display dialog "Select action to perform. Enabling or disabling Tap two click will take effect on the login screen only." buttons {"Enable Tap to click", "Disable Tap to click", "Cancel"} with title "Tap2Click"
if the button returned of the result is "Enable Tap to click" then
try
do shell script "sudo defaults write com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.trackpad Clicking -bool true" with administrator privileges
do shell script "sudo defaults -currentHost write NSGlobalDomain com.apple.mouse.tapBehavior -int 1" with administrator privileges
do shell script "sudo defaults write NSGlobalDomain com.apple.mouse.tapBehavior -int 1"
end try
display dialog "Tap to click has been enabled successfully. " buttons {"Log Out", "Later"} with title "Tap2Click" default button 2
if the button returned of the result is "Log Out" then
tell application "System Events" to log out
end if
else
try
do shell script "sudo defaults write com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.trackpad Clicking -bool false" with administrator privileges
do shell script "sudo defaults -currentHost write NSGlobalDomain com.apple.mouse.tapBehavior -int 0" with administrator privileges
do shell script "sudo defaults write NSGlobalDomain com.apple.mouse.tapBehavior -int 0"
end try
display dialog "Tap to click has been disabled successfully. Do you wish to Log Out now to test the current settings?" buttons {"Log Out", "Later"} with title "Tap2Click" default button 2
if the button returned of the result is "Log Out" then
tell application "System Events" to log out
end if
end if
Have you noticed that every time you power on your Mac you can’t tap to click on top of your user account photo on your login screen? This little script helps solve that very same problem by enabling the tap two click option instead of pressing to click.
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