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Trackpad on mac book is going crazy!

My trackpad on my Mac Book Pro isn't really responding to my touch. It starts spazing out and does it's own thing with it's own movements (open files, close tabs, changes pages, opens, closes etc.)

I can barely move it also.

Is there anything I can personally do to fix this? I turned off all shortcuts like zooming in, rotating etc. other than the basics, and it works a little better. But once I turn it abck on, it eventually goes crazy again.

Help please!

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Sep 1, 2013 2:11 PM

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cosmicten

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Posted on Sep 3, 2013 7:02 AM

I had this today (good set of points above by the way).

Basically I'm sat in a cafe and realised that a little drop of water from my cold drink had got on the track pad and found its way into the edge inside.

Simple fix, get a thin piece of paper, preferrably a receipt, get a corner edge and slide it in the gap between the trackpad and the Macbook body. slide it along each side of the trackpad using a new corner of the receipt paper for each. If there is any damp or droplet, it will soak into the receipt. Just did this and there was a small amount on the one side of the trackpad. Working completely fine now.

Symptoms for me was pointer jumping horizontally across the screen, probably due to the location of the droplet, and loss of control using the trackpad, kind of fights you.

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Beegz3

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Apr 2, 2016 6:01 AM in response to cosmicten

You fixed my Macbook with this advice! Thank you so much! Just slide some paper under the trackpad as best you can, along all the edges. Immediately solved my problem. Woo!

Aug 4, 2016 12:39 AM in response to panizbh

I put my Mac in safe mode, as suggested by @LincDavis, thank you so much!!

Aug 4, 2016 12:40 AM in response to Linc Davis

I Put my Mac in safe mode, as suggested, thank you so much!!

Feb 5, 2017 9:42 PM in response to panizbh

Hi there, I have the same issue as yours. Did your trackpad issue solved? And how?

Feb 5, 2017 10:45 PM in response to dream4755

Battery was swollen & dying. Cleaned under trackpad while opened up to replace battery. Replaced battery. Ok now.

Feb 5, 2017 10:53 PM in response to SwitchTech16

Cool. I will try that then. Thanks for your quick reply. SwitchTech16

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Hamdya

Level 1

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Apr 26, 2017 1:32 AM in response to cosmicten

Thanks! This worked for me.

IrenH

Level 1

8 points

May 22, 2017 1:38 PM in response to cosmicten

Thank you. I love you.

Aug 6, 2017 1:42 PM in response to panizbh

So what did you do?

Nov 13, 2017 7:11 AM in response to cosmicten

Tks 'cosmicten', it is a great help of your recommendation, now the trackpad are fixed by using a thin sheet of receipt.

Dec 9, 2017 6:57 PM in response to Linc Davis

My trackpad has been unresponsive and the mouse has been going wild. I booted my MacBook Pro in safe mode and that seemed to fix it. When I rebooted my Mac regularly the problem persisted. Advice?

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