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Loose touchpad makes annoying clicking noises

I have problem from the day I purchased my macbook air.
It is on the left hand side of the trackpad button. It sounds like a "Tick" noise! Sounds like something mechanically is loose in it.
It is very annoying.
(Just Touching the button, not executing it! makes the noise)

MacBook Air MC504LL/A, Mac OS X (10.6.4)

Posted on Jan 27, 2011 12:21 AM

49 replies

mfennell

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6 points

Dec 21, 2015 9:24 AM in response to Jason Anthony

Thanks a million. Fixed the problem staring away. Has been diving me slowly mad for some time. Thanks again.

iamwaffy

Level 1

0 points

Mar 6, 2016 5:57 PM in response to Marcus Hedenstrom

Find a sheet of paper. Press the trackpad down into the clicking position, exposing a gap between it and the top case. Then simply insert the corner of the sheet of paper and pull it along the bottom edge of the trackpad once or twice. Done!

This quick fix also worked for me. The trackpad on my early-2013 rMBP just started doing this in the bottom-right corner today and became immediately annoying. One piece of paper later and the 'loose clicking' noise is gone. Thanks!

EmirK

Level 1

4 points

Mar 17, 2016 1:46 AM in response to Saitej

Thanks you just solved my problem. I simply put some post-its under my mbp and the clicking noise went away.

EmirK

Level 1

4 points

Mar 17, 2016 1:50 AM in response to Marcus Hedenstrom

Wow, this worked as well. The noise is gone for now. I wonder if dust was causing a short of some sort.

Loose touchpad makes annoying clicking noises