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How do I turn off the hover select/click on Macbook Air-Monterey? I do not have the Mouse & Trackpad in my Preferences as other have said.

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.1

Posted on Feb 6, 2022 6:51 AM

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brbo

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Feb 6, 2022 10:42 PM in response to mcarl-1

Hi marl-1,

Welcome to the Apple Community

Re: How do I turn off the hover select/click on Macbook Air-Monterey?

Is this the feature: Try:

Apple menu > System Preferences, click Accessibility , then click Zoom > UnSelect Enable Hover Text.

Apple Support article:

Use Hover Text on Mac

https://support.apple.com/en-au/guide/mac-help/mchlb203bc78/12.0/mac/12.0

All the best :-)

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