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M1 MacBook Air - freezing cursor and stuck track pad

Is anyone else having this issue?


Writing this for anyone else experiencing the same problem.


M1 MacBook Air cursor randomly freezing.


During the freeze the trackpad often feels like it is being permanently clicked/pressed.

Sometimes the mouse moves a tiny bit with large gestures and sometimes not.

I have seen the cursor move on its own as well.

Sometimes when clicked, the cursor will randomly jump across the screen.

Sometimes it comes back to life on it's own, but sometimes it's the same after a hard restart.

Done a factory reset and the issue remains.

Also happens in safe mode.


Suspect it's a hardware fault. Returning to Apple for replacement.

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.1

Posted on Jan 21, 2021 12:56 PM

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M1 MacBook Air - freezing cursor and stuck track pad

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