I'm coming from the MS Windows laptop. I noticed that I have to actually press the track pad (I'm not sure if that's what it's called) and simulate clicking. In the MS Windows side, I can lightly tap the track pad area and it would be a click. Is there a setting on the Mac OS X Lion or Macbook Air that would allow me to do this instead of hard pressing the trackpad for a click?
MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
Look in System Preferences > Trackpad > Point & Click tab > check "Tap to click"
Look in System Preferences > Trackpad > Point & Click tab > check "Tap to click"
Thanks for the help, that worked. However, as I turned it on, I now realized why I was having so much problem with the MS Windows laptop trackpad; thus, they provided a way to turn off the trackpad. I realized that the problem was, if I was typing on the keyboard and my hand accidentally touch the trackpad, it moves my cursor to somewhere else and that's why in the MS Windows laptop they have a turned off trackpad button/feature. I see why this feature was turned off by default in Mac OS.
One possible solution would be to buy an external Magic Trackpad. If one is present then an option appears to turn off the built in trackpad.
The option is in System Preferences > Universal Access > Mouse & Trackpad tab > Trackpad options.. button > check Ignore built-in trackpad when mouse or wireless trackpad is present.
Light tap the track pad to simulate clicking
