Comments on: Scott Kelby’s Review: Apple’s New MacBook Pro (Somebody Get My Gun!)

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:05:49 +0000

The trackpad’s uncontrollable zoom is driving me crazy and I am really, really tired of pressing Command-0 while surfing the web.

Perhaps this is just a devious ploy by Apple to sell more of the wireless Might Mouse?

By: Andrée

Andrée — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:50:52 +0000

In this case Scott, you are the cause.

It’s multitouch. You can’t just put an additional finger on the pad that you’re not using.

I imagine people with years of experience using normal small (bad) trackpads have habits that run deep in the cortex.

I started fresh and have never had any issues. These new trackpads are heaven on earth. Give them the credit they deserve.

By: Joseph Skelly

Joseph Skelly — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 11:04:35 +0000

Thankfully, Adobe has released a patch to fix this, dated 2/25. See knowledge base article kb408468:
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb408468

By: Jon Innes

Jon Innes — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 19:19:33 +0000

you are absolutely correct this is a major issue. Had they done any usability testing at Adobe or Apple they would have caught this.

I can work with a mouse or tablet at the office, but Photoshop on my shiney new macbook is useless without those input devices. Sad, a highly capable graphics laptop whose arrogant designers failed to actually think about how users will use it.

By: Randall

Randall — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 23:20:41 +0000

Something that is esp annoying is that you can’t undo a rotation in at least Adobe apps. God forbid you’ve done a heavy edit on an image and then accidently rotate it. I don’t think the trackpad moves show in the history function.

And what is that compass thing [ which usually the harbinger that it's about to some crazy zoom you don't want ]?

By: Julie Strothman

Julie Strothman — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:47:40 +0000

Thank you for your post! I’ve had my mbp for a week and was sure I was just missing a setting. It’s driving me crazy in photoshop. (Though it’s caused me to learn about 20 keyboard shortcuts I hadn’t made the effort to learn.)
“Just use a mouse or tablet” is not sufficient as a solution. I am way too mobile with my machine to always be using a mouse. This is a FAIL and I, too, hope there’s a solution soon.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:44:58 +0000

I love the trackpad and the gestures, but have the exact problem you do with the resting thumb and the random zooms. Wish I could turn off zoom and only zoom.

By: Lukas

Lukas — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 12:35:48 +0000

Never wanted to use a trackpad in Adobe software, Allways had a wacom bamboo and dissabled the trackpad as soon as a mouse or other pointing device is present.

By: DJ NEFF

DJ NEFF — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:39:35 +0000

Its glad to know Scott shares my pain. I have so many nice things to say about my macbook pro, so many. Yet it seems to be the smaller things, the “man i just wish this was fixed stuff” that would just put me over the edge into completely drinking the Kool-aid. The screen was just about a deal breaker for me, i miss my firewire 400 port and I am itching for someone to make my trackpad do exactly what i want it to, but i have to admit when i hold it, and use it, it feels better that the previous generation

All the amazingly intuitive features are making my life easier 90 percent of the time. Its just funny sometimes how important or at least how much i notice that small 10 percent that doesn’t work or act as amazingly beautiful as the other 90. And as the saying goes, i must accept the things i cannot change, i just hope apple doesn’t feel the same way. I hope they realize how important their relentless attention to detail will not only continue to inch this technology closer to ultimate perfection, but raise the bar so high for individuals such as myself and for them, to which no matter how utterly awesome my MBP is, i will always want more. I just hope one day I actually get it. First though, I agree with Sir Kelby, lock my background on Photoshop and I’ll be satiated for now.

By: David

David — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:30:28 +0000

I recently ordered a Macbook Pro 15″, but don’t have it yet. I’ve never used a laptop for long periods of time before (never owned one), so hopefully I’ll be able to correct the leaving of my thumb on there soon, but I also am getting a wireless mouse, which will help.

If/when Apple fixes this problem, A) will they give it to people that want it free of charge, B) only include it in the Macbook Pros shipped after they fixed it, or C) will they ship with new MBP, but also charge money for an update for people who already have it???

Thanks

By: Sara

Sara — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:10:39 +0000

I have had exactly the same experience in regards to the track pad and photoshop with zoom and rotation. Thought it was just me, but glad to know it isn’t. Ended up buying a new wireless mouse to solve the problem.
Love the new “view” choices but miss the multi-page contactsheet feature in CS4.

By: Eliam Puente

Eliam Puente — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:39:56 +0000

I don’t have the Pro but I just got a MacBook and YES the new trackpad is a bit annoying. I’m use to holding down the button and dragging with my index finger but now ti acts weird when I do that. It stalls the drag a lot because it thinks my thumb wants to do something else. I just need to get use to it. That is why I bought a wireless mighty mouse the very same day.