Hi all,
I upgraded my 2021 16-inch MBP last night to MacOS 13, Ventura. I immediately lost almost all haptic feedback from the trackpad. It works about once every 20 clicks. Other than that the trackpad is functioning normally.
I checked the trackpad settings and nothing looked incorrect. I even unset and then reset settings to see if that would help.
Suggestions?
MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 13.0
First, try resetting the NVRAM - Reset NVRAM on your Mac - Apple Support
Then, try restarting in Safe Mode to see if the issue persists.
2021 14" MBP, M1 Pro with 16Gb ram. Took me all morning trying to fix the haptic feedback, and then I found this post.
Did the safe boot, and as soon as I did that the haptic feedback started working again. Restarted into normal mode and it's been fine for the last few hours.
Booting into safe mode fixed my issue. Trackpad started working almost immediately.
Hi, I have got the same issue on my MacBook Air 2018 Retina when haptic feedback stopped working after Ventura update. Apple Support refuse to believe there is some bug in update however I found a video on Youtube when a guy suggested to heat up touchpad and let it cool down.
I just bought a heat gun, set on a maximum heat option, turned off Mac, started heating up touchpad for about 2 min - 2cm above continuously moving it and never let it stay on the same place.
After I turned on Mac it didn't work, then I let it cool down and its start working again. I don't know how this helped but it works.
But remember you take risk and responsibility on yourself doing this. Try to put Mac at least on a tiles, not carpet, wood or other flammable surfaces.
I had the same issue upgrading to macOS Ventura 13.1 from macOS Monterey 12.6.2. Trackpad works fine but has no haptic feedback, completely silent. The only fix was to go back to macOS Monterey. Very annoying.
I had to open a support case. We removed all startup items and rebooted into safe mode. That did not help. The support rep collected logs which apparently showed some errors related to the track pad. Rebooted and put everything back to normal and the trackpad started to work.
Hi,
I was able to have back the haptics after i cool it down.
I Shutdown the Macbook pro.
I Put ice on the trakpad with an ice block until melted while off.
Bee carefull to pick all water that is melting with a napkin.
Then i started back and voila was Haptics working again.
I din't need to heatup just colldown.
I hope it helps.
I normally use an Apple Magic Trackpad 2 rather than the built-in trackpad, so can't remember exactly how the latter normally feels. But the Apple Magic Trackpad 2 has certainly lost its "click" since upgrading to Ventua (and I'm not getting anything from the built-in trackpad either).
Have tried resetting NVRAM and booting into safe mode (as advised in this thread) as well as deleting preferences, resetting preferences, and turning the extrenal trackpad off and on again (as suggested for similar issues resulting from previous macOS upgrades). But, so far, nothing has helped.
Thank you for posting this. After a particularly cold night (and an inadvertently open window), my Magic Trackpad 2 stopped providing haptic feedback. I tried all of the usual steps (unpairing the trackpad, rebooting computer, etc.), and haptic feedback wasn't working on both my Mac and Windows computer. I didn't have a heat gun, but I used a hair dryer and followed your advice. Haptic feedback now works. Lifesaver!
I have the same issue, getting into safe mode is not working. Mine is mba m1
What is your unit?
MBP M1 Max
Good to hear. There must be either a bug or common denominator with our computer. I run Parallels which is the only thing I can think of that could interact directly with hardware.
No haptic feedback after Ventura upgrade
