Chapter 2. Controlling Your Mac with Your Fingers
If you have a laptop Macintosh (or a Magic Trackpad), you can control your computer using finger gestures on the trackpad surface. Even if you’ve used a trackpad before, you may be surprised by how your Mac’s trackpad behaves—that’s because it can tell how many fingers are on its surface. Apple calls this technology Multi-touch—if you’ve ever used an iPad or an iPhone you may find it familiar. Let’s try it out.
Project goal: Learn how to use your Mac’s trackpad, customize it, and disable the features you don’t need (or like).
What You’ll Be Using
To learn how to use finger gestures to control a Macintosh, you’ll use the following:
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