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Q: After Sierra Update:Trackpad Not Disabling with Magic Mouse Connected

Hello,

 

 

after i updated to macOS Sierra on my MacBook Pro the Trackpad is Not Disabling with Magic Mouse Connected.

 

 

Device: MacBook Pro Retina 15-inch (Late 2014) on macOS Sierra.

Since updating, I've noticed that my built-in trackpad stays enabled with my Magic Mouse connected after the login window.

In System Preferences -> Accessibility -> Mouse & Trackpad, I do have "Ignore built-in trackpad when mouse or wireless trackpad is present". If I toggle it off and back on again, the setting will hold.

However, once I lock the device (username on top right -> Login Window...) and log back in, the trackpad works. You have to toggle the setting every time.

Is this a macOS Sierra bug (can't seem to find anything about it) or am I missing something? I'm aware that the trackpad is re-enabled at the login window but before it would disable itself after logging back in.

MacBook Pro with Retina display, macOS Sierra (10.12), 2014

Posted on Oct 1, 2016 7:42 AM

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Q: After Sierra Update:Trackpad Not Disabling with Magic Mouse Connected

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  • by medrep,

    medrep medrep Oct 2, 2016 1:18 PM in response to werner-theo69
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    Oct 2, 2016 1:18 PM in response to werner-theo69

    I'm not using Magic Mouse, but I wired USB mouse and am having the same issue since installing Sierra.

     

    I have the box checked, but I have to go in and uncheck it then recheck it.

     

    I have to use a mouse all the time because my trackpad goes haywire and I have not been able to find a fix for it. It moves on its own and opens stuff on its own.

  • by seventy one,

    seventy one seventy one Oct 2, 2016 1:35 PM in response to medrep
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    Oct 2, 2016 1:35 PM in response to medrep

    You need Magic mouse 2 and or magic trackpad 2 for El Capitan and Sierra.   They were designed for these OS's.    I have yet to read of any other mouse having the drivers to work fully with these OS's, though I have been away for a month so I could have missed something.

  • by werner-theo69,

    werner-theo69 werner-theo69 Oct 2, 2016 1:52 PM in response to seventy one
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    Oct 2, 2016 1:52 PM in response to seventy one

    Hey seventy one, that has nothing to do with the problem, the software does not remember that i a would like to switch of the onboard trackpad if a mouse is connected. Please read the question before commenting ;-)

  • by werner-theo69,

    werner-theo69 werner-theo69 Oct 2, 2016 1:51 PM in response to medrep
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    Oct 2, 2016 1:51 PM in response to medrep

    its really annoying, you found a solution yet, except recheck the box. Somebody told me to reinstall sierra...

  • by seventy one,

    seventy one seventy one Oct 3, 2016 1:11 AM in response to werner-theo69
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    Oct 3, 2016 1:11 AM in response to werner-theo69

    Yes, guilty.   I was looking at your additional information.   I, too, like to have both connected and like you, find the 'ignore mouse' option very helpful.   But I am avoiding Sierra for the first few weeks so as to allow others to find the bugs and then do the updates.   The 'reinstall Sierra' may help and if you go this route, do come back and tell us the result.