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Turn OFF/ON Mac Synaptic Trackpad in Linux Mint 19.3

If you are annoyed by the accidental touch on the MacBook (Pro) Touchpad and want to turn it off here is what you can do:
Create 2 launchers on your desktop which when double clicked turns the Trackpad ON or OFF.
Here are the commands:
First you need to make sure the following package is installed:

apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-hwe-18.4

Launchers on the desktop can be created with the right-click menu o the desktop.
Commands in the launchers:
Turn it ON: synclient TouchpadOff=0
Turn it OFF: synclient TouchpadOff=1

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