Hello,
I have just received an apple update for my macbook pro and since it installed my trackpad is doing it's own thing, it click and selects on it's own. I have tried my external wireless mouse and magic trackpad but it still does it so it is not the battery.
The update was an Apple one not a third party and the problem doesn't seem to be apparent when in safe mode.
Please help.
Go step by step and test.
1. Restart
2. Shut down the computer.
Clean the trackpad with moist not wet microfiber cloth.
System Preferences > Point & Click
Try turning off three finger dragging and then turning it on after testing.
3. Is there any Bluetooth device nearby with failing batteries? If so, replace the batteries.
4. Reset PRAM: http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14222
5. Reset SMC. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
Choose the method for:
"Resetting SMC on portables with a battery you should not remove on your own".
6. Close all windows and quit all applications.
Click the spotlight -the magnifying glass icon- in the menu bar. Enter Disk utility in the box.
Select Disk Utility from the drop down. When the Disk utility window opens up,
select Macintosh HD, then First Aid.
Click Repair Disk Permissions button.
Ignore the time remaining estimate.
Last 1 minute may take longer.
If this does not solve the problem, you may have to take the computer to the Apple store
to have it checked out.
Best.
macbook pro trackpad
