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Cursor is not responding and moving on its own

This problem started yesterday. I use an Imac and a macbook pro, and I was using my laptop when the trackpad stopped working. It was responding but the cursor was moving slowly. I decided to use my mouse and everything was fine. I thought it was just a little problem and I could figure it out later if it continued to not work. This morning I opened up my laptop and it was fine for a little bit, then the cursor went crazy. It was like my cursor was just running around and doing random gestures, opening random things. My applications were fine, but the cursor was just going around and opening them. It was very random, so I didn't think anyone was controlling my computer.

I did have control of my cursor but it wasn't completely responding. I tried shutting it down, putting it to sleep, etc. Nothing worked. I then decided to just turn it off for an hour and when I reopened it, it was fine. After a few minutes it went crazy again. I think my battery might be swollen, I don't know. Apple decided to use the smalled screws in the world so I can't open the back off, can anyone please tell me what's going on? I'm taking it to the apple store tomorrow but I want to figure out what's wrong first.

It's a MacBook Pro 13 inch

I've had it for about 2 1/2 years

thanks,

Dan

Posted on Jan 28, 2014 3:29 PM

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OGELTHORPE

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Posted on Jan 28, 2014 3:36 PM

Your local hardware store should have a #00 Phillips driver. That will allow you to take off the bottom cover of the MBP.

The other option is to make an appointment at an Apple store genius bar and have them examine the battery (for free).

Ciao.

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Yoda182

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Dec 22, 2016 12:31 PM in response to onlyin5d

Strange one here... both Late 2008 MBP, 15 inch, trackpad AND Magic Trackpad2 no longer click, single finger cursor movement creates a selection of multiple desktop objects as the cursor moves over them, tap does not work, but two finger tap will bring up the context menu... After reading this discussion, I removed the battery and all trackpad & Trackpad2 functions returned to normal! Inspection of the battery revealed a gradual bulge - higher in the middle by about 2.2 mm. Guess it's time to buy another battery. Thanks for the help!!!

Cursor is not responding and moving on its own