Hi, I can actually see this being useful if you have a setup with a magic trackpad and an external keyboard. I know I’d want to disable my internal trackpad for that type of setup. > On Jul 31, 2015, at 5:27 PM, M. Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello All, > > There are some MacBook users who prefer, for whatever reason, to disable the > built-in Trackpad on Their MacBook computers. > > The following article describes how to accomplish this. The first method > requires that you attach a mouse or other pointing device, to your Mac. > However, the second method merely requires the quick toggling of the Mouse > Keys feature. > > Even though the article was written back in 2008, the methods described work > just fine in the latest version of Yosemite. I have tested them. > > Just keep in mind that the options, described in the article, are located in > the Accessibility Preferences area of Yosemite. > > The link to the original article is located at the bottom of the text. > > Enjoy, > > Mark > > Disable trackpad for extended typing sessions > By Rob Griffiths, MacworldOct 21, 2008 11:07 AM > > If you use a Mac laptop with a trackpad, and spend quite a bit of time > typing on it-perhaps you're a writer for a Mac-related Web site or > something-you're probably well aware of what I consider to be one of the > most-important settings in OS X: the "Ignore accidental trackpad input" > checkbox on the Trackpad tab of the Keyboard & Mouse System Preferences > panel. If you have your trackpad set up to click when tapped-which I do, as > I find it much easier than tapping the button-and you do not enable the > "ignore trackpad" option, you'll find that your cursor (and hence, where > your typing appears) jumps around your document any time your finger or palm > accidentally taps your Mac's trackpad. > > With this feature enabled, I've found that the cursor usually remains where > it's supposed to be, even if I accidentally brush the trackpad. That's > usually, not always-sometimes I'll accidentally tap-click after a typing > pause for instance, not notice that I've done so, then resume typing. I > usually only figure out what's happened after I've merged two sentences > together into one jumbled mess. > > For those times when you'll be typing a lot of text, and don't want to worry > about the trackpad at all, here are two solutions. The first solution is to > keep a mouse with you, and plug it in when you're ready to start an extended > typing session. Then, in the Trackpad tab of the Keyboard & Mouse System > Preferences panel, check the "Ignore trackpad when mouse is present" box, > and start typing. As long as the mouse is plugged in, that's the only way > you'll be able to move the mouse cursor. (Note that you can still move the > cursor's position within your text editor by using the arrow keys. You just > can't move the onscreen cursor via the trackpad.) > > The second solution, and the one I prefer as it doesn't require any extra > hardware to lug around, relies on the Universal Access System Preferences > panel. Open that panel, and switch to the Mouse & Trackpad tab. Check the > box next to "Press the Option key five times to turn Mouse Keys on or off" > to enable Option-key control over the Mouse Keys feature. Next, check the > box next to "Ignore trackpad when Mouse Keys is on." So what have you done? > First, you set the system up so that pressing Option five times in a row > will turn on Mouse Keys, which allows for full cursor control with the > numeric keypad (which is embedded on the 789-UIO-JKL-M keys on a laptop). > Next, you told the system to completely disable the trackpad when Mouse Keys > is enabled. Using these two features together, you can put an end to all > accidental cursor movement while typing. > > Try it out by opening TextEdit, and then pressing Option five times in a > row. Just like that, your trackpad will no longer work-you can click and > drag on it at will, but the cursor won't move an inch. Once you've finished > transcribing War & Peace, press the Option key five times in a row again, > and everything will be back to normal. There are two minor downsides to this > technique. First, you won't be able to use the embedded numeric keypad when > in Mouse Keys mode, because those keys are reserved for moving the cursor > around. As with the hardware solution, you can still use the arrow keys to > move the cursor within your document in either normal or trackpad-off modes. > Second, you may forget you've enabled this mode, and wonder why the trackpad > on your laptop no longer works-so remember to try pressing the Option key > five times in a row before resorting to a restart to fix the problem! > > Original Article at: > http://www.macworld.com/article/1136275/trackpadoff.html > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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