Tracking
The speed the mouse pointer moves depends on how quickly you move
your finger across the trackpad. To fine-tune the tracking speed and set
other trackpad options, choose
System Preferences from the
Apple menu, then
Trackpad from the
View menu.
Finger position while tracking
For more accurate
tracking, navigate the cursor with one finger at a time on the trackpad.
For comfort, you can rest your thumb near or along the bottom of the
trackpad, much like the thumb position from previous trackpads. If this
is your preferred finger position, rest your thumb along the bottom edge
of the trackpad. The glass multi-touch trackpad can sense when your
thumb is resting on the edge of the pad.
Note: Resting
your thumb on the trackpad (above the bottom edge) may result in
accidental gestures such as scrolling, zooming or rotating.
- To ensure accurate tracking
and gestures, make sure you are not hovering other fingers closely above
the tracking surface. This can cause the trackpad to react as if there
are multiple fingers being used.
- To ensure accurate finger gesturing response, use fingertips or slightly curled fingers.
Deleting text
- Forward deleting deletes characters to the right of the insertion point.
- Pressing the Delete key deletes characters to the left of the insertion point.
To forward delete, hold down the Function (fn) key while you press the Delete key.
Tap to click
- Turned off by default.
- Enable by clicking the checkbox.
Tap on the trackpad to select an item (equivalent to clicking on the bottom of the trackpad).
