macbook promacostrackpad
Can I completely disable the haptic feedback from my 2015 MacBook Pro with Retina's trackpad?
I want to click without any kind of vibration/feedback.
Ideally it should feel like (as I imagine it would were this disabled) pressing onto a solid bit of metal. I.e. the case surrounding the trackpad.
Thankfully, you can still disable the trackpad in OS X Lion.
Open System Preferences, click on Universal Access, select Mouse & Trackpad and click on Trackpad Options... at the bottom. Tick the checkbox "Ignore built-in trackpad when mouse or wireless trackpad is present".
I do not know of any way to disable the physical clicking of a Trackpad. The OS X trackpad preferences can be found here, or by going to System Preferences -> Trackpad. If the Trackpad is constantly telling the OS to click, then there is little you can do to get around this. Trackpad replacements are $69, I believe, at the Genius Bar.
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I have a 12" Macbook (2015) and a Macbook Pro (2017), both running MacOS 10.13.6. The 12" gives me the option for "Silent Clicking" in Trackpad Preferences. The MBP, however, does not give me this option (and I wish it did). So, while it does seem to be capable of being switched off, there does seem to be some hardware-specific aspect to it. Silent mode is nice... wish they all did it.