In Pictures: Apple Magic TrackPad

The Magic Trackpad is an external, multitouch-capable touchpad that connects to your computer using Bluetooth. The touchpads on Apple’s MacBook line of laptops have long supported multitouch gestures.

The company’s Bluetooth Magic Mouse also supports multitouch, but attempting to perform the gestures on the Magic Mouse’s small surface can be awkward and more than a little uncomfortable.

This shouldn’t be a problem for the huge Magic Trackpad which is around a third the size of an Apple wireless keyboard.

The new Magic Trackpad isn’t intended to replace the mouse. Cameron Rogers, an Apple spokesman, said: “We designed Magic Trackpad to be a complement to a mouse.”

Rogers went on to say that the Magic Trackpad is ideal for tasks such as browsing the web, while more detailed work, such as editing an image on Photoshop, will still be easier with the more precise control of a mouse.

The Magic Trackpad’s system preference pane includes video demonstrations of how to perform each gesture. The video below goes though each of the gesture tutorials. Watch for yourself how the finger gestures are performed.

Posted on July 29, 2010 | Filed Under Tech

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