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BetterTouchTool can be used to do far more but to follow along with this tutorial select Trackpads from the top menu.

For this tutorial I am focussing on trackpad gestures.

Open BetterTouchTool's preference panel.

If you aren't and want to use my gestures, just swap the Trackpad Gestures of the two comparable actions e.g. My gestures are set up on the assumption that you are also using it.

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I moved to Mac soon after Lion came out so I use Natural Scrolling. The BetterTouchTool interface A Note on Scroll Direction

Navigate to where the file TutsPlusGestures has downloaded and select it.

Open BetterTouchTool's Preferences and select Import in the left sidebar.

You can use these gestures as is, or as a starting point for your own. Importing My Gesturesįor the purposes of this tutorial, I have provided my custom gestures for you to use. Providing BetterTouchTool with access to the Accessibility APIs.

Make sure that the checkbox next to BetterTouchTool is checked and then click the padlock again to save your changes.

You will be required to enter your password.

Select Accessibility from the sidebar and click on the padlock to enable you to edit your settings.

To provide it with access to them, navigate to the Privacy tab in the Security & Privacy preference pane in System Preferences.

BetterTouchTool uses Apple's accessibility APIs.

Move the BetterTouchTool application to your Applications folder and open it.

Navigate to the Downloads folder and unarchive BetterTouchTool.zip.

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Visit the BetterTouchTool download page and download the latest version.The action each gesture does can be assigned on an app by app basis so that swiping up with three fingers can do one thing in Safari and another in Adobe Photoshop.

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I'll be focussing, instead, on the free utility BetterTouchTool.īetterTouchTool allows you to assign predetermined actions and keyboard shortcuts to almost any gesture you can think to do on your trackpad. MagicPrefs is a great utility but it does not give you the depth of customisation that is necessary to really make use of custom trackpad gestures. In his tutorial, on setting up custom gestures, Jacob focuses on MagicPrefs. In the few gestures I will show you where the cursor position is important, the gesture is normally replacing a modifier key such as Command or Shift that you'd otherwise have to reach for. Custom trackpad gestures overcome this because the cursor position is, in most of them, unimportant they can be just as quick as keyboard shortcuts. The reason many power users dislike using trackpads to do things is that the cursor is slow to move around screen. Wouldn't it be great if you could have all the benefits of custom keyboard shortcuts without ever moving your hand from the trackpad? With custom gestures you can. Why would you take your hands off the keyboard, and reach for a trackpad, to do something when you could just do it with a quick keyboard shortcut?īut if your hand happens to already be on the trackpad, then you have to reach for the keyboard. Speeding Up Your Workflow With Custom Trackpad Gestures Why Custom GesturesĪs Josh says, in his tutorial on setting up custom keyboard shortcuts, most Mac users love to do things efficiently.