Apple Magic Trackpad - White Multi-Touch Surface ​​​​​​​

If you're using your workstation to produce music then this is an easy, intuitively designed solution to gesturing and it's built in ease-of-use within your DAW of choice. Works swimmingly in Logic Pro and in turn this has upped my overall pleasure and shear joy of making music within the "appleverse,” PERIOD! Stop your endless scrolling and searching, just click the buy now button! It's a MUST OWN! Native touch gestures that are designed to work like you want em' to. Multiple configurations that you can customize to your liking with up to 5 fingers doing different gestures! Pick and zoom, tap and twist (i.e, in maps) just like you would with Google Maps on your phone 👍🏻 (I haven't fully committed to the Mac universe) —YET! 😎Still love Android 😎 Haptic-feedback and a push-thru feature which allows you to click the mouse and then apply a little bit more pressure for a "deeper" look into, searxh, or whatever else you desire (can be customize d for your needs!

After getting a large desk monitor and starting to use my MacBook Pro in clamshell mode, I first bought the black magic, keyboard with Touch ID and matching black Magic Mouse. I wanted to get the trackpad too, but it seemed kind of like overkill in addition to the mouse. Then I got a whole bunch of Amazon credit from some surveys and stuff that I did and it was on sale so I decided to splurge for the sake of comparison.The Magic Mouse was great with the ability to scroll up and down and swipe left and right and right click and all that, but the Magic Trackpad is so much better for almost everything. I never used a mouse with my MacBook Pro in laptop mode, so using the trackpad was immediately more intuitive than the mouse.I think I’m going to sell the black Magic Mouse now I really don’t have any use for it. It’s just setting up on the desk. I think I’ll post it for sale. I thought about keeping it for when I’m traveling or something, but that really doesn’t make any sense. I really wanna travel late and since my MacBook already has a trackpad and I’m used to using the trackpad it just doesn’t make sense.I tried the trackpad on the left and the mouse on the right combination. I found that I didn’t use the trackpad enough and my left hand isn’t as fluid with the trackpad as my right hand was and it kind of hurt my brain to use it with my left hand. Maybe I should try more before I give it all up. It just seemed like I was picking up the Magic Mouse a lot from the desk and placing it back on the desk, even though I had a very large area that I was working in with a nice big mouse pad area. It isn’t as intuitive as the trackpad that’s all I can really say.It’s all good. It’s all for quality stuff. It’s Apple. You’re paying the premium but boy I really enjoy working with the Magic Trackpad and the touch ID keyboard with my MacBook Pro tucked away in the keyboard drawer of the desk with all the cables plugged into it my set up is so clean there’s virtually nothing on the desk, but the keyboard in the trackpad.

Outstanding product! Well designed and so easy to use. I got this because I didn’t like the clicking noise of the Apple Magic Mouse. Also because that mouse is definitely not ergonomic. I’m satisfied with the price because it’s hard to put a value on the superior performance I get from it. The battery life and connectivity are great. I recommend this and couldn’t be happier about my purchase!

The magic trackpad works out of the box on linux. Specifically, it works on the distribution release I use, ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS. I tried two other trackpads with usb receivers, logitech and perixx. The logitech was very flaky, but I bought it used, and it may have been defective to begin with, or damaged by its previous owner. I also don't think logitech makes it any more. The perixx was a reasonable deal given the price, but it required a touch that was a bit heavy and did not always pick up movement or taps. The magic trackpad, although not perfect, has a smoother surface, takes a lighter touch, and is more responsive and consistent in its behavior. The battery in my case lasts one to two months before I have to recharge — YMMV. The trackpad behaves the same way as the builtin touchpad on my laptop, supporting single, double, and two-finger taps, and it allows me to drag objects around the screen. There is a third party driver on github which enables three-finger gestures. I don't remember the name.I'll make some recommendations regarding the trackpad setup on ubuntu, using a combination of gui and terminal utilities. If you only want to use a gui interface or are not interested in a slightly off-label configuration, or if you don't use ubuntu or any of its derivative distributions (or maybe if you don't use apt or a gnome desktop), you can disregard the rest of the review.Configuration and usage recommendations for ubuntu:The open source bluetooth driver package included with debian and debian-based linuces, such as ubuntu, is called "bluez". Ubuntu LTS (long-term support) ships with bluez 5.64, in spite of the fact that stable debian (version 12, code-name "Bookworm") ships with 5.66. I'd recommend an upgrade to the later version.The easiest way to pair a new device is to use the settings/bluetooth page in the (gnome) gui desktop. Once paired, the system retains the definition, but the connection is lost during a reboot or suspend. If you are using bluez 5.66 or above, you can force a reconnection just by pressing down on the trackpad to produce a click (just tapping won't do it). The click inserts a bluetooth icon in the panel at the top the screen. After a few seconds, the pointer responds to additional trackpad events. Click-to-reconnect works both before and after login. Pointer movement and clicks work on the login page; taps are post-login only.If you are using bluez version 5.64, you will have to explicitly reconnect after logging in. In my opinion, the easiest option is to reconnect with a shell script. Obtain the trackpad's mac address by clicking on the "magic trackpad" link in the settings/bluetooth device listing, or by executing "bluetoothctl devices" in a terminal window. (I'll use A1:B2:C3:D4:E5:F6 as a sample address — obviously, you should substitute your own.) Create a shell script with the single line,bluetoothctl connect A1:B2:C3:D4:E5:F6and move or copy it to a directory in the path. For the script file name, use something short and suggestive, like "tpad". Then, whenever you reboot, or wake up from suspension, open a terminal window with the keyboard shortcut,ctrl+alt+t[control, alt, and the letter T], then type "tpad", and press return.If for some reason you want to disconnect and stay live, create a script containing the line,bluetoothctl disconnect A1:B2:C3:D4:E5:F6The simplest way of manually upgrading to bluez 5.66 is to search online for the package's file name, download, and install locally. If you're using an intel or amd PC with a 64-bit OS (and you probably are), the name isbluez_5.66-1_amd64.debIf you have a different architecture, search fordebian packages stable adminand follow the link. ("admin" refers to the administrative utilities page.) Find "bluez (5.66-1)" on the admin page and click on the link. Go to the bottom of the package page and select the architecture of your choice.After the download, in a terminal window, change to the download directory and install the package withsudo apt install ./bluez_5.66-1_amd64.debNormal apt upgrades will not replace 5.66 until a later version is added to the repository. To see what you have on your system, executedpkg -l bluez