Scripting Help Needed

[Scott Nelson]

Hi All,
I’m running QLab 5 on a MacBook Air running Sonoma, and I’ve been trying to write a script that will automatically turn off the touchpad’s tap to click function. The reason is I have had a couple accidents! And while I try to remember to do this every time, I occasionally forget..

I can get the System Settings app open and the correct tab, but I can’t get it to slide the button off.

Any help would be very greatly appreciated!!

With kind regards,

Scott

[micpool]

do shell script "defaults write com.apple.AppleMultitouchTrackpad Clicking -bool false"

delay 1

do shell script "System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/SystemAdministration.framework/Resources/activateSettings -u"

[Scott Nelson]

Thank you Micpool.

An elegant solution!  But unfortunately it didn't work for me...

I also tried after adding "with administrator privileges" to each line.  Same thing.

Any ideas?

Thanks again!!

Scott

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[micpool]

It all depends on what you mean by not working!

It doesn't change the switch in system settings/trackpad/tap to click but...

It should stop tap to click happening; at least, it does on my system.

Mic

[Scott Nelson]

Dear Micpool,

Ah, ok!  You're right, I was only looking at the slider, sorry.

I also noticed that the scrolling had gotten reversed...  (I'm old school!)  Is that due to your script or is that something else I'm missing?

Thank you again!!

Kind regards,

Scott

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[micpool]

On Thursday, June 6, 2024 at 1:35:50 PM UTC+1 scott wrote:

I also noticed that the scrolling had gotten reversed...  (I'm old school!)  Is that due to your script or is that something else I'm missing?

No the natural scroll setting isn't affected by the script I posted 

It's here

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