Power down the laptop and use a microfiber cloth lightly dampened with water. If it’s really greasy, use a tiny amount of isopropyl alcohol on the cloth (not directly on the laptop). Wipe the pad and ...

Apple’s MacBooks come with a built-in multi-touch trackpad that supports a wide range of gestures to help you perform various operations efficiently. Likewise, its external trackpad, Magic Trackpad, ...

Several years ago, Apple finished deploying a “solid-state” trackpad in place of the mechanical kind it had used starting in 1995. This new kind of trackpad first appeared as part of the short-lived ...

MacOS is constantly iterating, often leading to several features that may or may not be helpful individually, depending on personal preference and usage requirements. This also extends to your MacBook ...

New MacBook and MacBook Pro users rejoice – Apple has issued the promised software update that supposedly resolves any trackpad issues you may have been experiencing. Text from the update: This ...

I’ve been using Apple’s Magic Trackpad for just over a week, and I can confidently say it’s replaced the mouse for me. The Magic Trackpad is easier to use, much more functional than even a multibutton ...

The laptop trackpad has come a long way since Apple Inc. pioneered it 14 years ago on the PowerBook 500 series as a replacement for the trackball found on earlier models. While almost anyone who has ...

It's old and battered, but it still works. Even upside-down. Photo: Charlie Sorrel/Cult of Mac If you have a low desk, or you just hate bending your wrists back, then you might consider turning your ...

Yesterday, Apple released a firmware update for the glass trackpads on the new MacBook and MacBook Pro computers to "address an issue where trackpad clicks may not be recognized." For most users this ...

The new glass trackpad introduced on the MacBooks unveiled by Apple last month appears to be giving some users fits. The trackpad on the new MacBooks and MacBook Pros does away with a separate button, ...