Me, too, the first generation trackpad. It still works great with my son's M1 Mac mini. While the mini is new from last year, he has hand me down 24" Cinema display, old wired keyboard and first gen trackpad. These Apple products do last!Well the last trackpad I owned required two AA batteries too!
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Has anyone bought a Magic Trackpad for their Studio and if so why and what for?
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I bought my iMac without a Magic Trackpad and now I regret it. Oh well, Silver Trackpad it is then instead of blue. I think the Trackpad is worth it even if only for the stupid way the mouse charges
I had a trackpad already and love the trackpad but my Ultra is horrible keeping bluetooth devices connected. Mouse, trackpad, and keyboard all randomly disconnect.
Question for those using a trackpad with Photoshop/Illustrator; How do you do things like create paths with Bézier curves, you kind of have to grab the handles, sometimes with option held down, it seems like that precision isn't possible with the trackpad?
I don't know why you'd think that. It absolutely is possible, and just as easy–for me. Tools like these are very subjective.
Well I've never used one so I'm assuming its a bit like touch on an iPad...
I use a mouse left handed and have a trackpad on the right side. Best of both worlds. As stated above, keeping them connected is my issue.
I have to have a trackpad on MacOS. Just having a regular mouse sucks. In all my mac setups I have Magic Trackpad on the left and Razer gaming mouse on my right as my main mouse. The trackpad for gestures and fine scrolling control and zooming in/out. I hate not having that when I'm on my Windows PC. But I've relegated my PC to gaming activities only so it's become moot.
I've barely used a mouse since the original Apple trackpad came out in, what, 2010?
I find the trackpad so much nicer to use than a mouse, swipes, gestures, scrolling etc, I find it all so much easier and smoother with the trackpad.
The only problem I have with the trackpad is trying to use my fingers for precise placement in apps like Adobe InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator – which I don't find the Magic Trackpad can do at all. But that's where I spend 90% of my computer time. If I was still writing for a living, I would definitely use a Magic Trackpad.
You could think that if you haven’t used the trackpad, but it’s different than iPad precision.
The iPad (and iPhone) are 1:1 movement ratio when using touch. One inch of touch equals one inch on screen. The Mac trackpad can provide more or less movement to the on screen cursor than the touch input on the trackpad.
Like a mouse, the slower you move your finger on the trackpad, the slower and more precise the control, and conversely the movement is larger the faster you move. With a trackpad and mouse, you can go from one corner of the screen to another if you swipe quickly, or gently control points and pixels with small movements.
When working with a 27” display, you don’t need a 27” trackpad to cover the entire screen — just like you don’t need a 27” mouse pad. The iPad’s touch input is the same size of the screen, so slower movements aren’t more precice. They‘re just slower.
Personally, on the Mac, I find my finger on the trackpad is more precise than my wrist dragging a puck around.
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