Unfortunately, I don't, and a mouse would partially eliminate the point of the laptop: portability. I'll maybe look into a script that can toggle the trackpad on and off... On Jun 5, 2013, at 11:15 AM, Red.Falcon <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi there! > OK this might not be good for you, but if you have a stand alone mouse and it > is not too much trouble if you plug it in and tuck it behind the laptop, you > can then switch off the trackpad altogether! > HTH colin > > On 5 Jun 2013, at 15:29, Traci <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thankfully, I haven't had this issue, but the following article may have the >> solution for you. >> http://www.macworld.com/article/1136275/trackpadoff.html >> >> HTH, Traci >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Jun 5, 2013, at 6:31 AM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> Last night I was typing on the Air (which I rarely do as it is for business >>> use) and the trackpad kept doing odd things. I know it was because my hand >>> would hit it as i typed, but it was still frustrating to jump out of the >>> text area I was in and be taken to some other part of the webpage, or to >>> randomly have the cursor jump back a character or word, or to hear odd >>> noises, as though I'd clicked something but VO had nothing to click so gave >>> an error. Trackpad commander was on, but if I'd had it off, the mouse would >>> have gone everywhere. Is there a magical solution, or do I just need to >>> change my hand position? Thanks. >>> >>> >>> Have a great day, >>> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >>> [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 post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> 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?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > > -- > 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?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) [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 post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
