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Macbook pro trackpad not responsive, opening apps on it's own, moving screens on its own, help!

Hi, I've been having a few issues with the trackpad, mostly with clicks lately. Today the cursor went rogue and started opening all sorts of programs and files, moving to different screens and opening things there, generally going crazy and not responding when I tried to use it. I rebooted several times before it decided to stop on its own -- I'm not sure the reboot had anything to do with it. I took a video of it with my ipod, but it's too big to upload here. Any suggestions before I open cocktail and and run repairs? Thanks for any help you can offer.

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

Posted on Apr 30, 2012 9:21 AM

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Jozellelee

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Posted on Jun 23, 2017 7:29 AM

CANNOT BELIEVE IT! this helped fix the problem, my laptop had a nasty fall recently and I believe the trackpad must have been jammed under causing the problem so using my nail or even a thin card helped release it and now the cursor is working like nothing was wrong

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Oct 21, 2014 1:22 AM in response to Squeegy200

Thank you Squeegy200 - this worked for me (so far so good) thank god for these posts!

jimoase

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Oct 22, 2014 10:35 PM in response to holleyfromglasgow

I will take a shot at this. My old MacBook Pro did something like that and I solved it with thin piece of paper or plastic. There is some debris in the crack around the track pad. Slide something in the crack around the track pad.

Hope this helps

Jim

marty101

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Oct 23, 2014 8:18 AM in response to jimoase

And it just worked for me, too. I googled broken curser and this popped up. I used a corner of a sheet of copier paper. Fantastic. Thank you very much.

Jan 5, 2015 10:10 PM in response to Squeegy200

thank you @Squeegy200, it worked like a charm!

Jan 17, 2015 1:33 AM in response to Squeegy200

Thanks squeeqy

its really help me to solve my problem that I have been facing it from so long time

Jul 21, 2015 11:36 AM in response to Squeegy200

Thank you! You saved me. Mine did the same thing and your help was invaluable. Thanks!

OttoRapp

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Feb 2, 2016 12:51 PM in response to Peepersabq

HERE"S MY SOLUTION

I had the same problem and read amongst these posts that someone said that when they put it on their lap the track pad worked. After trying the smc reset without it resolving the problem, I lifted up the computer off of the table and the track pad worked perfectly. After a few more tests I realized it was something about the electrical flow or something through my body and when I would touch the laptop with my left hand and use the trackpad with my right hand it would work perfectly. So it was a grounding thing or such (or something I was wearing or...) but regardless I now know what to do when I want the tracking to work well again. Thanks to all who contributed to this post.

jimoase

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Feb 3, 2016 6:34 PM in response to OttoRapp

OttoRapp wrote:

HERE"S MY SOLUTION

I had the same problem and read amongst these posts that someone said that when they put it on their lap the track pad worked. After trying the smc reset without it resolving the problem, I lifted up the computer off of the table and the track pad worked perfectly. After a few more tests I realized it was something about the electrical flow or something through my body and when I would touch the laptop with my left hand and use the trackpad with my right hand it would work perfectly. So it was a grounding thing or such (or something I was wearing or...) but regardless I now know what to do when I want the tracking to work well again. Thanks to all who contributed to this post.

My experience with my last two MacBooks is that stuff gets into the crack around the touch pad. My solutionis is to use a thin piece of good quality paper to insert in the crack and slide around the touchpad. When you encounter a crum the paper will hangup. Backoff and try from the other direction. After a few efforts the obstruction will be removed. I have also used a vacuum but the paper works the best.

Hope this helps you as much as it has helped me over the years.

Jul 21, 2016 10:14 PM in response to jimoase

This worked very well for me!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOi0sdpt54A

Macbook pro trackpad not responsive, opening apps on it's own, moving screens on its own, help!