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How to fix Apple’s dumb default touchpad settings
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samiebuka
November 1, 2021 at 6:39 pm
The drag thing really got e confused. I guess people new to Macs get overwhelmed with so many features.
Vasilis Fotiadis
November 1, 2021 at 6:59 pm
wuau. all this to move a window…
lasarith2
November 1, 2021 at 7:44 pm
Or I just use a £10 mouse.
Jake Ryan
November 1, 2021 at 7:50 pm
Also turn off spring-loading delay. Makes the trackpad feel much more responsive
Rafael Gayoso
November 1, 2021 at 8:29 pm
I prefer 3 finger drag
Callum
November 1, 2021 at 8:47 pm
tap to click is slower and takes more effort. You realize the click of the trackpad is simulated right? You aren’t actually pushing the trackpad down. The force required is much less effort than lifting your finger and tapping it down to click.
Samuel
November 1, 2021 at 9:07 pm
This is one of CNET’s goofier videos. Thanks for titling your video in a way that helps polarize the community over something as mundane as trackpad settings.
Btw, I know how to change my settings and I don’t use any of these. So, am I a dummy? Thanks CNET.
Christian Gravemaker
November 1, 2021 at 9:10 pm
Hate the aspect ratio of this video. I’m on desktop people..
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November 1, 2021 at 9:14 pm
I use the three fingers to drag. It works better with the other features IMO
Dane Young
November 1, 2021 at 9:14 pm
This guy sounds like weird Al
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November 1, 2021 at 9:15 pm
And I swipe up with four fingers to access app exposè
Igor Marcos
November 1, 2021 at 9:20 pm
dislike because wtf? the title is so generic I watched out of curiosity and I would never want to do any of those stuff.
plus you don’t even explain what each setting does
Ushindi Shindano Romain
November 1, 2021 at 9:39 pm
To be honest 🤣🤣🤣 you are funny how can you tap to click
Please do the same with a mouse😂
Sparksy Cat
November 1, 2021 at 9:50 pm
Tap to click is evil. _How could you?!_
Daniel Bailey
November 1, 2021 at 10:22 pm
I don’t trust people that use tap to click.
Will Bar
November 1, 2021 at 10:33 pm
I did this on my new macbook air as soon as I got it LoL
F pee Z doo
November 1, 2021 at 11:18 pm
Mac trackpad from a Wintel laptop fan’s perspective, maybe?
Like using tap to click with electromagnetic Magic trackpads is the dumbest thing in the world. Wtf???
Michael Peterson
November 1, 2021 at 11:24 pm
Agree with everything. Tap to click and three finger drag not being default is a head scratcher. One more thing is I always increase the cursor speed. I feel it’s way to slow by default.
maans le roux
November 1, 2021 at 11:33 pm
Can the skin smoothening on the web cam be turned off?
Ed
November 1, 2021 at 11:42 pm
Thank you so much, this makes my work flow so much easier
Tim Brown
November 1, 2021 at 11:51 pm
Tap to click is the first thing I turn off when I sit down at a windows laptop. Why? Because these settings make it possible for the OS to mistakenly think I want to drag something when I just accidentally double-tapped. I also very much prefer haptic feedback for all of my click actions—tap-to-click bypasses all of those.
No, I don’t think the Apple defaults are dumb. I think you just got used to dealing with the compromises of tap-to-click, got used to clicking without feedback, haven’t learned how to use the new trackpad, etc. I’m not sure why you would call these settings dumb.
Calmsea Palomares
November 2, 2021 at 12:01 am
surprised to see that’s not the default
thechinesething
November 2, 2021 at 12:56 am
shots fired with that title. I can tell CNET isn’t a massive fan of apple’s choices sometimes.
Zhibo Wu
November 2, 2021 at 1:27 am
is there any reason that you learn to shoot vertically from Chinese?
Robert Kelleher
November 2, 2021 at 1:40 am
Tap to click, only if you have an old mechanical click trackpad. And you forgot to turn off natural scrolling… because it isn’t.
Dominica's Sound System
November 2, 2021 at 1:40 am
How did they miss the most important one? First thing we turn off is that “Natural Scroll”!!!
Akshar Premnath
November 2, 2021 at 2:51 am
Natural Scroll makes way more sense but it depends on what you are used to. Natural Scroll on the trackpad is like how you would scroll on a touch screen. I think of scrolling as me moving the page not me moving down the page. So, to scroll down, you push the page up and vice versa.
rick roll
November 2, 2021 at 1:51 am
Don’t forget to also enable right click on the trackpad instead of the stupid two finger click
Raimundo Castro
November 2, 2021 at 2:20 am
wth, tap to click is what sociopaths do.
also, the trackpad is big enough for dragging stuff all around the screen without any problem, unless you really need it.
David Kaveney
November 2, 2021 at 2:47 am
OMG I hate tap to click! It always detects a click when it’s not supposed to. Three finger expose is awesome though.
Meet Patel
November 2, 2021 at 2:55 am
The best video I’ve ever watched that is under a minute
Casimiro Chor
November 2, 2021 at 3:19 am
I HATE tap to click. It’s the first thing I disable on any laptop, along with “natural” scroll direction.
SirFXalot
November 2, 2021 at 3:30 am
These are terrible recommendations
pqsk
November 2, 2021 at 3:33 am
This has been around for 10+ years. They forgot to add the right click fix too.
Jason Watson
November 2, 2021 at 4:39 am
Nice little tutorial. I always have these turned on making the Mac experience that much better. I hate how their controls are buried in settings. Kudos for sharing!
Souvik Das
November 2, 2021 at 6:58 am
I forgot i had to manually enable Tap to Click in Touchpad settings, and was under the impression that my M1 Macbook was defective 😆
TurboJobo
November 2, 2021 at 7:18 am
I prefer the three finger to drag windows around
Lachlan Osborne
November 2, 2021 at 9:11 am
Tap to click 🤮
Ivan S
November 2, 2021 at 10:21 am
I changed my accessibility options as shown in this video and now I am angry at the “dumb” person who suggested it and made it look like a wise choice.
Soppysky54 YT
November 2, 2021 at 12:08 pm
This is weird, I’ve had my 2019 13inch Macbook Pro for around 3years and I have never needed to just tap the trackpad. The click/vibration it makes is satisfying and relaxing. It gives you the apple experience.
Alric Samuel Godfrey
November 3, 2021 at 1:38 pm
I know. I guess it’s only the people who are switching from the pc who will find it awkward. When I switched to the Mac 5 years back i felt the same way but I quickly got used to it and now every time I’m forced to use a PC I get so annoyed. The Haptic clicks on the MacBooks are so intuitive and easy.
krishna teja
November 2, 2021 at 12:23 pm
Fix the notch!!!!
Aditya Narasimhan
November 2, 2021 at 2:21 pm
Literally been doing this for years.
Patrick Price
November 2, 2021 at 3:16 pm
I change that “without drag lock” to “three finger drag” which is super amazing to use
Andy
November 2, 2021 at 3:57 pm
To each their own… but tap-to-click is absolutely foul.
Colby Holmstead
November 2, 2021 at 5:49 pm
app expose yes, but tap instead of click is so frustrating. happens on accident too much.
Kevvi
November 2, 2021 at 6:34 pm
I don’t like tap to click 😁
Filip Sardzoski
November 2, 2021 at 10:15 pm
Three finger drag for moving windows, for sure!
D37fit
November 2, 2021 at 10:27 pm
Is anyone else experiencing tap to click not registering for every single click after the macOS Monterey upgrade? Seems to be an issue that a lot of people are talking about
Tutorials Mag
November 2, 2021 at 10:48 pm
This is a great and simple tutorial, and it will be especially useful for those who are new to Mac.
sosumee
November 3, 2021 at 3:47 am
MacBooks have such good trackpads wha do this, imo tal to click on forcé touch trackpads shouldn’t be used
Gui Saba
November 3, 2021 at 11:16 am
I hate “tap to click”… I do it accidentally too often hahaha
Phat Video and More
November 3, 2021 at 1:27 pm
really dumb settings, apple
MAGIC STUDIO
November 3, 2021 at 3:27 pm
Even the trackpad speed