Trackpad setup toggle script

😕 Summary

• Applescript to quickly toggle my custom trackpad settings on/off.
• Prevents frustration in others who use my machine.

🐭 My trackpad setup

• Correct scrolling. (Default is backwards.)
• Three Finger Drag. (Default is off.)
• Four finger up swipe for Mission Control. (Default is 3; can't coexist with three finger drag.)

❓ Why?

• Drag: On my first mac, my trackpad's button broke. To click anything, I had to enable tap-to-click. To move anything, I had to enable three finger drag. Out of necessity I saw the light: these settings are more efficient.
• Scroll direction: In 2011 Apple released OS X Lion, flipping the default direction of two finger scroll. I've been using macs since before 2011. (Is there a hipster emoji?)

To install

• Pull repo
• Open the Applescript with Script Editor
• Read "Gotchas" section. ❗ Required. ❗
• Click run or press command r
• Bonus:
  • Export the Applescript as an Application. (Script Editor -> File -> Export...)
  • Then, either put the Application in your dock, or memorize whatever you name it, so you can spotlight-run it quickly.

❗ Gotchas

• You must authorize control of your computer.

Won't run properly in Applescript Editor

• System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Accessibility -> Add 'Script Editor' to 'Allow the apps below to control your computer.

Exported Application won't run properly.

• System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Accessibility -> Add '[Exported App]' to 'Allow the apps below to control your computer.'

↕️ I only want to toggle scroll direction.

• No problem!
  • Pull this repo
  • Open the Applescript with Script Editor
  • Find the following line: set userWantsToToggleThreeFingerDrag to true
  • Change true to false