Glad it worked. Barbara On Nov 4, 2012, at 4:46 PM, Matthew Chao <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, Barbara. Ah, light dawns on marble head! Yes, VO plus turning > counterclockwise did the trick. Thank you! > > Matthew Chao > > At 04:28 PM 11/4/2012, you wrote: >> Did you press vo and use the gesture of turning a knob counterclockwise on >> the track pad to turn track pad commander off? >> Barbara >> >> On Nov 4, 2012, at 4:13 PM, Matthew Chao <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Hi, Esther. Didn't have this problem in Snow Leopard. Believe there was >> > a way to disable the trackpad or at least desensitize it. Now, it drives >> > me crazy. I don't have a separate MagicPad, only the trackpad that's on >> > my MacBook Pro. Any additional ideas to stop the crazy mouse from running >> > all over the place would be greatly appreciated. Shouldn't have to resort >> > to Bounty towels to stop this. I've always sadi, a good mouse is a dead >> > mouse. <grin>. >> > >> > Matthew Chao >> > >> > At 01:34 PM 11/4/2012, you wrote: >> >> Hello Matthew and Anne, >> >> >> >> I think an alternative if you have a Magic Trackpad is to use the setting >> >> to ignore TrackPad if a mouse or Magic TrackPad is connected. You could >> >> set this in System Preferences > Accessibility > Mouse & Trackpad and >> >> check the box to ignore the built-in trackpad when mouse or wireless >> >> trackpad is present. Then you could put the Magic Trackpad someplace >> >> safely out of range of accidental touches. >> >> >> >> A low tech solution someone suggested was to cut a section of heavy paper >> >> towel and tape it over the Trackpad region. The claim was that Bounty >> >> paper towel is thick enough so that the Trackpad won't activate when >> >> accidentally touched. I haven't tried this myself. >> >> >> >> Anne's correct that there doesn't seem to be a way to otherwise disable >> >> the Trackpad. I recall that Gordon asked about this for an earlier >> >> version of Mac OS X. >> >> >> >> HTH. Cheers, >> >> >> >> Esther >> >> >> >> On Nov 4, 2012, at 8:17 AM, Anne Robertson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> > Hello Matthew, >> >> > >> >> > I don't think there is a way to turn off the trackpad in ML. I was >> >> > looking for this facility for a client just the other day and couldn't >> >> > find it. I suppose if you turn on the Trackpad Commander, the mouse >> >> > won't go skating all over the place. >> >> > >> >> > Cheers, >> >> > >> >> > Anne >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > On 4 Nov 2012, at 18:40, Matthew Chao <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > >> >> >> Hi, Folks. I upgraded to Mountain Lion on my MacBook Pro, and the >> >> >> trackpad now is very sensitive when my thumbs brush across it. I >> >> >> would prefer not to have the trackpad active. How do I disable the >> >> >> trackpad? Thanks in advance. >> >> >> >> >> >> Matthew Chao >> >> >> >> >> >> P.S. 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