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Magic trackpad hangs on user switching

When I switch between user accounts (mostly back to my admin account) the trackpad often hangs. It sometimes recovers after a few minutes and other times requires a reboot. I have all the latest software updates and am using with 18 month old iMac. Any ideas?

iMac 3 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, Mac OS X (10.5.7)

Posted on Sep 6, 2010 1:31 AM

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Sep 5, 2012 5:54 AM in response to bripab007

I have found that Mountan Lion 10.8 seems to have largely fixed these problems for me. My wife and I have ceased worrying about whether iPhoto is left open or not on either of our profiles, and the problem has yet to rear its head.


The next step is to again try enabling "allow bluetooth devices to wake computer" to see if that's now fixed, too.

Oct 3, 2012 5:28 AM in response to bripab007

I'm having the same issue on Mountain Lion 10.8.2. I do not have iPhoto, for me simply clicking "Switch Account" from the lock screen causes the Magic Trackpad to stop tracking. I have plugged in another USB mouse so I can post this reply, the weird thing is if I click my Magic Trackpad, I can click just fine, so it isn't like the Trackpad lost connection, I just can't move the mouse cursor 😟 - This is very annoying and forces me to have to reboot every time this happens.


Any solution?

Magic trackpad hangs on user switching

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