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macrumors.com - 11/15/2008

Original MacBook Air Capable of 4 Finger Gestures Through Software Update

— macrumors.com — Hardmac points back to a post made in our own forums which details the experience of one... user enabling four finger gestures on his 1st generation MacBook Air. I can confirm the four finger gesture is possible on pre-October 2008 lapto... (more) Original MacBook Air Capable of 4 Finger Gestures ...

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Original MacBook Air Capable of 4 Finger Gestures Through Software Update
MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors — ... back to a post made in our own forums which details the experience of one user enabling four finger gestures on his 1st generation MacBook Air. I can confirm the four finger gesture is possible on pre-October 2008 laptops, and I currently have four finger Exposé and Application Switching working on my January 2008 MacBook Air. This method is very much a "hack" at this time and is certainly not recommended for the casual user, but does suggest that Apple could enable the four-finger gestures on early 2008 MacBook Pros and MacBook Airs through a simple software update. When ...

Four-finger gestures hacked into older MacBooks
Engadget — Filed under: LaptopsYou know good and well you were instantly jealous of the multi-finger gesture support announced for those minty fresh new Mac laptops, and if you're finally ready to ditch that envy you've been harboring and just get even, have a look. Without even resorting to gangsterism, users of pre-October 2008 Apple laptops can get the four-finger Exposé and Application Switching working -- all's that required is the install disc from a unibody MacBook, a little tweak of the registry and a pinch of patience. We can't say for sure how far back this hack will go (we're guessing your PowerBook G3 is out ...

Enable Four-Finger Gestures on Original MacBook Air with Dangerous Scary Hack [Apple]
Gizmodo — ... Macrumors forum member michaelb, in a fit of jealousy over his ladyfriend's new unibody MacBook, decided to try to trick his last-gen MacBook Air into recognizing four-finger gestures. He installed the updated 10.5.5 system from the new MacBook onto his Air, and then through some tricky manipulation of the kernel extension, managed to get the flashy four-finger gestures working. This is like the invention of sliced bread times infinity. ...