While typing cursor skips, to another place on the page midstream, resulting in text input in the wrong places, or highlighting passages which are deleted as I continue to type unawares.

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While typing cursor skips, to another place on the page midstream, resulting in text input in the wrong places, or highlighting passages which are deleted as I continue to type unawares.

Do you know of a solution for this persistent issue (which I have experienced for ages with two MacBook Pro laptops of different vintages and operating systems)?

I do not know that it is limited to use of the Pages program, though it certainly happens frequently with Pages and is exceedingly problematic.

MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 12.7

Posted on May 23, 2024 8:44 PM

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Answer 1

BDAqua

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May 24, 2024 12:48 AM in response to littlegreenapples

Have you run Disk Utility's Disk First Aid on all connected drives?

In Disk Utility>View, select Show all Devices, highlight the top left entry.

Run Disk First Aid on all items in the left panel, from top down.

Are you running any VPN, Anti-Virus, or Cleaning apps?

We need to see what all is running, a report from this will not display any personal info...

Using EtreCheck - Apple Community

EtreCheck is a FREE simple little diagnostic tool to display the important details of your system configuration and allow you to copy that information to the Clipboard. It is meant to be used with Apple Support Communities to help people help you with your Mac. It will not display any personal info.

https://www.etrecheck.com/

Thanks for Old Toad’s etrecheck instructions…

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