Re: Turning touchpad on and off on Macbook Air M1

2021-05-17 Thread Dave Carlson
Jonathan, Agree. I carry a small USB mouse with me when traveling so I don’t have to deal with the touch pad. When at home I have a USB MS-Natural keyboard. It’s hard for me to hold my hands up when typing on the lelaptop keyboard to avoid touching the touchpad with the heels of my palms. Wish

Re: Turning touchpad on and off on Macbook Air M1

2021-05-17 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Hello, The only way to turn the touchpad truly off is to find the checkbox that says disable trackpad when an external mouse or trackpad is attached. Then, have a handy bluetooth mouse that you turn on when you want the pad disabled. This checkbox is in the accessibility settings area of

Re: Turning touchpad on and off on Macbook Air M1

2021-05-17 Thread Nebojsa Tasic
Press VO and rotate two fingers to the left. On 17.5.2021. 12:36, Ian Harrison wrote: Dear listers, I am now sharing my new Air with my wife. I am blind and she isn’t. She likes to use the touchpad but I don’t and I keep accidentally touching it by accident when using voiceover. How can I

Turning touchpad on and off on Macbook Air M1

2021-05-17 Thread Ian Harrison
Dear listers, I am now sharing my new Air with my wife. I am blind and she isn’t. She likes to use the touchpad but I don’t and I keep accidentally touching it by accident when using voiceover. How can I turn off the touchpad on the fly without going into preferences every time? With many