will magic pad work on windows 8

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will magic pad work on windows 8

i mean the fact the i can control my ios with 5 ,4,3,or even 2 fingers , will that be the same case on windows 8 if i am using bootcamp 5?

iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2011)

Posted on Mar 27, 2013 3:47 AM

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mende1

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Mar 27, 2013 3:49 AM in response to childhood

Welcome to the Apple Support Communities

What are you referring to with "magic pad"? If you are referring to the Magic Trackpad, Windows doesn't support gestures by default, but after installing the Boot Camp drivers that you can download from Boot Camp Assistant or the Apple website, the Magic Trackpad driver will be installed and you will be able to use some customizable gestures. Unfortunately, this driver doesn't support the Windows 8 natural gestures yet

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Mar 27, 2013 3:53 AM in response to mende1

okay yes i mean the magic trackpad , okay what will i have to do to make it work ,can i for example slide 2 fingers to switch between apps ,will it work like that ?

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mende1

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Mar 27, 2013 3:57 AM in response to childhood

The Magic Trackpad (and the portable Macs trackpads) doesn't support that type of gestures now. There's an application called Trackpad++ that adds those Windows 8 natural gestures, but it's not compatible with the Magic Trackpad yet. You have to wait for an update of this application

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Mar 27, 2013 4:01 AM in response to mende1

you are so helpful that you so much ^_^

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mende1

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Mar 27, 2013 4:02 AM in response to childhood

You are welcome

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