I can't find this option in accessibility in system preferences. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Ian Harrison Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2021 2:35 PM To: 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries <[email protected]>; 'Harry Bell' via VIPhone <[email protected]> Subject: Update on turning touchpad off and on on the fly
Hi listers, apologies if someone has already posted this. A lister previously advised to use a connected mouse to turn off the touchpad so I woldn’t accidentally use the pad to change focus. I’ve now found a way to do this on the fly without the need for a mouse or external touchpad. I can now turn the pad back on when I have finished so my sighted friends can use it as intended. Do the following: Go to Apple preferences in Big Sur click on Accessibility Click on pointers in the table of options Click on other pointer tab Put a tick in the enable mouse keys box Go into the mouse options pop up and tick turn off touchpad when mouse keys enabled Click OK Now you can toggle the touchpad on and off with 5 quick presses of the option key on the keyboard Cheers Ian -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/3192C94D-D5ED-4C56-B140-9E739F56873B%40gmail.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/!%26!AAAAAAAAAAAuAAAAAAAAAOejgWv4ZZdDv4VOSlg8V5UBAMO2jhD3dRHOtM0AqgC7tuYAAAAAAA4AABAAAABCzxBMXsJUTq0H/I8R2ogbAQAAAAA%3D%40me.com.
