If your MacBook trackpad is broken! It can be repaired! How to use it during repair? Don't worry, today I will teach you how to turn a keyboard into a mouse! In this way, we won't delay our use. If you are interested, let's take a look!
Although the MacBook's trackpad is very durable, with the introduction of Force Touch and Taptice Engine functions and specifications, the chance of damage is getting higher and higher. If your MacBook trackpad is broken, before taking it for repair, I will tell you how to use the keyboard as a mouse. Interested friends can refer to it!
How to turn on the Mac virtual mouse
To use the keyboard as a mouse, you need to turn on the built-in "virtual mouse" function of the Mac. There are two ways to turn it on. The first is to press Option+Command+F5 (Touch ID for MacBook with Touch Bar can be opened three times) "Accessibility options", check "Enable simulated mouse", you can use this function.
To use the "Virtual Mouse" more quickly, open the "Accessibility" of the System Preferences, click "Options..." to the right of the simulated mouse, and check "Press the Option key five times to switch the "Simulated Mouse"". You can switch the "simulated mouse" function by pressing the Option key 5 times. Before use, please note that after turning on the "simulated mouse", some buttons will be replaced. If the user wants to type, he must turn off the simulated mouse before entering text.
How to use Mac virtual mouse
After enabling the simulated mouse, you can press the buttons of the keyboard to move the mouse. If the keyboard has number keys, use the 7, 8, 9, 4, 6, 1, 2, and 3 keys on the number keyboard. If your keyboard does not have number keys, macOS provides 7, 8, 9, U, O, J, K, L buttons, these two groups of buttons also represent 8 upper left, upper, upper right, left, right, lower left, lower and lower right. If you click the mouse button, please press numeric keyboard 5 or ordinary keyboard I, if you hold down the mouse button, please press numeric keyboard 0 or ordinary keyboard M, if you want to release the mouse button, please press numeric keyboard "." (period) or ordinary keyboard "."(period).
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