Pointer jumpy on MPB (Leopard) after wake from sleep...

Obviously, the issue is widely known, but I think the best thing to do is to run through all the programs running when you get the cursor problem. I just ran into it for the first time today, and the only change was that I had Skype running (latest official build, not beta). Otherwise, I had Safari, Mail, Adium, Pages, iTunes, iCal, and Papers running. Hope this helps solve this annoying issue!. Oh, yeah, running 10.5.1 on a 2.2 SR 15.

Same issue here. 1 week old MacBook Pro 15". Happened to me twice and only a reboot would fix it. The only applications I had open each time were Adium, Terminal and Safari.

Hello all, I have the same issue. I found out something curious though. If you try and run a software update, the jumpiness seems to disappear for the duration of the software update check. Anyone else confirm this?

edit seems like this happens when a dialog box is active (for example, go into sharing, and click edit)

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On another thread someone mentioned turning airport off and I did. Sure enough the jumpy mouse stopped. Therefore I am guessing it's an airport issue which apple will fix. (Hopefully) if you don't mind try switching off your airports and confirm if the jumpy pointer stops. It will be helpful to others. Thanks

When the mouse is already jumpy (after waking up from sleep,) turning off Airport makes it work for about 3 seconds, then the mouse goes even crazier, moving super fast, or freezing completely. Again, the only resolution is to restart the Mac.

My workaround instead, for now, has been to make sure to turn off Airport BEFORE it goes to sleep.

That's exactly my situation. Has anyone set up a case with AppleCare that people can send their System Profiles in under? It seems many of those affected are Santa Rosa MBPs, so perhaps we can help them narrow this Airport (because I'm willing to bet it is) issue for a prompt update.

I think we should send this link to the popular Mac websites, so that word gets out. It's a pretty major bug with the latest operating system on the latest MacBook Pro. Basically removes the ease and comfort that "sleep" allows... since every time you use it, you've got to RESTART. This could be the most annoying (and nerve-wracking) Mac bug, ever.

C'mon, let's spread the word. Once it gets out, Apple will be forced to address it.

rumors are speaking of 10.5.2 being released at the MacWorld show.
The question is would it even fix the bugs/issues we are having.

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/12/06/brieflydell_at_best_buy_mac_pro_and_10_5_2_atmacworld.html

I have the same problem with a new macbook pro that I just bought two weeks ago. But I experienced that it occurs even after normal usage without any sleep mode etc.

In addition, turning off the Airport Wireless Card does not stop the cursor to jump randomly.

I am fixed from this problem. I removed all the islayer programs, the istat pro widget and the islayer menu meters, and now the trackpad stutter on wake is gone. It has been 4 days now and not one single re-occurance.

I'm 80 percent sure it has something to do with airport card. Because when I switch between wireless networks the problem happens and so does when waking from sleep, the airport is locating the network.

Same here - have not had this problem happen even once since removing the iStat pro widget a week or two ago...

(knocking on wood...)

Well, yeah, just to be clear, to other folks following along... this issue exists for people who have never installed any iStat stuff. This issue exists for people who are running a stock install of OS X 10.5.1 on a brand new MacBook Pro.

The other thing I did that helped was change the sleep state from 3 to 0. It writes the suspend to RAM instead of disk.

You lose the ability to change batteries while sleeping, but wake up is much faster and you get back like 2-4 GB of disk space.

open terminal and run this to tell what sleep mode you are in:

pmset -g | grep hibernatemode

This command will change you to mode 0:

sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 0

This command will reclaim your sleepimage and get back precious disk space:

sudo rm /var/vm/sleepimage

re-boot

I did have this problem and I did have iStat Pro. I uninstalled it about 10 days ago and since then I had the jumpy mouse problem just ONCE. I think there are other programs, besides iStat, that causes this problem.

Listing the popular software that you added to your barebone system may help.

I have the following:

Firefox
iWorks
iChat Widget
Timer Widget
Adobe Suit CS3
MacCaching
LoadMyTracks
Garmin Training Center
Cisco VPN Client
Handbrake
Mozy
Microsoft Remote Desktop
You Control Tunes
Transmission
Shimo
DivX Player and Codecs

I don't have Microsoft Office and I've never ran the Time Machine. So let's see what we all have in common.