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multi-touch trackpad, produced by Apple Inc.

The Magic Trackpad is a multi-touch trackpad produced by Apple Inc. was announced on July 27th, 2010 and it is similar to the trackpad found on the current MacBook family of laptops, albeit 80% larger.

Ubuntu Linux computers can be configured to support most of the multitouch gestures that Mac OS supports, and additionally custom gestures can be added for most applications which do not natively support multi-touch (such as photo viewers, web browsers, etc.)

Source: [Wikipedia] - Magic Trackpad

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How can I disable arbitrary default multitouch gestures in Unity?

I'm using a custom Touchégg multitouch gesture setup in Ubuntu 11.04 with a Magic Trackpad. Since the default gestures (such as 3-finger tap and drag to move windows, 4 finger tap to reveal the dash, etc.) are apparently hardcoded in Unity, I'm…
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Enabling Multi-touch features of the Apple Magic Mouse on Ubuntu 12.04

Possible Duplicate: Apple Magic Trackpad aftrer upgrade from Ubuntu 11.10 to Ubuntu 12.04 (64 Bit) - Multitouch not working! I want to write a simple app that uses Apple's Magic Trackpad, nothing special, just so that it recognizes atleast one…
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Magic Trackpad 2 is not recognized as synpatic touchpad

I have found a lot of posts on the Internet working with Apple Magic Trackpad on Ubuntu. I bought Apple Magic Trackpad 2 and seems like it is not recognized as a touchpad. I can do left click and cursor movements, but nothing else (not scrolling, no…
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How do I adjust the pointer speed and scrolling speed of a trackpad?

How can I increase the pointer speed and scrolling speed of Apple Trackpad beyond the max speed allowed in System Settings? I'm using Ubuntu 12.04.01. Please see below the mouse and trackpad settings Also I have installed the package…
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Apple Magic Trackpad multitouch configuration

Today I installed the Ubuntu 10.10 release on my Desktop PC. I was running Ubuntu 10.04 LTS with an Apple Magic Trackpad and everything was working fine. After today's fresh installation of Ubuntu 10.10, I don't see my Apple Magic Trackpad's…
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How do I configure an Apple Magic Trackpad to use with Unity?

Looking for some detailed document describing configuring Apple Magic Trackpad with multitouch gestures. Currently, Unity runs with single finger tap as left click, 2 fingers tap as right click , 3 fingers tap as move window. How do I get right…
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Apple Magic Trackpad freezes when I tap with 3 or more fingers

I bought an Apple Magic Trackpad. The device is working out of the box on Ubuntu 11.04 64bit. However, when I tap with 3 - or more - fingers the device stops working. It works again if I disconnect it and then connect it again. I've tried touchegg…
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Is there a way to use full functionality of Magic Trackpad with ubuntu 17.10

What way would you recommend to take advantage of multi-touch gestures with MagicTrackpad2 on Ubuntu 17.10 (Gnome)? Next aspects are of particular interest: possibility to configure 1 to 4 finger gestures that distinguish between direction, tap and…
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How is the Magic Trackpad's Battery Life (with Ubuntu)

What are other peoples experiences are with the battery life of the Apple Magic Trackpad using Ubuntu? I think I've emptied included batteries after about two weeks usage for five days a week, eight hours a day. I don't know for sure because there's…
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Cannot auto reconnect Magic Trackpad 2 since Kernel 5.0

Ubuntu 18.x | 19.04 on kernel < 5.0 works as expected. Prior to kernel 5.0 I was using 4.8 and the Magic Trackpad was able to automatically reconnect (via a simple click on the pad) after a system reboot/ sleep/ timeout bluetooth disconnect. Now,…
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Restore Apple Magic Trackpad 2 settings on Ubuntu

I couldn't solve this problem despite spending many hours (two days), so I decided to ask here. How can I restore the default settings for the Apple Magic Trackpad 2 when using on Ubuntu? My problem is the following: I am using Ubuntu 20.04…
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App Switcher Randomly Pops Up 16.04

I'm having the same issue described here on Ubuntu 16.04, running on a MacBook pro. The alt+tab applications switcher seems to randomly popup out of nowhere, perhaps from some interaction with the trackpad. Does anyone have any ideas how to solve…
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Limit Gesture Sensitivity on Ginn

I installed ginn, and set it up so when I do a left or right four finger swipe, it sends the ctrl-alt (direction) key press to easily move between workspaces. It works, but it keeps on sending the key press, so when I make the gesture once, the…
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Configuring Apple Magic Trackpad in 12.04

How should I configure a Magic Trackpad in 12.04 to ignore my thumb at the bottom of the trackpad change scrolling speed change gesture functions (e.g. have three-finger tap = middle-click), if doing so is possible ? I tried installing gsynaptics…
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How to pinch zoom in 12.04 using (magic) trackpad

I use the magic trackpad on my desktop, and my laptop has a synaptic trackpad. Both machines run on Xubuntu 12.04, and vertical/horizontal two-fingers scrolling work out of box, but I cannot pinch zoom on either machine. On the other hand, I was…
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