Since upgrading to macOS Tahoe, my trackpad sometimes doesn’t respond correctly:
MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 26.0
_TaMee_ wrote:
• Since upgrading to macOS Tahoe, my trackpad sometimes doesn’t respond correctly:
Double-tap to select a word doesn’t always register.
• Two-finger tap for right-click occasionally doesn’t work.
• Other gestures can sometimes fail too, but only intermittently.
• Is anyone else experiencing this? Could it be a software bug, or is there a setting I should adjust?
MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 26.0
Is this an Intel or M-series mac it is unclear... 16" (?)
To be proactive you can file a bug report / submit your Apple Feedback here: Product Feedback - Apple
you can try easy enought to reinstall the macOS in an effort to resolve the issue:
How to reinstall macOS
Recovery (both M1/M2/M3/M4 and Intel) — How to reinstall macOS - Apple Support
To trouble shoot further you can:
—A SafeBoot Start up your Mac in safe mode - Apple Support will sort many anomalies
Does a quick disk repair before it fully boots up, and certain system caches get cleared and rebuilt, third party system modifications and system accelerations are disabled temporarily.
Login and test. Reboot as normal and test. Caches get rebuilt automatically.
This test will tell you if third party interference; most extensions etc are not loaded in safe boot mode.
—Test issue in another user (or guest user) account Change Users & Groups settings on Mac - Apple Support
This will tell you if it a universal issue or isolated to your user/admin account.
***wireless keyboard with rechargeable batteries— connect the charging cable, this will make the wired keyboard successful Safe Boot your Mac.
unplug all non-essential peripherals when testing
Uninstall all third party apps that are Cleaners/Optimizers/VPN/Anti-Virus
all known to cause issues on the macOS
I am also facing this issue in Macbook Pro, M1 Chip, 2020, mouse trackpad after recent OS upgrade.
1.After restarting it works fine but have issue after some time.
2.Trackpad works perfectly in safe mode
during trackpad issue , click button feedback response also feels not responding(that click sound), feels like jammed but works after restart and safe mode.
So for me this trackpad issue occur randomly after restart. cursor glitches and jumps. randomly auto click after glitches.
I’ll definitely look into this solution to see if it helps. Unfortunately, I didn’t make a backup of my previous OS before upgrading. I’m wondering — if I go to an Apple Store, could they help me or provide some kind of workaround?
Ideally, if I had the choice, I’d like to roll back to Sequoia. But is there any way to do that without losing my data or apps, considering I don’t have an iCloud or Time Machine backup?
Also, I tried to replicate same issue with my Apple Magic Mouse, it showed the same signs with its gestures as well as scrolling issue.
Trackpad gestures intermittently not working in macOS Tahoe
