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Real Multitouch for MacBooks

Thanks to the clever guys at MacRumors, the multitouch gestures known from the new MacBooks are now “available” to the MacBookAir as well as all the other MacBooks with semi-mulitouch. YAY!!!

So here goes how you do it:

  1. Backup your MacBook!
  2. Make sure you run Mac OS X 10.5.6.
  3. Download and unzip the modified kext file.
  4. Using the Finder, navigate to System/Library/Extensions and delete the file AppleUSBMultitouch.kext Backing the file up to another harddrive isn’t such a bad idea. :-)
  5. Put the downloaded and modified kext file into the folder you just deleted the one file out of.
  6. Open up Disk Utility and repair the disk permissions. This will take some time.
  7. Restart your Mac. Enjoy full multitouch!

Thanks to DjAmTraX for providing these great instructions.

I take no responsibility for the result of my above instructions whatsoever. Do it on your own risk. Be warned!

The New MacBooks are confirmed

The rumors on new MacBooks have been around quite a long time – and now, they are coming up again … and this time the rumors are right!

Though, before I get into the post of who confirmed what and why and when, go ahead and vote if this is rubbish or it is the naked truth:

The new MacBooks? Rumor or Truth? Vote it at Macvotes!

So let’s get it straight to the point; I am now confirming that there will be new MacBooks by January for 100%. There is nothing, well there is, that can proove me wrong – but they are coming.

De facto – everyone can say that. Nothing special about that – but yes there is a point!
I won’t go into to many details cause otherwise someone is going to get in trouble, and we do not want that.

So basically if you have a huge, a really huge company, and you want to make it all Mac, then you don’t go to an Apple Store and order some million Macs – no, you talk to an Apple Executive. They then advise you on all sorts of stuff and give you recommendations. That is kind of the way it went with this.

So there was the discussion about bringing a MacBook to every single person at this “business community” – as soon as possible. Then the Apple Executive said:

I’d suggest we wait until late January to order the new MacBooks… (BANG – he broke off)

Did he just say something wrong?

(By the way, I couldn’t remember exactly what the Apple Executive said, because it was just so shocking what came out of the Apple Executive’s mouth.)

The Apple Executive just confirmed that there will be new MacBooks by January.

Of course, the other people didn’t realize what just happened – but for a person who checks Macrumors and AppleInsider on a daily basis, it is a fact!

There you go – MacBooks in January. I think it’s to late, I want a new one right now. :-D

How the MacBooks will look and if they include the ultra-portable one – who knows! Rumors will continue.