If you are making use of an external mouse or a trackpad, and want to disable the trackpad on your Macbook Air/Pro model laptop, then you can follow the below steps.
- Click on the Apple Logo on the macOS Menu bar.
- Select System Settings... (System Preferences if using macOS earlier to Ventura or earlier)
- Now click on Accessibility for the sidebar.
- Select Pointer Control under Motor.
- Enable: "Ignore built-in trackpad when mouse or wireless trackpad is present"
- Close Settings window.
Now when you make use of the trackpad, you will see that it will not work.
This is not an AI-generated article but is demonstrated by a human on an M1 Mac running macOS Sonoma 14.0.
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