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Real Multitouch for MacBooks

Published on December 28, 2008 in MacBookAir, Macbook and Tricks. 18 Comments Tags: , .

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!