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On May 31, 2010, at 12:42 PM, Geoffrey Heard wrote:

> I'm looking at a used 15" laptop, the 2.53 Ghz model with the tilting track pad. The owner reports he scrolls and clicks and stuff, but can't get it to drag and drop, resize windows, or drag select.
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> Has anyone experienced this kind of problem -- and has a suggestion about how it might be occurring?

Probably the track pad is mechanically broken but perhaps '/users/you/Library/Preferences/ByHost/.GlobalPreferences...plist' (invisible file) is corrupted. Personally I have never experienced such a problem, though.

> Isx the tilting thing a problem? (I find the ordinary track pad plus button bar on my current laptop unhandy enough -- but I most use a mouse, anyway).

Isn't it better to get a Mac allowing you to resize windows?


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