Q: The trackpad on my MacBook Air is acting erratic. It highlights everything when I scroll or clicks on random links. It also keeps ... The trackpad on my MacBook Air is acting erratic. It highlights everything when I scroll or clicks on random links. It also keeps dragging photos across the screen. I've had my Mac for about seven months. Does any know how to correct this issue? more
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Oct 30, 2013 12:34 PM in response to ShaggyNPTby mattwhiterules,I have a mid 2010 MBP with the same symptoms with both the built in trackpad and the Apple bluetooth track pad. The problem started happening after I installed OS 10.9.
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Oct 30, 2013 12:42 PM in response to ShaggyNPTby Allan Dibiase,Same problem here. I have a mid 2011 MBA. I think I remember this happening in Mountain Lion but it was very sporadic. Now it is almost constant and rather irritating.
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Oct 30, 2013 9:53 PM in response to ShaggyNPTby Vinlaw22,This is happening to me too. I have a new Macbook Pro and my mouse pad is doing some weird things. It automatically zooms in, clicks on random things. It seems even typing this without touching the trackpad is causing it to respond oddly. My computer has zoomed in on this area of the screen about 7 times while I type this. Overall I am disappointed with this update.
FIX THIS FOR THE LOVE OF EVERYTHING HOLY AND PURE!
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Oct 31, 2013 3:34 AM in response to ShaggyNPTby Retired Engineer,Turn off "Tap to Click" to see if that fixes the problem.
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Oct 31, 2013 4:54 AM in response to ShaggyNPTby TKNY77,I have a bad battery and it fixed the problem.
This article was helpful:
http://smallbusiness.chron.com/troubleshoot-trackpad-macbook-49263.html
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Oct 31, 2013 8:11 AM in response to ShaggyNPTby koocharas,I also had this problem. I solved it by calling apple care and they walked me through updating a few things and getting my system reset.
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Oct 31, 2013 3:01 PM in response to koocharasby SamB12,Can you explain how Apple helped you fix the problem for those of us who's apple care has run out and can't get it? I have a 2008 MBP which I love, and did the Mavericks upgrade yesterday and this happened almost immediately afterwards - the next day.
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Nov 1, 2013 4:44 AM in response to TKNY77by TKNY77,I have the late 2008 unibody MB, and here's how I solved my issue: I did the SMC reset. I took out my battery for a several hours (when I left for work). With the battery out, plug the computer in and turn it back on.
My battery is bad (Replace Now message appears), so that may be the issue. I ordered a new one from Amazon.
I checked my firmware and it is up-to-date.
Hope this helps.
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Nov 1, 2013 7:35 AM in response to TKNY77by John Galt,TKNY77 wrote:
... I ordered a new one from Amazon.
Return it. Buy a new battery from Apple. You're only asking for trouble by purchasing a third party battery.
http://www.apple.com/batteries/replacements.html
$129
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Nov 3, 2013 12:22 PM in response to John Galtby Allan Dibiase,Cannot claim this is a fix. But for a while it seems to have quelled the sticky cursor:
System Prefs/Accessibiity/Mouse & Trackpad/Trackpad Options/
I then checked Enable dragging without Drag Lock.
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Nov 3, 2013 2:55 PM in response to Allan Dibiaseby Allan Dibiase,Forget this suggestion. For a while things worked just fine. An hour later....actualliy worse.
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Nov 6, 2013 6:10 AM in response to John Galtby TKNY77,The replacement battery is fine. No need to spend an extra $60 for an Apple battery.