MacBook Pro users have long enjoyed the benefits of Apple’s Trackpad technology. With the ability to program gestures for easy scrolling, zooming, clicks and drags, secondary clicks and more, it’s been easy to get spoiled by the elegant and intuitive interface. Moving to a desktop (even with an Apple Mighty Mouse) has been a bummer – until now.
Enter the Apple Magic Trackpad, the first multi-touch trackpad designed to work with a Mac desktop. With the same technology we know and love from the MacBook Pro, the Magic Trackpad supports a full set of gestures, allowing a whole new way to control and interact with what’s on the screen. Here are just a few of the features.
Wireless Connection
Get rid of that cable. The Magic Trackpad connects to your Mac via Bluetooth wireless technology. You can use it in place of a mouse (or even in addition to one) on any Bluetooth-enabled Mac computer – desktop or notebook. Once you pair it with your Mac, you get a reliable, secure connection from up to ten yards away. Since the trackpad detects periods of inactivity, and is also equipped with an on/off switch to conserve battery life, it’ll work for months at a time before needing a battery replacement. Use an Apple battery charger, and you’ll have an even more frugal and environmentally friendly way to go wireless.
Mates to Apple’s Wireless Keyboard Perfectly
The Apple Trackpad features the same sculpted aluminum design as the Apple Wireless Keyboard, so the two sit flush at the same angle and height when they’re side by side. You can go from typing to gesturing in one easy motion, or even do both at the same time.
Huge Gesturing Surface
Magic Trackpad is just like the trackpad on the MacBook Pro, made with the same advanced touch-friendly and wear-resistant surface, except it’s got nearly 80 percent more area, so you won’t run out of gesturing workspace. And you can click or double-click on the entire surface, so it puts the “button” wherever you happen to be. It also supports a full set of gestures, including two-finger scrolling, pinching to zoom, rotating with your fingertips, three-finger swiping, etc.
Highly Customizable
As you’d expect from Apple, there are a wide array of options for customizing the behavior of your Trackpad in the System Preferences pane. You can control scrolling and tracking speeds, set up tap to click, and tell your Trackpad what to do with two, three and even four finger gestures.