Mouse pointer jumping around screen/stuck

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Mouse pointer jumping around screen/stuck

I’m having a strange issue with my MacBook Pro, lately my mouse pointer has been hopping around my displays randomly (with no patterned cause I can tell) and now I’m having an issue with it consistently hopping to a single point making it behave like it’s stuck to that area. This happens wether or not I’m using an external mouse, I’ve tried unplugging the mouse and using the trackpad instead with the same issue.

I posted a video of this issue here: https://youtu.be/Or-Ic3hrXAk

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Mar 10, 2021 12:15 PM

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Answer 1

brbo

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Mar 10, 2021 4:14 PM in response to Noah_Hempel

Hi ... me again,

Just discovered that Apple support has an article on this issue :

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203171

Cheers

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brbo

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Mar 10, 2021 4:06 PM in response to Noah_Hempel

Hi Noah_Hempel,

Welcome to Apple Support Communities, where some of us do our best to help each other.

Thank you for posting, and for the link to the video (... good idea to make that available ... priceless communication!)

I'm wondering about the settings you might have, for the trackpad, and mouse, in System Preferences.

(Black Apple icon on the left of the top Menu bar > System Preferences > Trackpad > Point and click)

Does it help if you use the slider to slow down the tracking speed on the trackpad?

(Eg: I see my tracking speed is almost at the slowest setting.)

(and / or mouse settings)

All the best

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