您的 Mac 触控板(Your Mac trackpad)不仅仅是标准鼠标的替代品。它实际上远不止于此。甚至还有一个单独的面板供您在机器上配置触控板。您可以使用触控板在应用程序之间切换、获取有关文件的更多信息以及打开Launchpad以访问您的应用程序等。
学习这些 Mac 触控板手势(learn these Mac trackpad gestures)是个好主意，这样您就可以毫不费力地充分利用您的设备。这些手势中的大多数都是可自定义的，因此如果您不喜欢它们默认的工作方式，您可以更改它们。
如何自定义 Mac 触控板手势(How To Customize Mac Trackpad Gestures)
自定义Mac触控板手势相当容易。那里提供了替代选项，您可以将当前手势更改为。
- 单击(Click)屏幕左上角的Apple标志，然后选择(Apple)System Preferences。
- 在随后的屏幕上单击触控板以查看您的触控板设置。(Trackpad)
- 您现在在顶部有三个选项卡，可让您访问各种触控板手势。
- 要更改手势，请单击手势下方的向下箭头图标并选择一个选项。
有哪些不同的 Mac 触控板手势？(What Are The Different Mac Trackpad Gestures?)
您可以在Mac上的触控板上使用许多手势。它们分为三类，如下所示。
指向 & 点击(Point & Click)
此类别包含最常用和标准的手势，例如单击和右键单击操作。
查找和数据检测器(Lookup & data detectors)
这使您可以快速找到有关文件的标准详细信息。您可以在Finder(Finder)中选择一个文件，然后用三个手指点击以查看有关它的信息。这是无法自定义的手势之一，使用三个手指是执行它的唯一方法。
二次点击(Secondary click)
那些来自 Windows PC(coming from Windows PCs)的人喜欢称之为右键单击，这正是它的本质。它使您可以右键单击某个项目以调出上下文菜单。您可以通过用两根手指点击文件来执行右键单击。
点按即可(Tap to click)
点击(Tap)单击是指在您想要选择文件或文件夹时单击。您只需点击一个项目一次，它就会被选中。同样(Again)，这是您无法自定义的手势之一，但您实际上并不需要这样做，因为它已经很容易了。
滚动和缩放手势(Scroll & Zoom Gestures)
如果您一直使用箭头键和放大图标来滚动和缩放您的项目，则不再需要使用这些手势。
滚动方向：自然(Scroll direction: Natural)
只要您保持启用此手势，您就可以在Mac上自然滚动。您无法自定义它，但您可以禁用它，这会改变您滚动页面(how you scroll pages)的方式。当它被禁用时，您的滚动会反转。
放大或缩小(Zoom in or out)
您已经习惯了这种手势，因为它在大多数智能手机和平板电脑上都使用过。您可以用两根手指捏合，它会放大所选对象。同样，您可以捏开并缩小屏幕。您无法自定义它，但您可以根据需要启用和禁用它。
智能变焦(Smart zoom)
智能(Smart)缩放可让您放大和缩小，但无需捏合。要放大对象，请将光标放在对象上方，然后用两根手指在触控板上双击。要缩小，请在触控板上点击两根手指，它会恢复正常。
旋转(Rotate)
此手势可能不适用于所有应用程序，但它在内置的预览(Preview)应用程序中运行良好。您可以在“预览(Preview)”中打开图像或PDF ，然后用两根手指旋转它们，就像在旋转真实对象一样。您会发现您的图像或PDF会按照您手指的方向旋转。
其他手势(Other Gestures)
这些手势可帮助您在各种 macOS 功能之间快速导航。
在页面之间滑动(Swipe Between Pages)
这是一个非常有用的手势，因为它可以让您在浏览器的页面之间快速来回切换。您可以用两根手指向左滑动以返回一页，用两根手指向右滑动以向前一页。您也可以自定义它以使用三个手指。
在全屏应用之间滑动(Swipe Between Full-Screen Apps)
这是您在Mac(Mac)上可以拥有的最高效的手势。通过用三个手指向左或向右滑动，您可以在Mac(Mac)上打开的全屏应用程序之间切换。您可以使用它快速从浏览器转到桌面，等等。您也可以自定义它。
通知中心(Notification Center)
Mac通知中心包含重要通知和天气信息。此处的手势可让您通过用两根手指从触控板的右边缘向左滑动来快速显示它。用两根手指向右滑动将关闭Mac通知中心。
任务控制(Mission Control)
此手势可让您通过在触控板上用三个手指向上滑动来打开Mission Control。然后，您可以快速从一个应用程序转到另一个应用程序。这是一个可自定义的手势，您可以根据需要将其更改为使用四根手指。
应用程序公开(App Expose)
某些应用程序（例如Finder）可以同时打开多个窗口。要在单个屏幕上查看它们，您可以用三指向下滚动以触发App Expose。它使您可以在屏幕上并排查看应用程序的所有打开窗口。您可以自定义它以使用四个手指。
发射台(Launchpad)
Launchpad是Mac上最常用的工具之一，这种手势使启动它变得非常容易。只需(Just)用拇指和三个手指捏合，即可调用Launchpad 。手势无法自定义，所以除了习惯它别无他法。
显示桌面(Show Desktop)
有时您想快速进入桌面，这个手势可以帮助您做到这一点。只需(Simply)使用拇指和三根手指将它们分开即可查看您的桌面。这需要一些学习，但你最终会习惯的。您无法自定义此手势。
您是否使用手势来访问某些 macOS 功能？你最喜欢的是什么？请在下面的评论中告诉我们。
17 Mac Trackpad Gestures and How To Customize Them
Your Mac trackpad isn’t just a replacement for the standard mouse. It’s actually much more than that. There’s even a separate panel for you to configure the trackpad on your machine. You can use the trackpad to switch between apps, get more information about a file, and open Launchpad to access your apps, among other things.
It’s a good idea to learn these Mac trackpad gestures so you can get the most out of your device with much less effort. Most of these gestures are customizable, so if you don’t like the way they work by default, you can change them.
How To Customize Mac Trackpad Gestures
Customizing the Mac trackpad gestures is fairly easy. There are alternate options provided in there that you can change the current gestures to.
- Click on the Apple logo at the top-left corner of your screen and choose System Preferences.
- Click on Trackpad on the screen that follows to view your trackpad settings.
- You now have three tabs at the top letting you access various trackpad gestures.
- To change a gesture, click on the down arrow icon beneath the gesture and select an option.
What Are The Different Mac Trackpad Gestures?
There are many gestures that you can use from the trackpad on your Mac. They’re divided into three categories as shown below.
Point & Click
This category contains the most used and standard gestures such as single-click and right-click actions.
Lookup & data detectors
This lets you quickly find the standard details about a file. You can select a file in the Finder and tap with three fingers to view information about it. It’s one of the gestures that can’t be customized and using three fingers is the only way to perform it.
Secondary click
Those of you coming from Windows PCs would like to call it right-click and that’s exactly what it is. It lets you right-click on an item to bring up the context menu. You can perform right-click by tapping on a file with two fingers.
Tap to click
Tap to click refers to single-click which you do when you want to select a file or a folder. You need to tap on an item just once and it gets selected. Again, this is one of the gestures you can’t customize, but you won’t actually need to do it as it’s already very easy.
Scroll & Zoom Gestures
If you’ve been using arrow keys and magnifying icons to scroll and zoom on your items, you no longer need to do it with these gestures.
Scroll direction: Natural
For as long as you keep this gesture-enabled, you’ll have natural scrolling on your Mac. You can’t customize it but you can disable it which changes how you scroll pages. When it’s disabled, your scroll gets reversed.
Zoom in or out
You’re used to this gesture as it’s used on most smartphones and tablets. You can pinch in with two fingers and it zooms in on the selected object. Similarly, you can pinch out and it zooms your screen out. You can’t customize it but you can enable and disable it if you wish.
Smart zoom
Smart zoom lets you zoom in and out but without requiring you to pinch in. To zoom in on an object, bring your cursor over it and double-tap on the trackpad with two fingers. To zoom out, tap two fingers on your trackpad and it’ll go back to normal.
Rotate
This gesture may not work in all apps but it works perfectly fine in the built-in Preview app. You can open an image or a PDF in Preview and rotate them with two fingers as if you’re rotating a real object. You’ll find your image or PDF rotates in the direction of your fingers.
Other Gestures
These are some of the gestures to help you quickly navigate between various macOS features.
Swipe Between Pages
This is an extremely useful gesture as it lets you quickly go back and forth between pages in your browser. You can swipe left using two fingers to go back a page and swipe right with two fingers to go forward a page. You can customize it to use three fingers as well.
Swipe Between Full-Screen Apps
This one’s the most productive gesture you can have on your Mac. By swiping to the left or right with three fingers, you can switch between the full-screen apps open on your Mac. You can use it to quickly go from your browser to your desktop, and so on. You can customize it as well.
Notification Center
The Mac notification center contains important notifications and weather information. The gesture here lets you quickly reveal it by swiping to the left from the right edge of the trackpad with two fingers. Swiping to the right with two fingers will close the Mac notification center.
Mission Control
This gesture lets you open Mission Control by swiping up with three fingers on your trackpad. You can then quickly go from one app to another. It’s a customizable gesture and you can change it to use four fingers if you want.
App Expose
Some apps like Finder can have multiple windows open at the same time. To view them all on a single screen, you can scroll down with three fingers to trigger App Expose. It lets you view all the open windows of an app side by side on your screen. You can customize it to use four fingers.
Launchpad
Launchpad is one of the most used tools on a Mac and this gesture makes it extremely easy to launch it. Just pinch in using your thumb and three fingers and Launchpad will be invoked. The gesture can’t be customized so there’s no other way but to get used to it.
Show Desktop
Sometimes you want to quickly get to your desktop and this gesture helps you do it. Simply use your thumb and three fingers and spread them apart to view your desktop. It’s going to take a bit of learning but you’ll eventually get used to it. You can’t customize this gesture.
Do you use gestures to access some of the macOS features? What’s your favorite one? Let us know in the comments below.
