Magic Trackpad "no trackpad found"

chalk me up to having the same exact problem. I'm unable to pair. Still looking for a solution before returning.

Have any other software managing your input devices? I have USB Overdrive and am having the same problem. Tried un-enabling USB Overdrive control over the Trackpad as per the site, but no dice - still "no trackpad found", no new pref pane, etc. (I'm paired, but no software properly recognizes the Trackpad outside of the BT menu extra.)

This is coincidentally the first and only time I've ever had a problem like this with an Apple BT peripheral. Frankly, I really do NOT want to go about uninstalling USB Overdrive… grumble

I had this same problem, but with the trackpad preferences panel up, I went to the Bluetooth menu and chose "Browse Device". Suddenly the Trackpad pref panel leapt to life.

I am having the same problem, with a twist.

Like you, on the Trackpad preference pain, I see an endless "Searching" message, and also "No trackpad found". On the other hand, the Magic Trackpad is connected and present on the Bluetooth menu. I can point with it, and click, but multitouch does not work at all.

I've restarted, reset parameter RAM, reinstalled the new preference pane. No change.

Very frustrating.

OK, I finally got it working by deleting every cache, using one of the many utilities around that do this (I use Snow Leopard Cache Cleaner from Northern Softworks.) Then, when I rebooted, I used I went to "Set up Bluetooth Device" on the Bluetooth menu, rather than trying the Trackpad menu again. The trackpad connected and paired properly, and everything works now.

Back on the Trackpad menu, however, it's still "No trackpad found", but that doesn't seem to make any difference. It's working nonetheless.

I just went through this. I had to uninstall USB Overdrive. Just disabling it wasn't enough, I had to remove it and reboot. Then it worked perfectly.

Same here - an uninstall of USB Overdrive did the trick. Make sure to export your settings before uninstalling - for the life of me I couldn't find where Overdrive stored 'em!

Similar issue. Rebooted Mac (not sure if needed or not), removed batteries from trackpad, waited 5 sec, replaced them, and then pairing worked.

Hope this helps.

-Ed

To be clear, those of you who've reported that the trackpad is now working have full functionality? I've tried everything listed on this board and am able to successfully pair but not able to use any of the gestures beyond a single click.

Thanks for any forthcoming clarifications.

I have full functionality after uninstalling USB Overdrive and rebooting, yes.

Before that, the trackpad paired, and I could point and click just as with a mouse, but nothing else and no new preferences appeared.

It sounds like you are where I was -- pointing and clicking enabled, but nothing else, right? (You said nothing about pointing, but I'm assuming that you can do that, or you'd have nothing to click.)

I did leave one step out of my description of what I did. Needless to say, I don't know which of these steps mattered. But I also deleted my paired trackpad from the list of paired bluetooth equipment on the Bluetooth preference pane (using the minus button at the bottom of the list).

So try doing that, then flush all caches, reboot, and re-pair using the Bluetooth menu or preference pane, not the Trackpad. You'll at least be duplicating what I did, and perhaps you'll have the success I had as well.

Same here, paired, but only got a generic trackpad preference. After uninstalling USB Overdrive, works great.

Finally had success, there was an old USBOverdrive extension in my system folder. Once that was deleted the trackpad works great.

thanks!

Yes, it's worth noting that just removing the USB Overdrive preference pane won't remove the kernel driver. The preference pane actually includes an "uninstall" button that will completely remove it from the system. If you don't do that then you'll have to go and find the system extension and delete it (and then reboot!).