Hi Falcon, Chad, Christopher and others, The problem is indeed, that I would like to bump the trackpad out of existence. I did find that if you have an external mouse, you can disable the internal trackpad, but that is not what I'm hoping to find. Just like on a windows laptop, I want to turn it off entirely, also for sighted people. If I swipe left or right with 3 fingers by accident, for example, the dashboard comes up, and that is only one of the things I'm trying to avoid. If anyone has another suggestion, please let me know. If I find one myself, I'll post it back here.
Paul. On Aug 20, 2011, at 1:00 PM, Red.Falcon wrote: > Hi! > The only thing I could find and I do not know if this will help you with your > issue! > It seems if you have a mouse or external track pad you can turn off the built > in track pad in universal prefs under mouse/track pad there is an option > there to do it! > So plug in a old mouse [if you got one ] and then I suppose you can then turn > off the trackpad! > hth Colin > > On 20 Aug 2011, at 06:28, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: > >> I think everyone is a little confused. I don't think he's trying to turn >> off trackpad commander, correct me if I'm wrong. I think he literally wants >> to completely bump the track pad out of existence. He wants to make it >> where it's as if the track pad never was there to start with. >> >> Chris. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "gerry cook" <gerryc...@optusnet.com.au> >> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 10:44 PM >> Subject: Re: turning off trackpad on MacBooks >> >> >>> Hi i think if you use the cmd key and rotate 2 fingers in an anti clock >>> wise direction on the track pad, it'll be turned off. I got that from >>> studying the voiceover guide. >>> cheers gerry skype gerry.cook1 >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Erkens" <paul.erk...@gmail.com> >>> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >>> Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2011 4:07 AM >>> Subject: turning off trackpad on MacBooks >>> >>> >>>> Hi list, >>>> >>>> Is there a way to turn off the trackpad entirely, while using a macbook or >>>> macbook pro with Lion? When accidentally touching it, even when I am in >>>> VmWare fusion inside windows, a whooshing sound may be heard, which means >>>> I am in dash board. Of course, you can turn that off, but is there a way >>>> to have the trackpad not react to me when I accidentally touch it? I know >>>> you can turn on mouse keys, but that is not really a solution. Having an >>>> external mouse or trackpad can be done as well, but I'm hoping to find how >>>> to just turn off the internal laptop trackpad. Any ideas? >>>> >>>> Paul. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> --- >>>> avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. >>>> Virus Database (VPS): 110819-1, 20/08/2011 >>>> Tested on: 20/08/2011 12:07:20 PM >>>> avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2011 AVAST Software. >>>> http://www.avast.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> --- >>> avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. >>> Virus Database (VPS): 110819-1, 20/08/2011 >>> Tested on: 20/08/2011 12:44:32 PM >>> avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2011 AVAST Software. >>> http://www.avast.com >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
