[mac4theblind] Re: Getting rid of the trackpad
- From: arthur chatters <arthur.chatters@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 12:02:16 +0100
Thanks for all the help. I managed to turn Trackpad Commander off, which was
a definite improvement. Also, under System Preferences, there are three
sliders for Trackpad; I don't really understand what they are for, but I set
them all to 0 and that seems to have damped down any unwanted Trackpad response
to hand movements.
Arthur
On 10 Aug 2012, at 21:28, John Panarese wrote:
> I think you are right. I just took a quick look and there doesn't seem to
> be a way to completely disable it.
>
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> On Aug 10, 2012, at 4:25 PM, Cheryl Homiak <cahomiak@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> 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,
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>> 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
>>>
>>> John D. Panarese
>>> Director
>>> Mac for the Blind
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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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