Is there any way to modify my Mac’s Trackpad system preference so I can further customize the Multi-Touch gestures for my own desires? In particular, I’d love to assign different keyboard shortcuts to different Multi-Touch gestures in different programs.

BetterTouchTool (donations requested, boastr.de) lets you create and modify about 100 Multi-Touch gestures for use with your MacBook’s trackpad, your Magic Mouse, or your Magic Trackpad. Even better, you can assign different Multi-Touch gestures to different functions in different programs for an almost infinite number of combinations.

BetterTouchTool magically transforms you into an inventor of your own Multi-Touch gestures.

After you install BetterTouchTool, you may want to assign a Multi-Touch gesture to a menu command that doesn’t already have a keyboard shortcut assigned to it. If so, you can use your Keyboard system preference (choose the Keyboard Shortcuts tab, then Application Shortcuts in the left margin) to assign a keyboard shortcut to any menu command of your choice.

To assign a Multi-Touch gesture to an entire series of commands, you can use BetterTouchTool in combination with a utility like Keyboard Maestro ($36, keyboardmaestro.com) or QuicKeys X ($60, startly.com).

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