MacBook Force Touch trackpad/Windows 10 in Boot Camp

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MacBook Force Touch trackpad/Windows 10 in Boot Camp

I've just installed Windows 10 Pro on a 2016 MacBook with the Force Touch trackpad. Trackpad settings in the Boot Camp control panel are for tap-to-click.

Nevertheless, I find that I have to actually depress the trackpad (not just tap it) to get a click.

Note that I'm not sure whether the new trackpad actually deflects or it's just a haptic doodad that generates the feel of a click, whatever, I have to press the trackpad much harder to get it to work than I do on e.g. my MacBook Pro (late 2013) running Boot Camp.

AFIK I used the latest version of Boot Camp to do the install.

MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, Early 2016), OS X El Capitan (10.11.5)

Posted on Jul 13, 2016 6:50 AM

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CreateUserNameIsBroken

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Jan 4, 2018 5:17 AM in response to dbs

"or can they?!"

I think time has answered that question.

The trackpad drivers for the Macbook Pros need reworking as does support for the USB C ports in Windows. Being able to unplug and plug in an monitor without rebooting would be nice, innovative feature, right?

Apple's focus is elsewhere. This makes me sad because as a Windows user I have to move back to Windows-only devices due to the poor Bootcamp drivers.

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judysings

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Jul 14, 2016 10:40 AM in response to dbs

Good Afternoon dbs,

I understand you are having issues with the Force Touch trackpad on your MacBook since installing Windows 10 Pro. The resource below explains how to change the sensitivity settings for the trackpad. Try adjusting these settings in El Capitan first. Once you have the trackpad working the way you want it on the Mac side, switch over to Windows and see if the settings remain intact.

Using a Force Touch trackpad

Cheers.

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dbs Author

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Jul 14, 2016 11:13 AM in response to judysings

Thanks for trying but I'm not sure you understood my issue:

The Trackpad works absolutely fine on the Mac side; it's on the Boot Camp side that it isn't working (I.e. Working the same as on the Mac side).

I set the Boot Camp trackpad settings to "tap to click" but that is NOT what is happening -- IMO it's still "click to click" I.e. I have to depress the trackpad until a "click" is discerned to get the expected behavior.

I'm wondering whether the Boot Camp driver is up-to-date for the NEW Force Trackpad?

Note that the Force trackpad works perfectly well when running Windows 10 using Fusion (in emulation, with Fusion driver).

It's only the Boot Camp driver that seems not to be working correctly.

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dbs Author

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Jul 14, 2016 11:37 AM in response to dbs

Just found an article in Apple Support here: If you don't see some Mac features when using Windows on your Mac - Apple Supportsaying that Force Trackpad "isn't designed to work in Windows".

I guess that's Apple saying "it's Windows so supporting Boot Camp is optional". Indeed, I see to recall that that ("we don't support it") has pretty much been the Company line toward Boot Camp from inception.

OTOH, "tap-to-click" isn't something that's unique to the new Force Trackpad -- it works just fine in Boot Camp using the old-style Trackpads.

I suppose Apple will, in the fullness of time, write a new driver for Boot Camp -- they can't very well switch all of their Mac hardware to Force Touch and leave the old Boot Camp driver (or can they?!).

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