Q: macbook pro retina erratic trackpad issues

See if this is helpful: MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012)- Trackpad may become unresponsive after MacBook Pro (Retina) Trackpad Update.

I rec'd my MB Pro Retina an hour ago from FedEx and am having the exact same issue as you.

I am curious, is the noise when you click really loud?

I have both. Erratic tracking (I click and the pointer jumps about an inch and it is a clean click) and the clicks are very loud. Lucky me.

I just bought a MBP Retina 2.3 Ghz and I have The same problem: trackpad just gets erratic moves. It seems Apple has not addressed this issue yet...

I'm having the same issue. I have mountain lion installed for a while now and just yesterday the trackpad went crazy (nothing new installed recently). The click works but the mouse just jumps all over the place or sometimes doesn't move at all. It's completely unusable now and I've had to revert back to my old MacBook :-(

Booted into the recovery partition and had the same issue. So I assume it's a firmware problem. Tried installing the trackpad 1.0 update (took 15 mins to lauch safari, download the update and try and click on it, that's how bad the trackpad is) but that was for 10.7 and it won't let me install it.

Same problem here, it has only happened 5 - 6 times so far, and it last around 30 - 45 seconds each time, i can't stand it thou.

It happened to me too.  I took it to the Apple store on 14th St. in Manhattan and they sent me home with a brand new one.  Within 5 minutes, I noticed it did the same exact thing as the one I took back.  At least I now know it's a software problem, and not a hardware defect.  Hopefully they address this soon

So, cleaned the trackpad and let it dry over night. The next day I had the same issue. Cleaned it again and let it dry for 3 days and now it's fine.

Cheers AdamNJ77,

Just to make sure: Are you having this problem with Lion or Mountain Lion?

Thanks

MVial

Hello, I am running Mountain Lion (10.8.1)