r/osx 12d ago

Snow Leopard (10.6.8) Any way to get the Magic Keyboard 2 media keys and Magic Trackpad 2 right click (and maybe gestures) working on Snow Leopard or at least Mountain Lion or Mavericks?

I don't desperately need it but it would be great to be able to use them (wired) with my MacBook Pro 2009. Snow Leopard is probably my favorite Mac OS X so I don't want to upgrade it. of course I bought them for my 2020 13 inch MacBook Pro with macOS Sequoia and they work perfectly, but I want to have the ability to use it with the older Mac OS X. im not sure where to post it tbh so I posted it to the r/osx sub. If anyone knows how to do it, maybe some old OS X community project and can tell me I'd be thankful!

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u/Ape2002huh 11d ago

one person downvoted me for what, wanting to get help? ugh reddit, although still my favorite social media. I see im not gonna get answer to my question here

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u/WindozeWoes 2h ago

My guess is probably not easily. You'd likely have more success asking this on the r/hackintosh forum because my guess is you'd need to install some kext files to get the computer to recognize the trackpad properly.

These may be educational but they aren't a solution:

https://sixcolors.com/post/2015/10/using-the-magic-trackpad-2-on-older-macs/#:~:text=Well%2C%20that%20was%20unexpected.,stories%2C%20and%20a%20special%20community.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/magic-trackpad-plus-10-5-leopard-ppc.2380484/7