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Give your Early 2008 Macbook Pro the 4-Finger Gesture

December 22, 2008 – 7:02 pm

[UPDATED for 10.5.8]
It’s quite simple actually, just grab this file (AppleUSBMultitouch.kext), open a terminal window and type this:
sudo mv /System/Library/Extensions/AppleUSBMultitouch.kext
/System/Library/Extensions/AppleUSBMultitouch.old
that will backup your current multitouch driver, and next we’re gonna install the new one:
sudo mv ~/Downloads/AppleUSBMultitouch.kext /System/Library/Extensions/
( you can also copy it there using finder )
Final step is to repair permissions, use Disk Utility, select [...]

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Peripheral Extinction

November 20, 2008 – 4:11 am

The computer mouse may someday become an endangered species. Instead of rolling a mouse around to move a cursor around on the screen, more and more users will gesture with their fingers on touch screens and multi-touch trackpads, analysts say.
Reads an article published today on PhysOrg. The article also states that in the next 5 [...]

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