Sidecar and Universal Control features that allows the iPad to become a second screen for your Mac, while also bringing some touch-controls to the party.
IPadOS on a Mac, but the simple addition to being able to navigate websites by tapping on links and stories rather than using a cursor has obvious benefits. Touch can be an excellent augmentation to an interface, rather than replacing the existing one.
Surface Pro 7, which restored a primarily mouse and keyboard approach, but with the inclusion of touch when you need it.Īnd that’s the important factor.
Microsoft learned quickly from the car crash of Windows 8, implementing design changes in version 8.1 and finally getting it right with Windows 10 and beautiful devices like the While this may all have been true at the time, subsequent developments call this wisdom into question today.įirst of all, Windows got a lot better. It gives great demo, but after a short period of time you start to fatigue, and after an extended period of time, your arm wants to fall off.” Why Apple should add touchscreen to Macs and MacBooks Touch surfaces don’t want to be vertical. This disdain for touch goes back even to Steve Jobs himself, who stated in a press conference in 2010 that “We’ve done tons of user testing on this… and it turns out it doesn’t work. Since then there has been a general chorus of agreement from the Apple hierarchy, with Craig Federighi (senior vice president of Software Engineering and Best Hair in Tech winner 5 years in a row) telling Wired: “We really feel that the ergonomics of using a Mac are that your hands are rested on a surface, and that lifting your arm up to poke a screen is a pretty fatiguing thing to do…” Phil Schiller (senior vice president Worldwide Marketing) added: “We think of the whole platform… If we were to do Multi-Touch on the screen of the notebook, that wouldn’t be enough – then the desktop wouldn’t work that way.” While Jony Ive (former Chief Design Officer), in typically minimalist style, commented to Cnet that the feature “wasn’t particularly useful”.
Many users complained of the phone-like experience on their massive desktop screens, and Tim Cook explained the perils of technology convergence by giving the aforementioned kitchen utility example.
In this case the driver is located on the desktop, but the file name and location might be different.When Microsoft released Windows 8 in 2012, its primary focus on the touch-interface was something of a disaster. Step 1: Go to location were you have downloaded the CTOUCH driver UPDD_xx_xx_xxx.dmg. Note: Do not connect the USB and HDMI cables between Mac Device and CTOUCH display. If you don't have such an account, please contact your system administrator. Under the account which will be used for installation, you should see "admin". If you are not sure what type is your account you can check in System Preferences - Users & Groups. Section 1: Installation of the driver and applicationĪs mentioned in the requirements, the installation of driver and application requires an admin account due to multiple layers of security and features that need to be enabled. Section 2: Enable the touch functionality based on your setup. Section 1: Installation of the driver and applications
IMPORTANT In case you experience malfunction under Monterey 12.3 or higher, please read this article first: Updated driver for MacOS 12.3 or higher This document contains two sections, and it is advisable to follow them up them in consecutive order.
Mac device (MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, iMac, Mac Mini and M1 types) with the following macOS versions: Yosemite, El Capitan, Sierra, High Sierra, Mojave, Catalina, Big Sur and Monterey.Īdministrator account on the Mac OS device.ĭownload the latest version of CTOUCH driver for MacOS version UPDD_06_00_735 forMacOS12xx).
USB(A or C) to USB-B (*C also available on Riva model) cable is required to send the touch signal from CTOUCH display to Mac device.ĬTOUCH display: Laser Air Plus, Laser Nova, Laser Sky, Leddura 2Meet/ 2Share, Leddura MX and Riva. HDMI/ (USB C alt mode)Display Port Cable is required to transmit the video signal from Mac device to your CTOUCH display