How can I stop trackpad from hurting/burning my fingertips?

so, you think people who discussed this in 2012 or 2013 made it up? so, you believe every experience or condition always affects everybody? i seem to see so many examples in the media of rare conditions all over the place, from the famous lou gehrig's decease to many more.

are you sure that's a sensible argument to make?

you really think conditions have to affect everybody to be "true?"

have you never seen special needs people in your life???

and how do you know they're "small?" i just happened upon this forum when i finally decided to google it after perhaps a year having the experience.

you might need to re-examine your logic a bit there, or perhaps think a little clearer before you post!!

These forums are a lightning rod for people with computer issues. When an issue is widespread, the forums are inundated with users posting "me, too" responses. That has not happened on this thread. As I said, a "comparatively small number of people who have posted on this thread". Apple sold 20 Million Macs last year, most had trackpads.

I am really sorry that I have been unable to answer your question with something you want to hear, such as a conspiracy.

What I have been trying to say to you is that some possible combination of physical, electromagnetic, chemical, heat, or receptive stress causes this problem for YOU. It may not be the same cause for the next guy with a complaint. You cannot leave yourself out of this equation -- whatever causes these issues does not seem to affect me, or tens of thousands of others.

You are extremely unlikely to find anything anywhere that says something like, "aha, it is clearly caused by gamma rays, and that is the problem."

When people all over the world have been thinking about this problems for as long as this thread has been open, In my opinion the most likely cause is that this may be a newer form of repetitive stress injury.

you're totally lost!!! now its a "conspiracy" that people have different experiences than you???

you're in the wrong conversation! if you've not experienced it, leave it for people who have done so!

just because you've not had it, you think the whole world lives or feels like you!!

now, you're talking about "conspiracies." so, just because its supposedly a "few" people, its a "conspiracy?"

and because people have different experiences than you've had, so they "want conspiracies?"

you're absolutely lost!!! find help, dude!!!

if you have nothing to add to the conversation, stop taking it in tangents.

please stop contributing about an experience you've not had if you have nothing constructive to add!!

let people who know it share it and try to resolve it!!!!

find some other platform to present your theories and rage against "conspiracies!"

i found this link online about this issue. the writer talks about the battery being in the area near or below the trackpad, radiation, and perhaps some substances covering the trackpad, but it seems to happen after a lot of usage.

it accurately describes my feeling even as i type this. my finger tips are like burning, its like i've even started using the other hand to give my right fingers a bit of rest, but even the left fingers have that feeling.

http://macosxbits.com/2015/04/burning-fingertips-caused-by-trackpad-in-macbook/

Some 'touch panel' sections of the upscale mouse start to affect fingers that way;

and I kinda liked the old vintage idea of a rollerball that sat in a holder to move via

the palm. The product was some third-party maker and seldom failed to function.

On the other hand, iOS devices tend to have underpowered touch electronics to me

because they often fail, so are either not working per touch, or misdirect my action...

My efforts with those products are only rewarded by use of stylus, or by no use at all.

Not sure about the latest products, as they're not in my budget to afford; so I hope

newer class of touch from Apple are superior to older tech problems noted here.

In any event...

Good luck & happy trails! 🙂

is the battery very hot too? It might be xferring the heat from the battery, which is directly under the trackpad. Also, MacBook's were never shipped with 10.3, which is the version of OS X listed in your profile. Do you have an older model notebook or is the o/s just not updated from a prior mac?

Thanks. I will have to try this. I might look a bit silly in cafes, but oh well! Thanks again.

If I may ask, kidquotes and far.out.at.sea, which particular models of MacBook are you using? If you don't know, you can find out by entering your serial number in the Search Tech Specs field on this page.

I have this same problem! Been using my MacBook Air for four months and now my fingertips hurt when using the trackpad - doesn't matter if it is plugged in or running off battery. It is a sensation I feel only when using the track pad. Almost feels like my fingerprints are getting rubbed off! 😀

I love using the trackpad and don't want to have to resort to using gloves or a mouse.

Just wondering if the trackpad needs to be cleaned and what should be used to clean it.

Hey! Sorry for the late reply. I meant to get on here much ealier. I have a macbook air 11 inch. Is that what you mean?

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Whether the mac is new or old, clean or dirty, it will make my fingers burn. I used laptops before my mac and they didn't make my fingers burn. My ibook didn't make my fingers burn, only the macbook. Either I developed the intolerance or what they put in the track pads changed. My new air is the worst out of all of them. I should have played around with it more before buying it. I have already been through two mouses because I have to lug them around everywhere with me. It's annoying, but.....I can't think of anything else to do.

I hope you guys are stil active on this, I have been extensively researching this since January. I believe it is an allergy to the nickel or another substance used to coat the aluminum alloy on apple products. Right now I am typing on my iPad mini and the back is slightly burning the tips of my fingers. Apparently the allergy develops after prolonged exposure to the metal mixing with small amounts of sweat.

If you use other apple products like iPhone etc, after your fingers hurt from your comp, try holding the unprotected edge of your iPhone and you will start to feel the burn.

I started using a mouse at work, but my company gave me an apple mouse that has the aluminum on the underside, haha' but it is still better than the trackpad.

I also ordered some "protective" layers for the palm rests and trackpad. Just the protection is for me rather than the computer it was intended for.

Can anybody confirm my iPhone hypothesis?

Thanks :)

Thank you HB315!

I figured it had to be an allergy.

I remember way back when I was just starting out in the business world and the Selectric typewriter keys gave me a weird rash - supposedly and allergy.

I'll try the protective layer thing and the trick with my iPhone too and let you know how it goes.

Thanks again for your extensive research!