Comments on: Apple forgot the – disable Trackpad settings – for the new MacBooks and a workaround http://blog.razuna.com/2008/11/10/apple-forgot-the-disable-trackpad-settings-for-the-new-macbooks-and-a-workaround/ Razuna - Open Source Digital Asset Management (DAM) / Open Source Media Asset Management (MAM), Hosted SaaS DAM Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:55:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Blogging To The Bankhttp://blog.razuna.com/2008/11/10/apple-forgot-the-disable-trackpad-settings-for-the-new-macbooks-and-a-workaround/comment-page-1/#comment-885 Blogging To The Bank Thu, 05 Aug 2010 01:42:06 +0000 http://blog.sixsigns.com/?p=582#comment-885 Thank you for discussing such an topical article with all of us. I’ve bookmarked your blog will come back for a re-read again. Keep up the excellent work. Thank you for discussing such an topical article with all of us. I’ve bookmarked your blog will come back for a re-read again. Keep up the excellent work.

]]> By: SixSignshttp://blog.razuna.com/2008/11/10/apple-forgot-the-disable-trackpad-settings-for-the-new-macbooks-and-a-workaround/comment-page-1/#comment-566 SixSigns Wed, 27 May 2009 12:53:55 +0000 http://blog.sixsigns.com/?p=582#comment-566 Hi PaulWelcome to the wonderful Mac-World :-) You will not regret it.The file is a XML file and eMacs does not display it very well, but yure you can use any text editor you want. Just be aware that it is a hiffen file, so you can not use a "open" command, except (once again) with BBEdit.1. Yes, BBEdit comes with Terminal extensions so you can type it like this. 2. You can copy paste it, but again, it has to be entered as shown. Hi Paul

Welcome to the wonderful Mac-World :-) You will not regret it.

The file is a XML file and eMacs does not display it very well, but yure you can use any text editor you want. Just be aware that it is a hiffen file, so you can not use a “open” command, except (once again) with BBEdit.

1. Yes, BBEdit comes with Terminal extensions so you can type it like this.
2. You can copy paste it, but again, it has to be entered as shown.

]]> By: Paulhttp://blog.razuna.com/2008/11/10/apple-forgot-the-disable-trackpad-settings-for-the-new-macbooks-and-a-workaround/comment-page-1/#comment-565 Paul Wed, 27 May 2009 12:24:45 +0000 http://blog.sixsigns.com/?p=582#comment-565 I am new to the Mac-world. I like it, but the trackpad can drive me crazy when I write, and I often have some heavy writing to do. I don't know BBEdit (I use emacs), but I am willing to buy it just to fix the trackpad problem. I hope to fix it without getting entangled in mac-technicalities, and I would really appreciate it if you could answer a couple of very simple questions: 1) I guess the command "bbedit .GlobalPreferences.plist" has to be entered through Terminal. Right? 2) Do the 2 lines com.apple.mouse.ignoreTrackpadIfMousePresent 1 have to be entered exactly as shown? I mean, is something I must type?Thanks in advance. Paul I am new to the Mac-world. I like it, but the trackpad can drive me crazy when I write, and I often have some heavy writing to do. I don’t know BBEdit (I use emacs), but I am willing to buy it just to fix the trackpad problem. I hope to fix it without getting entangled in mac-technicalities, and I would really appreciate it if you could answer a couple of very simple questions:
1) I guess the command “bbedit .GlobalPreferences.plist” has to be entered through Terminal. Right?
2) Do the 2 lines
com.apple.mouse.ignoreTrackpadIfMousePresent
1
have to be entered exactly as shown? I mean, is something I must type?

Thanks in advance.
Paul

]]> By: SixSignshttp://blog.razuna.com/2008/11/10/apple-forgot-the-disable-trackpad-settings-for-the-new-macbooks-and-a-workaround/comment-page-1/#comment-461 SixSigns Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:50:07 +0000 http://blog.sixsigns.com/?p=582#comment-461 Yes, the machines from Apple are nice, MacOS X is killer, but the attitude that Apple puts forwards to its customers and "the market" is still... well people are still wondering how Apple can survive. Yes, the machines from Apple are nice, MacOS X is killer, but the attitude that Apple puts forwards to its customers and “the market” is still… well people are still wondering how Apple can survive.

]]> By: Jake Munsonhttp://blog.razuna.com/2008/11/10/apple-forgot-the-disable-trackpad-settings-for-the-new-macbooks-and-a-workaround/comment-page-1/#comment-460 Jake Munson Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:27:25 +0000 http://blog.sixsigns.com/?p=582#comment-460 "Thus, either Apple is unaware of this issue (which I doubt) or no one cares (which I doubt as well)."I don't doubt that nobody cares, or more specifically that Steve Jobs doesn't care. Isn't this kind of thing typical in the Apple world? It's Steve's way or the highway. They really like their new track pad, so they want to force it on you. The same patterns are occurring in the iPhone world, where developers come up with cool things to improve the device, but Steve says "no, not on my phone" and they block the app from their store. “Thus, either Apple is unaware of this issue (which I doubt) or no one cares (which I doubt as well).”

I don’t doubt that nobody cares, or more specifically that Steve Jobs doesn’t care. Isn’t this kind of thing typical in the Apple world? It’s Steve’s way or the highway. They really like their new track pad, so they want to force it on you. The same patterns are occurring in the iPhone world, where developers come up with cool things to improve the device, but Steve says “no, not on my phone” and they block the app from their store.

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