I'm going to dig more in this, I wonder if there is a similar ackpad entry somewhere. If thats the reason, then that would be why some people report the terminal command works and others say it makes no difference. Why does this matter, you ask? Did anyones else notice that the Terminal command that was used to change the system default to having Tap to Click on seems to store the setting in an entry that references ackpad? The thing that I can think of primarily is that the MacBook Air's trackpad is built in and connected via USB, whereas the Mac Mini's trackpad is bluetooth. It worked fine on my Mac Mini 2012, but it didn't seem to work on my MacBook Air 2011.
Now I mentioned at the start I've had mixed results for this. Click on the padlock to authenticate in Directory Utility, and then go to edit on the menu bar, and click "Disable Root User"įor security's sake, make sure you disable the root user!.Log out, and go back into your normal user, and open up Directory Utility again.Enable tap to click through System Preferences.Type in "root" as your username and use the password you set up. At the login screen, you should have a "Other." option next to your users.Set up a password for the user, and then log out of your current user.In the menu bar, click edit and then click "Enable Root User".Click the lock again and reenter your credentials.Next to Network Account Server click Edit (or add, what ever comes up if you don't have a server already set up) and then click "Open Directory Utility".Click the lock and enter your admin credentials.Go to System Preferences (as an admin user) -> Users and Groups -> Login Options.
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