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Two-Finger Scrolling For Older Mac Laptops

Posted by Zonk on from the let-your-two-fingers-do-the-walking dept.

Michael Stroeck writes "Want that nifty scrolling on your portable but have an older one? No problem, Daniel Becker has written a free alternative driver for older PowerBooks and iBooks that works like a charm. It is based on Apple's AppleADBMouse-209.0.10 driver from Mac OS 10.3.7 that is available as part of the publicly released Darwin source code. As such, the driver is covered by the APSL (Apple Public Source License)."

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  1. Two-finger scrolling? by Pan+T.+Hose · · Score: 1, Troll

    What about two-finger clicking first?

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  2. Replacement Trackpad? by BandwidthHog · · Score: 1, Troll

    I'm about to buy my first Apple portable (looking around for a lightly used 14" G4 iBook), and am wondering why nobody has brought a replacement two (or more!) button trackpad to market. I mean, it isn't like there's not a huge installed base of machines that would use an identical part. I figure the latest incarnation of the iBook (what do you call the non-clamshell version?) is the single most common laptop in the world at this point. I've not yet torn apart an iBook myself, is the trackbad something that wouldn't be feasible to sell as an end user replacement part? I know I'd gladly shell out ~$70 for an extra button or three.

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