The vital linking component is an OS X driver, which takes the multitouch events signals (arriving at the MBP’s USB 2.0 port from the Dell S2240T’s upstream USB 2.0 port, via the USB cable included with the Dell S2240T) and serves them up to OS X in ways that make the touchscreen work as a multitouch monitor. So I’m posting here in the hope that other folk desiring 'A Multitouch Touchscreen Monitor for Apple Mac OS X’ in future may benefit from my discoveries, by finding this message during their own online research.Īll You Need Is Love OS X Driver Software
Indeed, I'm actually adding this User Tip Contribution from an on-screen touch keyboard on the touchscreen of my own Dell S2240T multitouch monitor, attached to a 2008 MacBook Pro running OS X 10.9.5 (video via DVI-to-HDMI cable, plus touch data via USB cable). …that I persisted in achieving my own OS X multitouch monitor goal. ' Multi-touch Mountain Lion’, by diffractive – video, 1’13".It was only thanks to fellow OS X end users vividly showing what can be done, such as. Online research and pre-sales email conversations with candidate touchscreen monitor OEMs highlighted a dispiriting fact: Apple’s official line – “Touchscreens: iOS = Yes, OS X = No!" – has had a generally chilling effect on said OEMs (whose touchscreen monitors are designed for Windows 8 computers), in that, when it comes to adding one of their touchscreen monitors to an Apple Mac OS X computer, they range from uninterested via dismissive to woefully ignorant. Having become familiar and comfortable with using a touchscreen to control phones (Android 4.4) and tablets (Windows 8.1 and Android 4.4), in 2015 I sought to bring a new lease of life to a retired 2008-vintage MacBook Pro by adding a multitouch monitor.
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