Toggle off trackpad shortcut?

[Mike Outram]

Wondering if there's an Alfred shortcut to toggle off the trackpad on my Macbook when I'm typing?

At the moment I'm plugging in a mouse and it's set up to disable the trackpad when it's plugged in.

Would be ace to use a shortcut though

[Alan He]

 AppleScript can do it.

 

I create a workflow by AppleScript.

 

https://github.com/alanhg/alfred-workflows/tree/master/mac-enhancer

 

Toggle your trackpad on/off

 

you can add a customize shortcut instead of keyword

 

[Mike Outram]

Hey thanks, Alan. This doesn't work for me at the moment though. Not sure why, but in case I'm missing something: I'm on Alfred 4, MacBook Pro 2017 touchbar. I get this notification in Alfred re the apple script:

 

 

[Alan He]

what's the notification?

 

 My workflow run fine on my mac 

 

MacOS is  catalina

 

1 hour ago, Mike Outram said:

Hey thanks, Alan. This doesn't work for me at the moment though. Not sure why, but in case I'm missing something: I'm on Alfred 4, MacBook Pro 2017 touchbar. I get this notification in Alfred re the apple script:

 

 

 

[Mike Outram]

I meant the text in the image: "For background app scripts..."

 

I'm on Catalina too. 

[deanishe]

7 minutes ago, Mike Outram said:

"For background app scripts..."

 

That means, basically, "Don't use Run NSAppleScript". It behaves weirdly, and it locks up Alfred until the script finishes.

 

Unless your script just doesn't work properly in a Run Script action, you should never use "Run NSAppleScript".

[Alan He]

My concern is whether you have confirmed that trackpad is turned off or turned on, that is, whether it works. If it does not work, you should always prompt questions, for example, you can debug this workflow

 

deanishe's advice is good,I will use run script instead of run NSAppleScript. but I think it's not cause of mike's problem

 

 

 

Edited June 22, 2020 by Alan He