How to disable Trackpad on a Mac

With Windows computers, to disable Touchpad we can use shortcuts. However, on a Mac if you want to disable Trackpad, you must adjust the settings on the device.

To be able to turn off the Touchpad on a Windows computer, we can use a variety of ways, the simplest of which is to use the shortcut that the Network Administrator has ever instructed you to read in Summary of some ways to turn off Touchpad on Laptop. We just need to choose the correct Touchpad key for each model.

However, for Macs to disable Trackpad, we cannot use F1-F12 keyboards like on Windows computers. Users have to adjust the settings on the computer to completely disable Trackpad on the Mac.

Step 1:

First, go to the System Preferences section on your computer, then look below and click Accessibility .

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Step 2:

In the Accessibility interface, on the leftmost menu we find the Mouse & Trackpad section . Keep looking at the interface on the right, choose to Ignore built-in trackpad when mouse or wireless trackpad is present . When you click on this option, you can disable Trackpad when you have a mouse connection or with a wireless Trackpad.

Finally, we just need to turn off System Preferences on the computer and then connect the mouse to the computer to use.

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Disabling Trackpad on a Mac will sometimes make it easier and more convenient to manipulate, limiting the status of the cursor being moved when you accidentally touch Trackpad. If you are having trouble with Trackpad on a Mac, you can disable it according to the tutorial above.