The laptop trackpad has come a long way since Apple Inc. pioneered it 14 years ago on the PowerBook 500 series as a replacement for the trackball found on earlier models. While almost anyone who has ...

The Apple MacBook Pro and the MacBook Air have a haptic trackpad that not only detects whether a click is being made, but also how hard the click is applied. Apple uses this function for gestures, for ...

The MacBook’s trackpad is one of the best you can get on any laptop, and Apple’s excellent gestures make it even better. You can swipe or tap with two or three fingers to nimbly jump around macOS, ...

Introduced last week, Apple’s new MacBook and 13-in. MacBook Pro range introduce a new trackpad feature called Force Touch. “The new trackpad features built-in force sensors that allow you to click ...

Laptops have shipped with various pointing devices over the decades. Built-in trackball mice were once quite popular, but there's also that weird rubber nub that's now a hallmark of Lenovo ThinkPad ...

Switching from Windows to Mac can take some time, particularly when familiar controls work differently. One function new Mac users may look for is right-click, since MacBook trackpads and Apple's ...