Trackpad gets stuck on drag mode

Sometimes, my trackpad will randomly start trying to drag everything and it will only drag things. I usually need to restart my Mac to fix it. Logging out doesn't seem to do anything.

Macbook pro, Mac OS X (10.6.4), 13"

Posted on Aug 25, 2010 9:24 AM

41 replies

kjlbryan

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Aug 31, 2010 10:31 PM in response to Community User

I tried the solution of double tapping the track pad and that worked for me. I agree with all the others though, it is really frustrating and annoying!

Stacyyyy

Level 1

8 points

Aug 31, 2010 11:37 PM in response to Community User

omg! THANKYOU! yes i also have this problem, and the 2 finger tap works. omg you are like the bomb. its soooo annoying, they need to fix that problem.

Sep 6, 2010 6:44 PM in response to swei90

I am also experiencing this problem. It was happening before the last trackpad update though. My solution has been to connect my bluetooth mouse but that only solves the problem sometimes.

gingster

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Sep 9, 2010 12:21 PM in response to BenLehtovaara

This has been happening to me recently after installing the latest updates. I just hit the "escape" key each time, and that seems to work w/o needing to restart my system.

fstraat

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Sep 11, 2010 1:06 PM in response to jetsfan1457

same issue.

no solution for this yet?

first post on this was in 2007...

jetsfan1457 Author

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Sep 14, 2010 9:30 AM in response to norsean

I called Apple and they told me to turn off "tap to click" on the trackpad settings. That fixed the problem, but on the flip side I can no longer tap. Slight inconvenience, but problem's gone.

Sep 14, 2010 3:09 PM in response to YvilKittyInSpace

I turned off "One Finger Dragging" and have not had the problem since. It has been long enough that I am starting to feel confident I have found the solution to my problem.

Nov 4, 2010 7:03 AM in response to YvilKittyInSpace

Disabling drag lock also fixed my problem. I have not had an issue in over a month.

zero-out

Level 1

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Feb 6, 2012 9:11 AM in response to jetsfan1457

from MacRumors: "I shut off Bluetooth, and the problem IMMEDIATELY went away."

Yep. Only thing that worked for me. I can actually live with that.

Apr 28, 2012 11:56 AM in response to jetsfan1457

Hmmm just read detryo's response... perhaps that was my problem as well??? oops!

May 27, 2012 11:30 AM in response to jetsfan1457

Same problem and then I noticed connection lost and realized it was my blue tooth mouse in my bag! Check if you have a device that is messing up the click!

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Trackpad gets stuck on drag mode