Silent Clicking option M1 MacBook Pro

[rapidxc]

Hi everyone,
I have a M1 MBA and I want to upgrade to the pro. The bright display is really important for me and so is the fan. I have one question- Does your m1 MacBook pro have a "silent clicking" option in the settings like my MacBook air?

And for those of you who have owned both devices- how does the trackpad on both feel like? I've heard people saying that the pro trackpad feels hollow. Is this true? Does it sound hollow due to the thicker body and the larger slab of glass?

 

[ksloth]

Hi everyone,
I have a M1 MBA and I want to upgrade to the pro. The bright display is really important for me and so is the fan. I have one question- Does your m1 MacBook pro have a "silent clicking" option in the settings like my MacBook air?
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And for those of you who have owned both devices- how does the trackpad on both feel like? I've heard people saying that the pro trackpad feels hollow. Is this true? Does it sound hollow due to the thicker body and the larger slab of glass?

I do not see any option for silent clicking on my M1 Pro.

 

[Clausewitz]

Me neither

 

[Apple_Robert]

That is very strange that it doesn't appear on the MBP for those in the thread. It seems to me that that is a standard option that is available on previous MBP models.

 

[ksloth]

It is indeed very weird. Why on earth wouldn't the pro have the same option?

 

[CheesePuff]

There seems to be a lot of inconsistency over the years of the silent clicking being an option on the MBA and 13"/15"/16" MBP's. I never figured out which devices does/should have it or not.

 

[rapidxc]

It is indeed very weird. Why on earth wouldn't the pro have the same option?

I think it's because of the way that the trackpad is positioned. If you look at the teardown of the macbook air m1, the taptic engine is centered on the trackpad. On the pro, the engine is moved to the bottom. Another interesting thing here is that the sizes of both motors are the same, but the pro has a larger glass surface. This is why the air feels sharp whereas the pro feels hollow. And, I think the silent clicking option has nothing to do with the speakers itself, the click sound can be created by the taptic engine itself. On the air, there is more space since it's in the center, but the pro has no space in the bottom. Maybe this is why there is discrepancy in both models. (Just a guess)

 

[0906742]

Hi everyone,
I have a M1 MBA and I want to upgrade to the pro. The bright display is really important for me

Do you actually run your MBA at 100% brightness setting and find it dim? If so, then MBP is better choice, it also has higher contrast ratio.

And for those of you who have owned both devices- how does the trackpad on both feel like? I've heard people saying that the pro trackpad feels hollow. Is this true? Does it sound hollow due to the thicker body and the larger slab of glass?

Yes, MBP trackpad has hollow loud clicking sound, MBA is much more pleasing and solid. Not sure what causes the difference (probably chassis structure where MBA is much more "tighter" packed) but it is very noticeable IMHO and I never like how my MBP sounded and felt like. Also keyboard has similar thing but some people actually prefer "clickier" MBP keyboard but I appreciate more silent clicks.

 

[ksloth]

I think it's because of the way that the trackpad is positioned. If you look at the teardown of the macbook air m1, the taptic engine is centered on the trackpad. On the pro, the engine is moved to the bottom. Another interesting thing here is that the sizes of both motors are the same, but the pro has a larger glass surface. This is why the air feels sharp whereas the pro feels hollow. And, I think the silent clicking option has nothing to do with the speakers itself, the click sound can be created by the taptic engine itself. On the air, there is more space since it's in the center, but the pro has no space in the bottom. Maybe this is why there is discrepancy in both models. (Just a guess)

This actually makes a lot of sense. Interesting!

 

[xraydoc]

For what it's worth, the silent click option on my M1 MBA is only barely different from the non-silent click. It's really hard to tell the difference.

 

[spiderman0616]

For what it's worth, the silent click option on my M1 MBA is only barely different from the non-silent click. It's really hard to tell the difference.

Yep--it's such a small difference that the option is pointless.

 

[darngooddesign]

I had both for a couple of days and really didn't notice much difference because I had tap-to-click enabled so both were equally silent for me.

 

[0906742]

I had both for a couple of days and really didn't notice much difference because I had tap-to-click enabled so both were equally silent for me.

Obviously there would not be much any difference if not using haptic click at all...

 

[theSeb]

I had both for a couple of days and really didn't notice much difference because I had tap-to-click enabled so both were equally silent for me.

I am shocked to find out that not everybody uses tap to click.

 

[jdb8167]

I am shocked to find out that not everybody uses tap to click.

I use it when my MacBook Air is in clamshell mode and I'm using an external Magic Trackpad & Keyboard but I can't stand using tap to click when using the MacBook's keyboard. Inevitably I will brush against the trackpad and move my cursor or select a block of text and delete it etc. I had hopes that the palm rejection on Big Sur would fix this but no luck. It still happens constantly.

 

[spiderman0616]

I use it when my MacBook Air is in clamshell mode and I'm using an external Magic Trackpad & Keyboard but I can't stand using tap to click when using the MacBook's keyboard. Inevitably I will brush against the trackpad and move my cursor or select a block of text and delete it etc. I had hopes that the palm rejection on Big Sur would fix this but no luck. It still happens constantly.

Yep--this is the exact reason I hate tap to click as well.

 

[DeanL]

Hi everyone,
I have a M1 MBA and I want to upgrade to the pro. The bright display is really important for me and so is the fan. I have one question- Does your m1 MacBook pro have a "silent clicking" option in the settings like my MacBook air?
View attachment 1739281
And for those of you who have owned both devices- how does the trackpad on both feel like? I've heard people saying that the pro trackpad feels hollow. Is this true? Does it sound hollow due to the thicker body and the larger slab of glass?

Let me guess: when you got your MBA, you used Time Machine to bring your data from your previous Mac?
When I did from my old Pro to the M1 Pro, the option appeared but wasn't doing anything (because it's not meant to be there). When I did a clean install, the option disappeared.

 

[applefan19]

I am shocked to find out that not everybody uses tap to click.

When I was looking at MacBooks to upgrade from my 2012 this year, I couldn’t figure out why the trackpad wasn’t working when tapped. Didn’t remember it was a setting, let alone not default. 😂

 

[robfoll]

I love my MBP bright screen for working outdoors

 

[wsmwk]

I have found a keyboard cover helps some.