Control your Mac with Multi-Touch gestures
You can do a lot of things on your MacBook Air using simple gestures on the trackpad. Here are some of the most popular ones.
Click
Press down anywhere on the trackpad to click. Or, with Tap to Click enabled, simply tap the surface.
Secondary click (right click)
Click with two fingers to open shortcut menus. Or, with Tap to Click enabled, tap two fingers anywhere.
Brush two fingers along the trackpad to scroll in any
Swipe to navigate
Swipe with two fingers to flip through webpages, documents, and more.
Pinch to zoom
Zoom in and out of photos and webpages more precisely by pinching your thumb and finger.
Learn more
To learn more about gestures, choose System Preferences from the Apple menu and click Trackpad.