Apple Magic Trackpad - Advanced configuration setup

Creation date: 3/4/2022 11:44 AM    Updated: 3/4/2022 11:48 AM   apple bluetooth install guide touchpad trackpad windows 10

Apple Magic Trackpad Installation
Tim Farmer (tim.farmer@hatchstamping.com)
T:\IT\IT Documentation\Apple\InstallAppleMagicTrackpad.txt
4 March 2022

1) Charge your Apple Trackpad and pair it with Bluetooth on Windows 10.

2) Open a PowerShell terminal in Administrative mode.

3) Install a software integration package called 'Chocolatey'. Additional permissions may be required. Run the following PowerShell command:
Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://community.chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))

4) Check if chocolatey is installed by running the following PowerShell command:
choco -?

5) Reboot if instructed.

6)Install 'Mac Precision Trackpad' software with Chocolatey by running the following PowerShell command:
choco install mac-precision-touchpad

7) Your Apple Trackpad should function. Navigate to touchpad settings to customize functionality.

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