About hand grabber in mac version

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PeiyiMusik
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Post by PeiyiMusik » Sun May 01, 2016 10:33 pm

Hello everyone

I've used the windows version for couple of years and now transferred to mac version.
In windows version you can click and drag the right mouse button as hand grabber tool, and that's pretty neat. But at the mac side you can only press the option and command in order to use the grabber tool quickly, I can't get used to it.
Is there any way to set the right mouse button to grabber tool as the windows version does?

Best
Peiyi


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Peter Thomsen
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Post by Peter Thomsen » Mon May 02, 2016 5:04 am

There is not much use for Finale’s Hand Grabber Tool in the Mac OS X version of Finale, since the dragging can be done without using the tool.

Go to
Apple menu > Preferences > Mouse
and take a look at the options.

By The Way:
Have you ever considered using a trackpad?
With a trackpad you can do everything you can do with a mouse.

With a mouse you have to move both the mouse and your hand.
But with a trackpad you only have to move your hand.
Mac OS X 12.6.9 (Monterey), Finale user since 1996

PeiyiMusik
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Post by PeiyiMusik » Mon May 02, 2016 8:01 am

hello peter

but I need the accuracy that mouse provides, I type a lot contemporary notations so it needs a lot of drawing things, trackpad is not easily to do.

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Peiyi

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Post by PeiyiMusik » Sat May 14, 2016 9:22 pm

It is a good idea I think and very practical for mac users, there's already much users requiring this feature. And until then nothing has been added to this action.
Then why not write it to the next version of finale?
Just an advise : )

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