Magic Trackpad
Magic Trackpad Control Panel 1.3
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- Created on 02 Nov 2013
- Last Updated on 02 Nov 2013
Version 1.3 is a free update for all registered users. New features are:
Virus / Trojan alert [update]
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- Created on 29 Oct 2013
- Last Updated on 02 Nov 2013
[Update 2 Nov 2013]
In case you got a virus/trojan alert please make sure to install the latest version!
In an previous version of this article a utility TrackpadAdmin.exe was mentioned. With the release of Version 1.3 we removed this utility which significantly reduce the risk to get classified as a virus/trojan.
[Article 28 Oct 2013]
We are aware that some virus scanners fire alerts during installation, claiming TrackpadControl.exe is a virus/trojan.
It is not true, this alert is a False Positive. If possible please ignore these warnings and add an exception to your virus scanner. In case it is a work computer and you don’t have permission please ask your systems administrator to add an exception.
You can double check that most virus scanners do not detect our software as viruses at virustotal. Here are the scan results for TrackpadControl.exe (version 1.3).
Note: Most detections do not even claim it is a virus, they tell you it’s a GENeric Trojan or a Suspicious file.
There is a reason why some scanners fire alerts. We use a professional application packer and licensing system. Unfortunately this packer is also used by real malware.
Multiple Mice and Trackpads
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- Created on 27 Apr 2013
- Last Updated on 27 Apr 2013
Today we got an unusual support request. Suke was complaining that the Magic Trackpad does a secondary (right) click on a one finger tap and a normal (left) click on a two finger tap. It turned out Suke has swapped the mouse buttons in the Windows settings as she uses her mouse on the left hand and the Magic Trackpad on the right hand.
As a side node: I use the Magic Trackpad with the left hand and a Wacom tablet with pen simultaneously on the right hand, so I never came across this issue.
As Windows sees the Magic Trackpad as another mouse you can change the swapped button settings in Windows only globaly and not per device (you might have a Logitech mouse where you possibly can adjust this setting indivdually).
I did a bit of research and voilà there is a great little tool called EitherMouse which swaps the buttons (and cursor) on the fly for each individual mouse! It even works with more than two mice!
EitherMouse is based on AutoHotkey and extracts the souce code on request. A support forum is here.
Great stuff!
Magic Trackpad Control Panel 1.2
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- Created on 22 Mar 2013
- Last Updated on 25 Mar 2013
We are happy to announce another updated version our our popular Magic Trackpad Control Panel.
Version 1.2 is a free update for all registered users. New features are:
BootCamp 5.0 Drivers
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- Created on 15 Mar 2013
- Last Updated on 17 Mar 2013
With Apple OS X Mountain Lion comes a new BootCamp 5.0 Windows driver package. According to Apples official website it supports only Windows 7 and Windows 8, 64bit versions only! So no more 32bit driver versions for Windows.
More Windows multi-touch
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- Created on 25 Aug 2012
- Last Updated on 26 Aug 2012
Often we receive new feature requests to add more multi-touch gestures for both the Magic Mouse and the Magic Trackpad.
We really would love to, but there is a fundamental issue. Apple is obviously not interested to add more than basic multi-touch support to Windows.
Magic Trackpad Control Panel 1.1
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- Created on 29 Jan 2012
- Last Updated on 29 Jan 2012
We are happy to announce an updated version our our popular Magic Trackpad Control Panel.
Version 1.1 is a free update for all registered users. New features are:
BootCamp 4.0 Drivers
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- Created on 13 Aug 2011
- Last Updated on 17 Aug 2012
With Apple OS X Lion comes a new BootCamp 4.0 Windows driver package. It's not offical for download on Apples BootCamp webpage, but Lion users can download it already as part of the BootCamp installer. The download is 630 MB in Apples PKG format which eventually contains an ISO image with all drivers for all Windows drivers for Macs.
A(n im)possible battery gauge
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- Created on 04 Jun 2011
- Last Updated on 04 Jun 2011
While doing research about the Magic Trackpad, I found that there is a battery indicator on Mac OS X. So there should be an easy way to receive the battery info under Windows as well, in theory.
Multi-touch in Ubuntu 11.04
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- Created on 22 May 2011
- Last Updated on 02 Jan 2012
While doing some research on the multi-touch capabilities of the Magic Trackpad I found this page. It basically gives you instructions on how to test multi-touch in the latest Ubuntu 11.04 release.
You don't need to be a Linux expert: