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13" Retina Macbook Pro slight trackpad lag

I just got my new retina macbook pro 2 weeks ago, 2.8ghz i5, 8gb RAM, 500gb storage.
It has been running smoothly whatsoever, but now i am noticing a slight lag when i move the trackpad. It only occurs, sometimes, if i let go of the trackpad for approx. 5 seconds or more, and i have to say that it is a very brief (<0.5 seconds) lag, but very annoying over time when you start noticing it.
To me it seems like a UI lag, because i have no other problems with the trackpad - the lag only occurs during "the first touch" so to speak, the only real way for me to describe it is, as if the trackpad has to wake up when it hasn't been used for a few seconds. I have already tried to reset PRAM and SMC - and no background processes seem to be eating up CPU.....
Any thoughts? Is this common behavior or?

Thanks in advance!

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014), OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)

Posted on Aug 12, 2014 4:06 PM

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Aug 25, 2014 7:58 AM in response to Squizix

I have the same problem here....MBP 13" MID 2014.

A reply from apple would be great to this "feature"/"Bug" .....

In view of the many replys from other users...the problem isnt device-specific.

henriksn Author

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Aug 25, 2014 8:40 AM in response to Multisaft7

I'm sorry i accidentally pressed the "This solved my question button"... No way to undo it...
But yeah i agree with you, it shouldn't be that hard to fix the problem.
When you can insert a USB mouse and make the lag disappear, then you can certainly also make it disappear while the mouse is not inserted with some simple coding i would assume???

Aug 25, 2014 8:46 AM in response to henriksn

insert a usb-hdd solved the problem too...

yes hope apple will fix that asap... is this error only @mid2014 devices?

henriksn Author

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Aug 25, 2014 8:52 AM in response to Multisaft7

Hmm not too sure, i found this guy too: http://www.reddit.com/r/applehelp/comments/25lbmr/trackpad_and_keyboard_lag_on_l ate_2013_macbook_pro/

Aug 25, 2014 8:56 AM in response to henriksn

seems we have to live with that....

but a in my opinion a solution is to set up the time before sleep to 30 seconds...

But a reply from apple would be great 😉

Aug 25, 2014 9:03 AM in response to henriksn

The problem exists only at the 13" MacBooks Retina...

So it must be a bug....

WDI

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Aug 25, 2014 9:44 AM in response to henriksn

Are you guys sure this problem is only on the 13"? I have a 15" rMBP late 2013 and I have had what feels like sticky trackpad since I got it in December. Not sure If what I have witnessed is the same thing you guys are talking about. For me it's not related to waking up as it happens randomly. But it becomes a problem when working with programs where your trying to make fine adjustments to something. Working with a mouse does not have this issue.

Aug 25, 2014 9:48 AM in response to WDI

I think, that is not the same problem.

Squizix

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Aug 25, 2014 9:54 AM in response to WDI

That's not the same problem. It's only on Retina 13" 2013 and 2014 (Haswell Processor)

fox4305

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Sep 4, 2014 5:39 AM in response to henriksn

Sadly, it's the same problem for me with the macbook pro 13" 2014 that I bought yesterday.

I will hope and wait for a fix. 🙂

henriksn Author

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Sep 5, 2014 6:12 AM in response to fox4305

Just to give you guys an update, I got contacted by Apple engineering a few days ago, they requested further information about the problem, and the engineers are now looking for a fix to the problem! 🙂

Sep 5, 2014 6:16 AM in response to henriksn

Thanks for the information.

Please give an update to us, when you have new informations.

Thank you very much!

35brett

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Sep 11, 2014 8:09 AM in response to henriksn

Hi there!

I have the same issue: do you have updates?

Thank you!

henriksn Author

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Sep 11, 2014 10:58 AM in response to 35brett

Hi,

No updates as of yet, but as said, Apple engineering has contacted me for information about the lag, so we will have to wait for them to fix it.

The best we can do in the meantime, to speed up the process, is raise awareness of the problem by individually contacting Apple support and giving them more info. 🙂

Sep 13, 2014 12:30 PM in response to henriksn

Same problem here... same lag and same MBP 13" 2014.

It is so annoying... so expensive device and such lame bug. Hopefully APPLE will do something about this.

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