Apple issues Magic Trackpad drivers for OS X and Windows, updates MacBooks with new gesture support

Right on schedule, Apple's released new drivers for the Magic Trackpad, in both OS X and Windows flavors. The download is pretty amusingly huge at 75MB, since it includes videos of all the gestures in action, but at least you'll know exactly how many fingers to use for that new three-finger drag gesture. The bad news? It requires OS X 10.6.4, so you're out of luck if you're still running Leopard and itching to get your swipe on with Apple's latest peripheral.

The new software also updates the MacBook and MacBook Pro multitouch trackpads with inertial scrolling and three-finger drag, which is pretty nice -- we've got it installed on a unibody MBP and it's working as advertised. Hit up Software Update now, or check the source link to score your bits old-school.

[nxp3 Posted Jul 28th 2010 12:17AM]

Jesus Christ....a driver update gets it's own story. What about that dell 2400FP driver...where's the love.

[Jack Posted Jul 28th 2010 2:10AM]

@nxp3

Nobody cares about Dell. That should answer your question.

[drange Posted Jul 28th 2010 4:28AM]

@Epsen
The drivers... AFAIK they only work an install on a Mac with EFI bios and you can't download and install them separate from boot-camp.

[drange Posted Jul 28th 2010 4:28AM]

@drange
Oops. Why does the comment system suck so much over here.

[synthetik Posted Jul 28th 2010 4:50AM]

I'm extremely disappointed the 3 finger drag gesture comes at the expense of the 3 finger swipe to navigate gesture. I love the idea of a drag gesture, but swipe to navigate is just too indispensable to opt out of. Apple should have made it an option to assign the dragging gesture as EITHER a 3 finger OR 4 finger gesture.

[DanaG Posted Jul 28th 2010 12:04PM]

Say, now all I need are Linux drivers, and the ability to use 2-finger MIDDLE click, and 3-finger right-click.... I use middle-click a hell of a lot more than I use right-click, and when I need to right-click, I can press the "context menu" key on the keyboard.
I prefer touchpads, because they seem to be far less RSI-inducing than mice.