[mac4theblind] Re: Getting rid of the trackpad
- From: Cheryl Homiak <cahomiak@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 16:14:26 -0500
Yes, if you enable a bluetooth trackpad, there's a place in System Preferences
for disabling the built-in trackpad if there's a bluetooth one.
--
Cheryl
May the words of my mouth
and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable to You, Lord,
my rock and my Redeemer.
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On Aug 10, 2012, at 4:09 PM, Frank Ventura <frank.ventura@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Also, may have to have an external pointing device connected to disable it
> completely.
>
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> [mailto:mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Cheryl Homiak
> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 4:26 PM
> To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: Getting rid of the trackpad
>
> I don't think there is any longer a way to disable it completely. I heard
> that there used to be and/or that it was for certain laptops; can't remember
> which.
>
> --
> Cheryl
>
> May the words of my mouth
> and the meditation of my heart
> be acceptable to You, Lord,
> my rock and my Redeemer.
> (Psalm 19:14 HCSB)
>
>
>
> On Aug 10, 2012, at 2:50 PM, John Panarese <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> Yes, the gesture is clockwise to turn on and counter clockwise to turn
> off. Also, this is only for trackpad commander. You have to go into system
> preferences to disable the trackpad entirely as far as I am aware.
>
>
> Take Care
>
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> On Aug 10, 2012, at 3:04 PM, Cheryl Homiak <cahomiak@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> At least on my Macbook Pro, it seems I have to turn/rotor one direction for
> turning on the trackpad commander and the other for turning it off. Also,
> turning off the commander does not completely turn off the trackpad per se;
> for instance, my weather widget comes up sometimes apparently because of some
> contact with the trackpad even though the commander itself is off.
>
> --
> Cheryl
>
> May the words of my mouth
> and the meditation of my heart
> be acceptable to You, Lord,
> my rock and my Redeemer.
> (Psalm 19:14 HCSB)
>
>
>
> On Aug 10, 2012, at 1:45 PM, Scott Davert <scottslistmail@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> Hi Arthur.
> Yes, you can turn the trackpad off. press and hold control and
> options, and then, with 2 fingers on the other hand, turn them on the
> track pad as though you were turning a dial. If you've used rotor
> settings on iDevices before, it's the same gesture as changing the
> rotor option.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Scott
>
> On 8/10/12, arthur chatters <arthur.chatters@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> My first question to this very helpful list. I use a Macbook Pro, VO and
> keyboard commands. Something has got accidentally changed, so that when I
> move my hands near the keyboard I seem to be giving commands via the
> trackpad, which I don't want. Can I turn the trackpad off?
>
> Arthur
>
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