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April 18, 2006

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Make your own PowerBook: step 1

Posted Apr. 18, ’06, 5:50 PM PT by Scott Silverman
Category | Software

powerbook2.jpgOK, so this isn’t really a way to make your own PowerBook, but it does bring you one step closer to the real thing. If you’re like me and you own one of the pre-2005 iBooks or PowerBooks without that cool two-finger scrolling feature, then here’s a solution. iScroll2 allows you to add this feature to any Mac with a trackpad. It simply adds a pane in System Preferences dedicated to controlling your scrolling sensitivity and speed. I’ve been using this little utility for quite a while and I couldn’t use my iBook as much as I do without it! Next week’s Make-your-own-PowerBook tip involves silver spray paint, so you might want to stock up now.


1 Comments

Oliver said:

It clearly doesn't work on any Mac with a trackpad.

"
Checking for other alternative trackpad drivers...
No alternative trackpad drivers detected.

Checking if supported trackpad driver is loaded...
Supported trackpad driver found.

Checking if trackpad hardware supports scrolling...
Your trackpad does not seem to support W-enhanced mode.
W-enhanced mode is necessary for two-finger scrolling to work.
logout
[Process completed]
"

April 18, 2006 10:49 PM

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