight single finger tap then enables the dragging of the current window or selection.
On my new rMBP I can achieve this only by clicking and keeping pressed and dragging (tiresome if I have to move long distances) or configure the three-finger drag I'm not used to.
Is there anyway to have the rMBP (10.8.2) behave like the Magic Trackpad ?
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I don't usually use tap to click (hate it, personally), but turning it on, I can't find a way to drag a file using just taps and drags.
However, one thing that took me a while to figure out with the MBP is that you don't have to use the same finger you're dragging with to do the clicking. Despite the fact that the MBP's trackpad is multi-touch sensitive, and ordinarily using multiple fingers triggers a gesture of some kind, it seems to be smart enough that you can click with your thumb (as if there were a separate button) while dragging with your index finger, and this won't trigger a "pinch" gesture.
Dunno if that will help you or not.

Magic Trackpad and Inkwell

I'm wondering why Mac OS X's built-in Inkwell (handwriting recognition) doesn't activate when Magic Trackpad is connected. Yes, I realise that originally Inkwell activates when a graphics tablet is connected, but I think the Magic Trackpad is sensitive enough to be able to do handwriting recognition. After all, it already uses OS X's Chinese handwriting recognition.
Anyone as puzzled as I am?
(see Inkwell, http://www.apple.com/accessibility/macosx/physical.html )

Anyone as puzzled as I am?
As far as I can see there is no connection between the multitouch trackpad, either on a laptop or the new Magic one, and Inkwell. Handwriting recognition is only for Chinese (not even Japanese, much less English or any other language) and is handled by a special app. It's just not a graphics tablet as required by Inkwell.

Magic Trackpad gone wild

Has anyone seen a Magic Trackpad go wild?
It seems to be OK all morning then last two days around now all of a sudden it just seems to scroll over and click on everything on my desktop so fast I cannot really see what is happening. Applications launching etc. like crazy. I do not think it is inteference. If I turn it off or take it way out in the garage the iMac settles down. It has been a bit be humid down here.
When the trackpad goes wild I battery-up a standby magic mouse to do my work. After awhile I can power the magic trackpad back up or go out retrieve it from the garage and it seems ok.

Again, If I understand the technology correctly these devices can be sensitive to humidity. I am 99% sure mine became very sensitive. They run on the electronic principle of capacitance. If you have ever been to Las Vegas, which is really dry, you will be shocked by the static electricity. The other side of the coin is humidity.
Notice if you leave mosturizer on your hands or if they are not completely dry any of these devices can act weird. I could see how the they could go bad - or become more sensitive. Capacitors tend to be the weak link in lots of electronics.
I took mine back to the Apple Store and the new one is just fine. Humidity or not.

Fine-grained control with Magic Trackpad?

One thing I find difficult with the Magic Trackpad is making very small adjustments to slider controls in apps such as image and audio editors. I'm referring to the sort of sliders that are sensitive to mouse scroll wheels.
Aside from keeping a mouse connected to operate these controls, or going back and forth to System Preferences to change the tracking speed, are there any ways to do this more easily with a trackpad? For example, a utility that lets you switch to fine-grained movement with the trackpad when you hold down a certain key?

you do not invalidate the session, but the session object is
unavailable only on that page.That is my understanding of how this works.
In effect it removes the implicit call to request.getSession(true) that every jsp makes to populate the variable "session"
If I use the <c:url> tag on page 2 using a cookieless browser the link
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The session is definitely still there.
The cookie (if present) is obviously still there.
The sessionId is sent as part of the request.
Theoretically it SHOULD pick it up and encode it still if present. I've never tried it myself though.
Good luck,
evnafets

Magic Trackpad with Bootcamp?

Hi, I have been reading on the support page, that one need Boot Camp 3.1.35 to enable the Magic Trackpad support on a Windows partition. Now 3.1.35 needs obviously 3.1 to be installed. When I try to install 3.1 the installer says I need Boot Camp 3.0... Now the problem starts. There is no Boot Camp 3.0 I can find to download. When running the Mac I have Boot Camp 3.0.1 displayed. So I am confused what this all means? Does somebody know what I need to do to get those Boot Camp versions installed?
Thanks.

I installed all the various updates last night--just curious, did I miss it or is there no way to reconfigure the magic trackpad under windows (I'm running XP SP3) in bootcamp?
I'm also finding that the sensitivity of taps on the trackpad is pretty poor running under windows, when compared to running under Mac OS X. Not that I'm stunned by that revelation. I'm just curious if others are finding the same thing.
The other "stupid" question I have--the manual says the magic trackpad goes to sleep after inactivity or you can turn it off. There does not seem to be any indication that the trackpad is on or off (since once it is paired the green light goes off).
So the trackpad is "on". Do you just push the on/off button and assume it shut down?

Magic Trackpad Problems

Trying to use a new Magic Trackpad with an early 2006 iMac (10.5.5), I have found several problems.
1. At first the trackpad felt as if it clicked when pressed down, now that does not happen.
2. Initially, all seemed to work, now it only clicks. It will not drag, but scrolls with inertia and the two button click seems to work. It's now wickedly sensitive.
3. In System Preferences it seems to still be looking for a Bluetooth track pad and mouse.
I know there was an issue with USB-Overdrive but I do not think I have that. Just checked for new software needed with software update and found none.
This certainly seems a bit buggy!
Any help greatly appreciated.
Art Robb

Hi - Have you tried deleting the the Trackpad and then re-pairing it.
You're right that USBOverdrive seems to have given some people grief - often gets a mention on here. It might be worth downloading one of these search utilities: http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/30079/find-any-file or http://download.cnet.com/EasyFind/3000-2248_4-8707.html and search again. Maybe there's something buried somewhere and either of these apps seems to do a much better job than the built-in search at hunting things down.

Magic Trackpad - a serious flaw

I really like the Magic Trackpad, (when it's working as advertised), but that is another story (http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=12031331#12031331). However, I think it has a serious design fault. I find that I tend to use my thumb resting against the side of the trackpad to locate it, but because the touch sensitive area extends right to the edge, this sometimes gets sensed as a second touch. I am gradually learning not to touch the edge with my thumb, but the natural thing to do is to locate it in this way.
Apple, please desensitise the edges!

Hi Roger
Err, not wanting to be pedantic, and perhaps I should have been explicit, but the reason I posted in this forum was to see what other users thought. I.e. was it a serious problem for other users.

The "Magic" Trackpad

Am I the only one who finds the Macbook Pro trackpad to be completely useless? I was looking forward to using all the neat multi-touch gestures when I first got my MBP but now I'm struggling just to use it as a normal trackpad.
Pinching and rotating was nice at first but after a while, the accidental input got in the way of productivity. It got to the point where the trackpad was either too sensitive or not sensitive enough so I disabled those actions altogether. Also, it was never as precise as I needed it to be. If I tried rotating an object 90˚, I would only be able to rotate it to 89˚ or 91˚.
Now, even simple manipulation is becoming a chore. Sometimes the object that I'm dragging is released prematurely, even though my finger is still pushing down on the trackpad. Soft clicking (tapping on the trackpad) is often too sensitive.
The good news is that these are all software/firmware issues. In the meantime, if anyone has at least a temporary fix, I would appreciate it.
Thanks

The Pinch Open & Close feature can easily be turned off (I keep it turned off most of the time), and for rotating images, virtually every program that can display them can rotate them exactly 90° or 180° with one click on a button or in a menu. There's no reason to use the trackpad for precision rotations. It sure is great for in-between, casual rotations, though.
It took me about two weeks to get used to the multitouch trackpad when I got my MBP, and now I can't believe I ever got along without it. When I bought a 27" Cinema Display recently, I got a Magic Trackpad with it, and without changing a single trackpad setting, it automatically just worked perfectly with the huge new screen. I used to use a graphics tablet for photo retouching, but I can do it just as precisely with the Magic Trackpad and have that much less clutter on my desk. And when I'm on the go, there's no readjustment to using the built-in trackpad: the transition from one trackpad to the other is completely seamless and transparent. I don't even notice the difference.

Video tutorial "magic trackpad"??

Does anyone know of a video tutorial on how to use the new magic trackpad?
I'm having numerous problems using it (sensitivity, clicking, etc) with my iMac, 3.06 Duo, 24 inch. Perhaps a helpful video might solve some of my issues.

Hi James
Here are a few more that you might find helpful.
http://www.insanely-great.com/news.php?id=11252
http://cnettv.cnet.com/apple-magic-trackpad/9742-1_53-50090876.html
http://www.geek.com/articles/gadgets/a-closer-look-at-apples-multitouch-magic-tr ackpad-video-20100728/
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Magic Trackpad - Rotate Image

I love my new magic trackpad! All the documented features work wonderfully except for one. I can't figure out how to get "rotate image" to work. I opened an image in iPhoto and in Preview, but the two-finger rotation movement does not rotate the image.
In what applications will this work? Do I have to buy Aperture or Adobe CS4? Or maybe a newer version of iPhoto? I have on older version of iPhoto, I think 6.0.6.
You'd think it would work in Preview though. Any tips are appreciated.
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I've got it working now . . . The "rotate" option is just more sensitive than I was expecting: First, you've really gotta be careful with how you do the gesture, or else instead of rotating the image your mouse cursor just circles around the screen OR the iPhoto thinks you're doing a pinch-to-close/zoom gesture instead of a "rotate" (e.g., make sure your two fingers stay the same distance apart while you're doing the "rotate" movement). Second, there seems to be a delay between when you open the photo in iPhoto and when you can start spinning it, especially if it's a photo with a large file size; you've gotta give the photo a second to load up completely, then try the "rotate"; and you might get another delay if you try to rotate it clockwise after rotating it counter-clockwise, or vice-versa.
I also found that using iPhoto's "Full Screen" mode made it MUCH easier to use the "rotate" and pinch-to-zoom gestures -- in full-screen mode iPhoto seemed to have a much better idea of when I was trying to rotate vs. when I was trying to zoom in and out, and you can actually zoom way in on a photo via pinch-to-zoom instead of being capped at the images full size, etc.
Seems like the "rotate" gesture could use some more work to make it easier to use, but it's pretty cool once you get used to performing the gesture exactly right.

Anyone else with a Magic Trackpad and a MacBook Pro?

So I just got the Magic Trackpad thinking I would have the same experience as my internal trackpad, only on my desktop. But I was wrong...and was wondering if anyone else noticed this...
I love the multitouch gestures, but it just feels so weird. Maybe the pad is too large?
The main problem I have with it is the click. it does not seem to "click" very much. I was bummed to see that the clicking is done all my the little two feet.
If you compare the click to the internal trackpad compared to the external Magic Trackpad, there is a big difference. The MBP click is more "clicky" and easy to do. The Magic Trackpad is more harder to click. Almost mushy. It is quieter though. But I almost prefer the loud CLICK sound from my MBP.
I also found there are two things you can do to change the performance of this click issue. You can either put things under the two feet (like I used two coins) and that kind of helps it clicker deeper, but then it slides around on your desk. (I'm going to look for those little stick-on rubber stoppers like you put on your kitchen cabinet doors to see if that helps any) The other thing I've tried is just using the tap to click and raising the trackpad up so the feet don't even touch the table. Now there is no "click" at all. The touch to click works fine, but then when it comes to cretin things when you are used to clicking, it just doesn't work out.
So my question is, has anyone else noticed this? Maybe I got a defective pad and that is why I am having such a hard time clicking?
I welcome any comments, reviews, etc. relating to this Magic Pad click issue.
Thanks,
Scott

tommmy wrote:
I recently got a Magic Trackpad. The click pressure was too much so I set it to tap to click and liked it, although it was a little too sensitive for me and I don't know how to set the sensitivity.
Now I went on a trip with only my older MBP and I find it is extremely sensitive, I constantly find I seem to have clicked where I didn't intend to. The system preference doesn't have the option to turn the tap to click off without the trackpad connected.
I consider this a bug!
Am I wrong?
When your Magic Trackpad is on and connected to your MBP the settings for it will appear in system preferences.
If you turn off your Magic Trackpad to disconnect it from your MBP, the the settings that show up in System Prefs are for the INTERNAL trackpad.
Kinda confusing. They should just have two tabs at the top where you can set different settings for each trackpad.

HT203171 Magic Trackpad fail. It keeps clicking, sticking, selecting everything to the point of unusability. I'm lucky I have my old "mighty" mouse as a back up. SO annoyed right now. What gives anyways? Why did the trackpad just stop working all of a sud

It's bugging me so bad.
I loved everything about it too, the swiping, gestures and everything are so intuitive. Now, no more thatn 20 minutes ago it just goes crazy. Rebooted the computer. Changed the batteries. Disconnected and reconnected everything. ARGGGGGG.
So lucky I kept an old wireless Might Mouse around, but it feels like being stuck in the past.
Now I'm really upset.
OK, so that was mostly a rant, but man, I'm really ticked. My productivity has gone down in half! I was very acustomed to the trackpad by now - 1 year after purchasing my iMac... and conveniently AFTER the warranty. Those things are like $70!!!
So far there doesn't seem to be a solution. I know it's not a battery or anything - the trackpad is separate from the computer. Tried cleaning the trackpad several times, and no effect.
Please help -
Thanks,
Sm34rZ

Forget everything I wrote about bluetooth device interference having anything to do with this issue. I was obviously headed down a rabbit trail with this suggestion.
What I've since determined (that is working for me) is to focus in on the small round bumpers on the backside of the trackpad. I suspect that over time these probably loosen and become more sensitive or even stuck. This might explain the auto-selecting in the erratic behavior of the trackpad.
As a workaround, I used a felt cloth (folded several times) to elevate the backside of the trackpad so that the bumpers no longer touch my desk. This takes a loose or stuck bumper switch out of the picture. Then I enabled the trackpad features for "Tap to click" and "Secondary click," which are located at: System Preference > Trackpad > Point & Click.
Only if you have serious computer repair skills would I advise attempting to adjust the sensitivy of the bumper switch: http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Repairing+Magic+Trackpad+Click+Feature/6171/1
As for myself, I'll be purchasing a new trackpad tomorrow morning. I love this device, but it seems that once the bumpers begin to wear out, they do so quite abruptly, and your best course is to get a replacement before pulling out any hair you still have left.
Again, my apologies about the mis-cue on the bluetooth issue. Good luck!

Magic Trackpad acting erratically

My trackpad started acting erractically today. Anytime I move it across the screen it selects and clicks everything in its path. It is extremely sensitive. I've checked the trackpad settings and it is not checked to be sensitive or to touch to click.
Any ideas how to fix this or is it a hardware problem that can't be fixed? I've since turned it off and am back on my Mighty Mouse.
Using Late 2009 iMac. OS

There are a lot of us getting this problem Lance.
It looks as though OSX 10.8.2 broke something
Have had to take batteries out of Magic Trackpad now, because even after disconnecting it in Bluetooth Connection, it 'magically' reconnects itself then starts to do its 'magic' clicking all over the place.
Here's a fun thing to try... just hover your pointer over the close button of any open window then just walk away... right away form your computer... come back a few seconds later and the window will have been closed 'magically' for you by your misbehaving trackpad.
Very unlike Apple to introduce a fault like this and not fix it quickly

Change Magic Trackpad move cursor, select functions

I just got a Magic Trackpad for my iMac and it's great but... it's too sensitive to my admittedly heady-handed use. Can I separate the single-finger cursor movement function from the "touch and click" selection function so I can move the cursor but need a specific (two-finger?) touch/tap for selection?

Press down on the trackpad until it clicks.
Nope, the magic trackpad doesn't do this. That's the problem.
Huh, how odd. Mine does. Did Apple change the Magic Trackpad since I bought mine? Or maybe yours is defective?
The press-down-till-click is also used in either the left or right bottom corner to activate a right-click. Chosen in the trackpad preferences. Though I've gotten used to the two-finger tap for that instead.
Ted

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