The difference are as shown in terms of how the driver handles you multi touch gestures and the corresponding events. Pick and choose the type of version you’d like to use, I’m using Trackpad++ Ver.

During the installation your Mac will restart couple times, this is normal.ģ.

If you do see this, just choose “Install this driver software anyway”. Download and install Trackpad++ Driver and Control Module, it is recommended to turn UAC off.ĭuring the install you might run into prompt from Windows security, since this driver is self signed. Download and install latest PowerPlan Assistant (required)Ģ. It will not work, this driver only works for build-in trackpads on MacBook Pro/Air.ġ. Note: before we start the installation process, if you have a wireless Trackpad, stop. It allows you to use two, three and four finger gestures to perform tap, drag, scroll, show/hide windows and many Windows 8 specific gesture events. According to the developer, this is the first and the only driver out there for Apple Multi-touch Trackpad on Windows 7 and Windows 8. It’s Trackpad++ ,device driver for Apple’s Multi Gesture trackpad. TrackPad Have a Native Driver for Windows 8 and Windows 7 This way you will benefit the same multi-touch gesture from the trackpad in Windows environment. This was primary the biggest issue I’ve faced before when running Windows 8 on a Mac, hence the conclusion was that installing as BootCamp but using the BootCamp partition to run as a virtual Machine. It’s still very sluggish, no use of multi-gesture what’s so ever. I was very excited about the new version of BootCamp, but unfortunately Apple did not fix the issue with its trackpad.

Windows 8 works, with some sluggish trackpad issues and some other device issues depending on what kind of Mac you have. The thing is, you can install Windows 8 with previous version of BootCamp by pointing to install as Windows 7 using Windows 7’s drive. At least Apple claims that they have support for Windows 8. Last week, Apple finally released a new version of BootCamp, BootCamp 5, which now added support for Windows 8.

Windows 7 on macbook pro display issue