Apple Portables: Tips for using the glass Multi-Touch trackpad

You can use the trackpad move the mouse cursor, execute a primary or secondary click, scroll, or perform Multi-touch Gestures. To ensure accurate finger gesturing response, always user fingertips or slightly curled fingers.

Tracking

The speed at which the mouse cursor moves is a function of how quickly you move your finger across the trackpad.

To fine-tune the tracking speed and set other trackpad options, choose Apple () > System Preferences > Trackpad.

Finger position while tracking

For more accurate tracking, navigate the cursor with one finger on the trackpad at a time. For comfort, you can rest your thumb near or along the bottom of the trackpad, much like the thumb position from previous trackpads. If this is your preferred finger position, rest your thumb along the bottom edge of the trackpad. The glass multi-touch trackpad is so advanced, it can sense when your thumb is resting on the edge of the pad.

Note: Resting your thumb on the trackpad (above the bottom edge) may result in accidental gestures such as scrolling, zooming or rotating.

To ensure accurate tracking and gestures, make sure you are not hovering other fingers closely above the tracking surface, as this can cause the trackpad to react as if there are multiple fingers being used.