Yes, they are good batteries.
Yes, they are the same type.
Yes, they've been installed correctly.
Yes, I know where the on/off button is.
When I push it, nothing happens: no light, no nothin'.
Thanks goodness I still have my Magic Mouse.
Any ideas?
Magic Trackpad-OTHER, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
If you could not turn on your Magic TrackPad, if you're press the power button on the peripheral, but it doesn't light: one of the reasons is a faulty contacts. Open the battery module. Remove the batteries. Take a long screwdriver and put a bit of cotton on its end. Wet the cotton by the medicine alcohol. The carefully move the end of the screwdriver with the cotton into the battery module and carefully clean the remote side of the module (you can see the metallic contact there). Then carefully clean the screwing cover of the module. Wait about 10-15 minutes until the medicine alcohol evaporates. Then put the batteries back, screw the cover and try tu turn on your Magic TrackPad by its power button.
Warning! Don't use a huge peace of cotton and much medicine alcohol, you must clean by it, not wash in ;) Don't hurry up after the cleaning: wait until the medicine alcohol evaporates, only then you can insert batteries. Don't use drinks like whiskey, they have components that will not evaporate and the device will be broken. Use only clean medicine alcohol.
P.S. If you can't repair the TrackPad, maybe its hardware is damaged.
After reading this I gave mine a little shake too and it worked again. Thanks for the hint. Very odd solution but glad you posted it!
ditto the aluminum foil trick. worked like a charm. using magic trackpad after having it sit on my desk unused for about 6 months. seems the internal spring loses its spring after a year or two.
This also worked for me, the spring must loose it's spring and the contact is lost. Thanks for the great tip!
I can't get the battery compartment open on my track pad. The screw-out cap won't budge. I even bent a quarter trying to unscrew the cap.
Anyone have any suggestions?
Aluminum foil and pressing on the spring definitely worked!
I had this problem and I used a pencil eraser to rub the battery compartment contacts at both ends in order to clean them. It fixed the problem and the trackpad powered right up.
I have this problem also, almost always I replace the bateries of the MTP.
I usually solve it deactivating and reactivating the bluetooth.
Or sometimes I had to restart.
Thanks...turned out I had a defective pad. Exchanged it and it is working fine now. Not sold on it as my sole tracking device but provides more flexibility when used with a standard mouse.
You are a frigging genius. This worked great.
The threads of the Trackpad body were dirty on mine, and cleaning them resolved the issue.
I had this issue. Turns out that the track pad was also paired with another computer in my house. I needed to get that computer to forget the device and then it worked fine with my MBP.
very helpful, worked for me too, many thanks
I tried the 'reverse polarity, hold on button for 3 seconds, correct polarity' trick and it worked 1st time!
How does that work?
Brilliant - worked a treat, I was just about to chuck it out.
Thanks very much.🙂
TrackPad won't turn on after batteries were changed.
