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Q: My cursor moves on it's own and does not respond to my movement on the trackpad or a USB mouse.

Just today, for some reason unknown to me, my cursor started moving erractically and does not respond to my touch on the trackpad.  I tried tightning the screws that hold my trackpad and yet the problem persists.  My battery does not seem to be expanded or swollen but I could be wrong.  The cursor moves erratically even when I have a USB mouse connected so I think the problem goes beyond my tracking pad.  Please help! I've had a lot of success using the apple communities. 

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3)

Posted on Jul 20, 2013 5:05 AM

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I reseted my PRAM and now my cursor works perfectly. 

Posted on Jul 20, 2013 5:48 PM

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  • by ejo12345,

    ejo12345 ejo12345 Oct 17, 2014 8:14 AM in response to Linc Davis
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    Oct 17, 2014 8:14 AM in response to Linc Davis

    Hey! I have the same problem. My cursor works fine in safe boot, but when I reboot it normally its crazy again...what is the problem?

  • by evaazz,

    evaazz evaazz Dec 21, 2014 3:44 AM in response to Blublud02
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    Dec 21, 2014 3:44 AM in response to Blublud02

    Simple, effective, brilliant! I just gently pressed from the left to the right side of the trackpad, heard a very very subtle click noise… and it's now smoothly working again! Thank you so much!!!!

  • by RickAlvarez,

    RickAlvarez RickAlvarez Jan 28, 2015 12:14 PM in response to Blublud02
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    Jan 28, 2015 12:14 PM in response to Blublud02

    Same happened to me, I also thought is was a virus, but after reading this,  I remembered that right before the problem started I was cleaning the trackpad and  made a little force to the left to clean a stain on it.

     

    I pressed the trackpad gently back to the right and symptoms disappeared.

     

     

    Thanks

  • by S_Das,

    S_Das S_Das Feb 5, 2015 7:03 AM in response to stevensmena
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    Feb 5, 2015 7:03 AM in response to stevensmena

    This is really an annoying and irritating problem. The problem with the trackpad started after my little one spilled some water on the trackpad. I tried to clean the tracked pad and may be I applied a bit of force to clean the trackpad. Within few minutes the track pad started acting mad. I did all sort of things to bring the cursor back to normal, including cleaning, reset by disconnecting battery, safe mode boot, etc. etc. but nothing solved the problem permanently until I took a credit card and pressed the track pad from top to bottom and let to right. 

  • by Hazycosmicjive,

    Hazycosmicjive Hazycosmicjive Feb 9, 2015 11:08 PM in response to Blublud02
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    Feb 9, 2015 11:08 PM in response to Blublud02

    Thank you so much for this suggestion Blublud02.

     

    My cursor was going through the exact problem until I cleaned it with an alcohol pad and pressed the trackpad a gently bit to the right and now IT'S WORKING fine. Didn't know how delicate these MacBooks were, but I appreciate your advise.

  • by michelem,

    michelem michelem Mar 12, 2015 11:17 AM in response to Hazycosmicjive
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    Mar 12, 2015 11:17 AM in response to Hazycosmicjive

    This happened with my husband's 2011 MacBook Pro. It seems as if the trackpad button in stuck in the "down" position and it kept making selections on the screen. He uses a USB mouse and rarely uses the track pad, so I made the change in the Accessibility preference to disable the trackpad when a USB mouse is plugged in. It works fine with a mouse, but the trackpad is still stuck.

  • by cedecoro,

    cedecoro cedecoro Jul 26, 2015 3:53 PM in response to S_Das
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    Jul 26, 2015 3:53 PM in response to S_Das

    THANK YOU!!!  After all the waiting, cleaning, rebooting, buying new mouse, your advise WORKED with a credit card.   My friend tells me that now the magnetic band of my credit card won't work LOL.  Thanks again.

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