Multi-touch port to MacBooks?

Does anyone else finding themselves flicking their monitors in a futile effort to scroll? I'm even grabbing the middle of web page with my pointer, expecting to be able to scroll freely. I'm sure it's only a matter of time before I try to pinch-zoom at an ATM machine.
I love the touch interface and intuitive gestures. It's going to make me batty that I can't use it anywhere else.
iMac G4 Mac OS X (10.4.10)
iPhone 8GB

Honestly, I'm not sure what the gesture is, since I've only ever made it accidentally. I think it's some kind of three- or four-finger movement. I hope that helps.

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Multi-Touch Early 2008 Macbook

So i know that the "official" word from apple is that this isnt possible because it needs hardware, but just incase you all have figured something out. Would it be possible for me to enable three or four finger gestures on my black macbook, it was made in early 2008. the reason i'm wondering is that i found the .kext multitouch from one of the alu macbooks on the interenet and was wondering what the consequences would be if i replaced the one on my computer? the site i found it for was giving instructions for enabling four fingers on one of the already multi-touch macbook pros. they said to replace it and repair permissions and then reboot, what could happen if i did this to my macbook?I know that the trackpad can recognize at least three because it is posible under linux with the correct drivers, so can it work?

There's a third-party utility called MultiClutch - VersionTracker or MacUpdate - that may work with your model, but you cannot use the trackpad drivers from another Mac model to implement features unsupported by the trackpad in your computer.

Doesn't the multi touch work on MacBook?

I'm having problems with the new feature multi touching, in lion, on my MacBook? Is it supose to not work or do I have problems?

The 3 and 4 finger gestures only work on the newer trackpads (the larger ones without the button). If you have a button on your trackpad, then only the 1 and 2 finger gestures will work.

Keyboard and Multi-Touch trackpad may become unresponsive on MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013)

Folks,
I have exacly same sympton described here on my 5 day old 15 inc macbook pro.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS5296
MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013): Keyboard and Multi-Touch trackpad may become unresponsive
Has anone tried to apply this patch on 15 inc ?
Kind Regards,
Neroshige

The patch is only for MBP late 2013 13 inch. 15 inch is not able to install this patch
I'm facing this problem intermittently.
When my keyboard & trackpad went unresponsive, I plug in my USB keyboard and the keyboard & trackpad went back normal.
I search the web and somebody highlight it may due to connector to keyboard/trackpad appear to be curled.
Not sure is hardware problem or software bug...

Macbook multi-touch functionality with LION OSX

I know that some of the older MacBooks (2006-07) have multi-touch trackpad. Are some of those models only one or two finger touch? I am wanting to upgrade to Lion OSX and want to make sure the trackpad will support three and four finger gestures. And which is the oldest macbook model that supports multi-touch and will support all the functions on OSX LION?

Ok, I called AppleCare about this earlier too and they told me that as long as the macbook can support Lion, then it can use the muliti-touch functions. The portables listed in that article have multi-touch trackpads and will support those features. I guess my questions is the macbook that support 2 finger swipe or scrolling are not really multi-touch trackpads then, so they will not support those four finger gestures of Lion?

I just upgraded my Macbook (late 2007) into X Lion , but the multi touch gestures is not working. Is this not compatible with my Macbook?

I just upgraded my Mackbook (late 2007) into X Lion , but the Multi Touch gestures is not working. Is this not compatible with my Macbook?

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I can't get multi-touch to work on macbook

I have Macbook and just upgraded to Lion. I can't get the multi-touch functions to work. Do they only work on MacBook Pros?

What version of MacBook do you have? Wikipedia has a great article listing all the different versions and their capabilities at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook. Unfortunately the tables don't indicate whether a particular model has a multi-touch trackpad, but the narrative describes when it was introduced: Late 2008 Aluminum, Late 2009 Plastic.

Multi-Touch on MacBook Pro with Logic

Does anyone know how the new mult-touch pad works with Logic? I heard the enter buttons were removed. If this is true, I'm wondering if this makes navigation easier or difficult.

I went to the Apple store to check out the new MacBook Pro. They didn't have Logic loaded, so I was only able to test in GarageBand. I only tried a couple of functions, but from what I could tell, the multi-touch functions are not active in GarageBand. No one at the Apple store knew how the multi-touch functions works in Logic. At this point, I'm assuming it doesn't work. Also, it was good to know that the multi-touch functions can be disabled so the track pad works as normal.

Please FIX, Apple : Macbook Multi-Touch BSOD and Audio Problem in Vista

Readers: The below message is sent to www.apple.com/feedback and to mac-related sites. If you encounter the same problem as I did, please reply and acknowledge the problems highlighted in this thread.
Dear Apple,
First of all, I would like to compliment you on delivering the excellent new MacBook Aluminum series. As someone converted from the PC camp (no less by your expensive and convincing "PC vs Mac" marketing campaigns) , I was delighted how great life is on the Macbook and Mac OS.
However, life on Vista/XP is another story altogether. While I love to do EVERYTHING on Mac, you have to admit there are a lot of times I have no choice but to do my computing on Windows (eg. gaming and many sites still support only IE). Below are the Vista "show-stoppers" i encountered while using Bootcamp/Vista.
Note, I do understand where Apple's priority is in terms of OS support, but the very fact is that you spent so much money converting PC users to Mac (mainstream advertisement and such) so I think you are obliged to meet the expectations you set. Also, many users like me are paying a premium over similarly-spec Windows notebook. So I think it's only right that as customers, we request that you fix these "show-stoppers" which make Macbook unusable under Vista ( which contradicts your advertisement marketing claims...else sooner or later, someone else will be frustrated enough by the issue to raise a class action lawsuit. Won't be me though cause that's too troublesome but it probably will convince me not to do make my desktop switch to iMac ).
1) Multi-Touch BSOD under Vista
I've consolidated some forum complaints below to illustrate how widespread this problem is. Frequently, the dreaded BSOD pops in out-of-the blue while I am not doing anything particularly complex on Vista. The same message always appear that the problem is caused by "applemtp.sys". This is with latest MTP drivers and even disabling the "Apple Multi-Touchpad Mouse" under Device Drivers. I am at a loss what to do here cause it seems that the only way out is not to use the touchpad in Windows !
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8910026&#8910026
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8826460&#8826460
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9273598&#9273598
2) Audio Crackling/Disappear
Again, I've consolidated some threads below.
Many users hear cracking noises under Vista, when playing MP3, streaming internet audio and gaming. My experience in gaming is that 80% of the time, the audio will be killed halfway in the game. I've got many titles(WoW, Battlefield 2, Last Remnant, COD 4..etc) so the problem is not confined to one title/publisher. Online research speculation believes that this is DPC-related issues due to Broadcom driver but I think the other part is also due to Keyboard Manager in Bootcamp. Even the audio driver itself may be an issue.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9086447&#9086447
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9071165&#9071165
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=614302
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=629209
http://www.rme-audio.de/forum/viewto...d=11699#p11699
http://www.gearslutz.com/board/1961838-post3.html
http://www.thesycon.de/deu/latency_check.shtml
Thank you for your kind assistance in looking into this matter. Appreciate your acknowledge and response.
Regards,
Redlee64
MacBook 13" (Late 2008, 4GB Ram, Vista 32-bit)

+1 very angry plink in the bucket

Will multi touch gestures work on my macbook pro (2.2 Ghz, Intel Core Duo)?, will multi touch gestures work on my macbook pro (2.2 Ghz, Intel Core Duo)?

I have a macbook pro, purchased late 2006... I can scroll with 2 fingers so I'm wondering if it will support the multi touch gestures before I purchase OS X Lion?
Thanks!

Probably Not. Im sorry.
The new macs have a different kind of trackpad that is more sensitive to touch. And Apple doesn't make new stuff for old macs because most people have a new mac and because the old hardware is not fast enough to run it. Im sorry.
Hope this helps.

Can't use multi-touch in macbook air on windows 7

i just install windows 7 via bootcamp and install the bootcamp windows support.
everythng seems fine, but the trackpad....
I can use scroll up and down, but i can't tap to click..
and i can't find the bootcamp in windows 7 start manual.
anyone can help me?

A Chrome extension is out which enable Bootcampers to swipe back/forth with two fingers for pages. You can get it here:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/mgegfjnccpnkdppohmfgnjalkediapkc
Or search for it yourself:
Swipe Gesture
In google addon store.
All credits goes to antimatter15.com for creating this. It's still at an early stage, but very useful indeed. And as seeing that swiping back/forth is one of the most used multi touch features (at least to my experience) this addon is a godsend. Also has no problem with people running virtual machines, as the addon can simply be turned off.

Multi-Touch Trackpad in Windows 7 Pro x64

Macbook Pro Unibody
OSX 10.5.8 (Leopard)
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
Bootcamp 2.1
Trackpad Update 1.1
Just upgraded my Boot Camp partition from Win XP x32 to Win 7 x64. Or rather, I did a clean install, not an upgrade. I'm running all of the above listed stuff. Muti-Touch isn't working on the tack pad, so I don't have RMB functionality and I'm really missing two finger scrolling.
Also, looking in the Boot Camp Control Panel, I don't appear to have any trackpad options, even after installing the trackpad update. I just tried installing it again, and I get a message saying that it won't update my drivers for the tackpad because what I'm trying to install isn't better than what I already have. That's all well and good, but the pad still isn't working with multi-touch.
Any helpful suggestions are appreciated. Thanks in advance.

I didn't do anything proactive to get it to work, just the things I mentioned above. Installed Boot Camp 2.1, installed the Trackpad 1.1 update, uninstalled Boot Camp 2.1, Installed Boot Camp 3.0. Side scrolling just started working.
The only thing that's a tad finicky is multi-touch RMB. It works, more or less, but, for example, if I RMB on a bookmark in Firefox to access it's properties (let's say I want to rename it), I have to hold my two fingers down in the click position as as I move the cursor into the conext menu. Otherwise it will launch the bookmarked page. So you can't just two-finger-click on something to evoke a context menu, let go, then use one finger to navigate to the option you want, which is how I would expect it to work.
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How many Multi-Touch points can an iPhone/iPod touch have at the same time?

How many Multi-Touch points can an iPhone/iPod touch/iPad have at the same time?
I am curious as IIRC (but forgot where the article is on the Internet),
if a touch surface is wanted to be able to detect more than 1 touch point at the same time,
then that touch surface needs adding 1 more conductive(?) layer.
(e.g. 2 points -> 2 layers, and so on)
So I wonder how many these layers are on the iPhone / iPod touch / iPad or even the trackpad on every MacBook (Pro).
(correct me if I'm wrong)
Just curious, thanks in advance!

I believe it can only support 2. This article explains how the touch screen works but doesn't explicitly say how many points is supports.
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/iphone1.htm

Multi-touch gestures

Is anybody else having issues with multi-touch gestures not working? ie- pinch to zoom

theconman13 wrote:
Is anybody else having issues with multi-touch gestures not working? ie- pinch to zoom
I was having the same issue with gestures. The pinch zoom wasn't working but the fwd/reverse to next cut with 3 finger swipe was working. A workaround is www.magicprefs.com - a free magic mouse/trackpad app. Under preferences/rotate & pinch - I just added the zoom in/out function & it works. Hope this helps.
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8), 2011 MBP 2.2Ghz i7 4GB

Is it possible to adjust the sensitivity of multi touch zoom in Safari 4?

Hey, everyone.
I got my Macbook a few weeks ago, and it's my first exposure to OSX. I really enjoy it, and the mouse gestures have really been an incredible user experience (especially the two finger scroll- how absurdly convenient). I also occasionally used the zoom-in|out feature with multi touch, but something's changed. Before, a pinch would bring me one up or down one 'level' in Safari. Now, however (and I don't think I've changed much... upgraded to Safari 4, which come to think of it might have something to do with it) it skips over pretty much 6-7 'levels' of zoom from a pinch. It still works fine in Preview, it's a Safari only problem.
Is this a known problem with Safari 4?

I have noticed that problem with this Safari 4 beta, also, hypersensitive touch pad zooming. So it must be a software issue that is out of our hands. Hope the development team gets this fixed soon.

Multi-touch port to MacBooks?

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