![]() If this box is checked (and it is by default), scrolling works like it does on your iPhone and iPad: swipe up to scroll down, and swipe down to scroll up. Uncheck this box in the Scroll & Zoom tab if you want scrolling on your trackpad to work the same as it does with a mouse: swipe up to scroll up, swipe down to scroll down. Check this box to click with just a tap of your finger, instead of needing to press down hard enough to hear the sound and feel the haptic feedback. ![]() Select a word and then Force-click (or click with three fingers) to look it up in your Mac's dictionary and thesaurus. You can enable and customize them in System Preferences ➙ Trackpad: Here are some useful built-in gestures you might not have known about. For example, in the Point & Click section, you can enable the Secondary Click gesture by checking its box, and then the dropdown lets you choose if that secondary click will be a two-finger tap or click in a specific corner of the trackpad. Some gestures even have options you can select from a dropdown menu. It's definitely worth a few minutes to watch all the previews and decide which gestures could work for you. As you mouse over or select each gesture, a video preview on the right will show exactly what will happen. There's no mystery to these options, either. ![]() It's already packed with gestures you might not be using that can really speed up some tasks on your Mac. If you've got a Mac laptop, you should go to System Preferences and open the Trackpad pane. If a mouse or trackpad action is taking too long, or somehow hurts your hand - for example, selecting text with a trackpad - there's probably a better, faster, easier way to do it. Even better, with a utility like BetterTouchTool you can customize gestures on your trackpad further, as well as set up a mouse or any other input device you can connect to your Mac.
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