Trackpad for my IMac

Greetings mpitts,

Thanks for posting to the Apple Support Communities. I see that you aren’t able to resize pages with your trackpad. It doesn’t respond when tapped. Also it looks like the scrolling is reversed to how you are used to it. I will be happy to help.

Take a look at this article: OS X El Capitan: Change the way your trackpad works

Your profile says you have El Capitan. This article will still be applicable if you have a different version. You will want to check out the tap to click, and the scroll direction settings.

1. Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Trackpad.

2. Select point and click options (depending on the Mac you’re using, you’ll see only some of these options):

   
   

   Look up & data detectors: Select this option to quickly look up a word or do quick tasks with certain types of data, such as dates and addresses, then choose “Force click with one finger,” or “Tap with three fingers.”

   
   

   Tap to click: If you select this option, tapping the trackpad with one finger is the same as clicking.

   
   

   Secondary click: Select the option, then choose “Click with two fingers,” “Click in bottom right corner,” or “Click in bottom left corner” to secondary (or Control) click items on your screen.

   
   

   Look up: Select this option so you can use three fingers to double-tap a word to look it up in the dictionary.

   
   

   Three finger drag: Select this option so you can use three fingers to drag an item on your screen.

   • Tracking Speed: Drag the slider to set the tracking speed of the pointer when you move it across the screen.

   • Silent clicking: Select this option to turn off the clicking sound on a Force Touch trackpad.

   
   

   Force click and haptic feedback: On a Force Touch trackpad, force click an item to take action. (To force click, press firmly until you feel a deeper click.) For example, force click a file in the Finder to show it in a Quick Look window. With the checkbox selected, you also feel tactile feedback when aligning objects in some apps, like Preview.

3. Select scroll and zoom options (depending on the Mac you’re using, you see only some of these options):

   
   

   Scroll direction: natural: Select this option to move the contents of a window the same direction as your fingers.

   
   

   Zoom in or out: Select this option to pinch two fingers closed to zoom in, or pinch two fingers open to zoom out.

   
   

   Smart zoom: Select this option to double-tap with two fingers to zoom in or out.

   
   

   Rotate: Select this option to use two fingers to rotate items on your screen.

Let us know if this helps.

Take care.