Q: Trackpad malfunctioning
Yesterday my cursor became very erratic, jumping around on the screen, not responding properly to the trackpad, zooming and shifting pages all the time. I was using Safari at the time.
Today I have read earlier queries here, and followed what advice was in them - The one attempted fix which seemed briefly to do some good was resetting the PRAM. But as soon as I opened Safari the cursor again became as erratic as before.
I've changed the battery (had a new battery on hand for this model MacBookPro 7.1, 2010) and removed and thoroughly cleaned the trackpad. After reassembly the cursor seemed to behave much better; but then I opened Safari, and again the problem reoccurred.
At the moment I'm using a mouse to control the cursor.
So I am wondering if this problem may be related to Safari, and what else I can try?
OSX Version 10.9.5, Safari 7.0.6 - We have 8 Apple laptops in our home, but this is the old one I use...
MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)
Posted on Sep 16, 2015 9:10 AM