I do that maybe half the time on my laptops, and use three-finger drag the rest of the time.
I used to use the click method more until I realized that with three-finger drag, if your fingers reach the edge of the trackpad you can pick them up and place them back down elsewhere on the trackpad to continue the drag, similar to what you do with a mouse when it reaches the edge of the table. The trick is not to keep your fingers raised too long or the Mac will think you meant to end the drag.
In Lion I panicked when I saw three-finger drag does something else by default, but it turns out you can re-enable it.
I actually use a $20 USB mouse with my desktop. Sometimes I switch to the Magic Trackpad, but I haven't fully weaned myself from the mouse.
--Andy
On Jul 25, 2011, at 02:58 PM, Kevin Callahan <[email protected]> wrote:
On Jul 25, 2011, at 11:56 AM, Nathan Sims wrote:
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> On Jul 24, 2011, at 12:29 AM, Kevin Callahan wrote:
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>> once you go Magic Trackpad, you never go back
>
> Hmm. How do you do 'drag and drop' with a trackpad?
i click and hold a corner with my thumb, then drag with another finger on same hand
k
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