Monday, 4 November 2013

Track Pad: Wow! You Can Do That?


The Track Pad on a MacBook is a little wonder of ingenuity. Knowing how to use it and what you can do with it will make your life much easier.
Before going too far, a little intro: Watch the video and relax
The original video is available here
 





That's neat! No?
Now we can start playing a little
For better understanding the arrows will represent your fingers, 2 arrows = 2 fingers,  3 arrows = 3 fingers. You got the picture, huh? 
This MBP is an early 2009, the before last model
the new ones have no click bar, as shown in the video. That does not change much as for your fingers movement.  Let's play ..




 
Quicktime & DVD Player 

Fast Forward
From Speed 1.1 to Speed 32
When released, speed returns to "Play"


Rewind 
From Speed -1.1 to Speed -32 
When released, speed returns to "Play"


UP
Frame by Frame Forward



Down
Frame by Frame Rewind



Diagonal Out
Zoom in or Full Screen

Diagonal In
Zoom Out or Small Screen



Down (4 Fingers)
Activate Spaces



Up (4 Fingers)
Activate Desktop

Right (2 Fingers)
Seek or FF


Left (2 Fingers)
Seek or RW




Preview & iPhoto  

Diagonal Out
Zoom in 

  

Diagonal Out
Zoom in 

Rotate (2 Fingers)
Rotate Pictures (90,180,270)
Works also with one finger still and one turning 


 

Almost All Apple Apps have commands that you can execute with the Track Pad, 
Try it with Finder, Dock, etc. You'll find plenty of shortcut yourself.  

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