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I just bought a Thinkpad tablet 2 bluetooth keyboard to use with a MacBook. The thing I found difficult was that I'm not able to scroll like trackpad anymore. I have to click the scroll bar on the right. I read that press and hold middle button and use trackpoint to scroll, but it does not work.

I tried usboverdrive, choose Middle button - Move to scroll, it does not work.

How can I use trackpoint to scroll on a MacBook?

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  • It's usually a 2-finger drag to scroll on a trackpad, with nothing 3rd party interfering. – Tetsujin Apr 18 '20 at 15:07
  • yes I'm talking about using a bluetooth keyboard, which has a trackpoint as a mouse. The keyboard does not have a trackpad. – Thinkvantagedu Apr 18 '20 at 15:10
  • a trackpoint? Is that one of those rubbery dots in the middle of the letters? I've never used one. i thought you meant a trackpad. if the keyboard has no scroll-wheel equivalent, maybe there's some further hint in the manual. – Tetsujin Apr 18 '20 at 15:19
  • Yeah you are right, the rubber dots usually in a Thinkpad laptop. I have a bluetooth keyboard identical to that. internet says hold middle button and use trackpoint equals to 2 finger scroll, but it does not work on mine. – Thinkvantagedu Apr 18 '20 at 15:27
  • The Mac probably has no clue what it's looking at – Tetsujin Apr 18 '20 at 15:32
  • No idea how PC is able to identify middle button + trackpoint as scroll natively, but trackpoint is great when you don't want to move your hand away from keyboard when typing – Thinkvantagedu Apr 18 '20 at 17:20

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Well, the problem is 80% solved with an app called Smart scroll, where you can use Grab scroll. A bit different but much better than dragging the bar.

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