Thanks for that people. It is strange that somehow on my old macbook air with High Sierra the trackpad does not respond to touch at all I can’t remember how I got this to work then and am wondering if this is new to Big Sur?
Thanks Ian > On 18 May 2021, at 04:38, Jonathan Cohn <jon.c.c...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello, > The only way to turn the touchpad truly off is to find the checkbox that says > disable trackpad when an external mouse or trackpad is attached. Then, have > a handy bluetooth mouse that you turn on when you want the pad disabled. > > This checkbox is in the accessibility settings area of System Preferences. > > Best wishes, > > Jonathan Cohn > > > >> On May 17, 2021, at 06:36, Ian Harrison <ihcla...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Dear listers, >> >> I am now sharing my new Air with my wife. I am blind and she isn’t. She >> likes to use the touchpad but I don’t and I keep accidentally touching it by >> accident when using voiceover. How can I turn off the touchpad on the fly >> without going into preferences every time? >> >> With many thanks >> Ian >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >> Visionaries list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: >> mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at >> caraqu...@caraquinn.com >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/37828AA4-6C09-4949-8515-941B4B7B5DFE%40gmail.com. > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/603C1897-9AE1-469B-87C8-48225E7CEE7B%40gmail.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/0AC713B5-28EF-4AF5-AC4C-6C487E054EBA%40gmail.com.
