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tiggy - Sep 11, 2010 5:17:12 pm PDT #14819 of 25501
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore

there are apps like Tweetdeck.


DCJensen - Sep 11, 2010 7:48:34 pm PDT #14820 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.

That's a bit more invasive that I had envisioned.


tiggy - Sep 12, 2010 1:44:35 pm PDT #14821 of 25501
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore

question! i just bought my very first Mac. it's an iBook G4. i've gotten super used to using the scroll bar on the track pad on my PC. is this an option on the Mac?

sidenote: wheeee!!! i'm really interested in getting into video editing and i could NOT pass up the deal for this. so here we are!


Tom Scola - Sep 12, 2010 1:46:39 pm PDT #14822 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Try using two fingers to scroll.


tiggy - Sep 12, 2010 2:12:40 pm PDT #14823 of 25501
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore

hmmm...nope. nothing!


Spidra Webster - Sep 12, 2010 2:13:34 pm PDT #14824 of 25501
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.

tiggy, I think there are third-party mouses you can use that have a way to program scrolling in. Wish I had better advice, but I just click and drag my scroll bars the old-fashioned way.


Gris - Sep 12, 2010 2:38:01 pm PDT #14825 of 25501
Hey. New board.

tiggy, the iBook G4 had to have special software installed to enable 2-finger scrolling, if I recall correctly (that was three laptops ago for me. I'm kind of hard on them.) To confirm, you could click the Apple Menu in the upper left corner, choose System Preferences, and choose "Trackpad" (or it may be called "Mouse and Trackpad" or something, depending on your operating system version) then look through those preferences and see if you can enable 2-finger scrolling.

If it's not there, you could try installing this: [link] which will add that ability.


tiggy - Sep 12, 2010 2:51:00 pm PDT #14826 of 25501
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore

bless you, Gris! that worked like a charm!


Gris - Sep 12, 2010 3:15:57 pm PDT #14827 of 25501
Hey. New board.

Yay!

Yeah, when the iBook G4 was around, one of the features that the Powerbook G4 had that distinguished it from the iBook was two-finger scrolling, but it was readily apparent that Apple was disabling it at the software level. They were trying REALLY hard to convince people to buy the underpowered Powerbook G4s toward the end of their life cycle (after they realized G5s would never work on laptops, but before the Intel switch) and it led to some rather annoying artificial limiting of the iBooks.


tiggy - Sep 12, 2010 5:31:05 pm PDT #14828 of 25501
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore

i'm guessing i'll get the two-fingered scrolling down, but right now it's SUPERFASTOMG!

i'm not even sure how old this iBook is. i'm guessing 5 years or so.