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    ibook G4 question

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Ben Morgan, Sep 28, 2008.

  1. Ben Morgan

    Ben Morgan Notebook Enthusiast

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    I read that you can enable right click with the trackpad by using two fingers and the button with something called iScroll. Does this really work?
     
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    Hmm, I'm actually not sure if its a hardware thing that allows the Intel Macs to recognize two fingers. I haven't heard of iScroll before, I can't comment on it! It was a selling point of the Intel Mac notebooks though, so at this point I'm doubting its software!
     
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    Do you know if there's any other way to use right click by using two fingers?
     
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    Well, if my guess is right, and the two-finger trackpad right-click is hardware-based, then no, there really isn't much you can do about pre-Intel Macs.
     
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    iScroll may well work for 2 finger scrolling.

    http://iscroll2.sourceforge.net/
    If you have the iBook why not try? I don't think it should damage things, especially since they seem to include an uninstall script.


    Edit: I meant 2 finger right-clink in my 1st sentence.
     
    ltcommander_data, Sep 28, 2008
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