My MacBook Air 15 inch touchpad keeps getting stuck in pressed position when clicking and dragging files around. then computed kinda just freezes and I gotta wait until touchpad pops back out so I can use it again. Any idea how I can fix it, I am already trying to apply the least amount of pressure to it. but it keeps happening from time to time.
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MacBook Air (M3, 2024)
I did forget to mention the possibility of a swollen battery. That would be extremely rare for a new laptop, but not impossible.
The Trackpads for the recent models have no physical movement. It is all simulated through the haptic nature of the trackpad to make it feel like a physical click and to simulate the clicking noise.
Try creating a new macOS user account. Log out of the current user & log into the new user account. Do you have the same issue with the Trackpad? If not, then it may be some sort of Trackpad configuration setting.
Try booting into Safe Mode to see how the Trackpad is working. If it works in Safe Mode, then it implies you have some third party software installed that is interfering with the normal operation of macOS.
I guess you can also try a DFU Firmware Revive which resets the security enclave chip and system firmware. This likely requires access to another Mac running macOS 15.x Sequoia.
More than likely you have some sort of hardware issue with the laptop. Have Apple or an Apple Authorized Service Provider examine the laptop.
In the mean time you can enable "Tap to Click" in the Trackpad System Settings or utilize an external mouse/trackpad.
I did forget to mention the possibility of a swollen battery. That would be extremely rare for a new laptop, but not impossible.
The Trackpads for the recent models have no physical movement. It is all simulated through the haptic nature of the trackpad to make it feel like a physical click and to simulate the clicking noise.
Try creating a new macOS user account. Log out of the current user & log into the new user account. Do you have the same issue with the Trackpad? If not, then it may be some sort of Trackpad configuration setting.
Try booting into Safe Mode to see how the Trackpad is working. If it works in Safe Mode, then it implies you have some third party software installed that is interfering with the normal operation of macOS.
I guess you can also try a DFU Firmware Revive which resets the security enclave chip and system firmware. This likely requires access to another Mac running macOS 15.x Sequoia.
More than likely you have some sort of hardware issue with the laptop. Have Apple or an Apple Authorized Service Provider examine the laptop.
In the mean time you can enable "Tap to Click" in the Trackpad System Settings or utilize an external mouse/trackpad.
I'm assuming you have a 2017 or earlier model? If so, then more than likely liquid residue & crumbs/debris are stuck along the edges & beneath the Trackpad. Unfortunately to clean it requires removing the Trackpad and cleaning the edges & underside of the Trackpad as well as the Trackpad bay in the Top Case Assembly.
If you have a 2018+ model, then there is no physical movement of the Trackpad which means you either have a bad Trackpad that needs to be replaced, or you may possibly have a software issue that is causing macOS not to behave properly.
I bought this MacBook in august this year. It is not even 6 months old
My MacBook Air 15 inch TouchPad keeps getting stuck
