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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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Sep 13, 2014 2:05 PM in response to Geneosity

btw the keyboard is lagging too...

fox4305

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Sep 17, 2014 7:49 AM in response to henriksn

For now, my solution is to use my old usb transmitter for my Microsoft Mouse. I do not use the mouse but when a usb device is connected there is no lag. So, it's a little device (half of a cm) and it's less annoying that the lag 😉🙂

Sep 17, 2014 9:41 AM in response to fox4305

well i was thinking about the same but i am just curious if this is hardware issue or SW. should i return / replace the device?

it is so annoying...

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Sep 18, 2014 7:03 AM in response to henriksn

Apple released an update for Mavericks today, it didn't fix anything for me though.. Any improvements for you guys?

Really hoping for a fix in Yosemite!!!

Sep 18, 2014 8:04 AM in response to henriksn

yeah... was testing it also and it *** the same way like it was pre patch.

it drives me really crazy as i am working with 13" and 15" model on daily base.

why the **** is it so hard to fix this one...

HARDWARE PROBLEM?

Sep 21, 2014 1:09 PM in response to henriksn

I have this problem too on 13" MBP Retina 2014 with the same observations from users on this post.

Sep 22, 2014 11:55 AM in response to henriksn

Has anyone tried installing Windows 7 (boot camp) and noticed the same bug in that operating system??

Sep 22, 2014 12:56 PM in response to Zephyr898

what about new MAC OS X beta? someone did try that?

Sep 22, 2014 3:04 PM in response to Geneosity

Yea I'm on the Yosemite public beta and problem still persists.

Sep 22, 2014 3:25 PM in response to Geneosity

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FernsehstuhlAug 23, 2014 2:42 PM Re: 13" Retina Macbook Pro slight trackpad lag
Re: 13" Retina Macbook Pro slight trackpad lagin response to henriksn

I have installed Yosemite - same problem.

I will send the MacBook back....I wait for the next generation 13"....

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Sep 23, 2014 10:03 AM in response to Zephyr898

No, the bug only happens in OS X... I really hope Apple is preparing a fix, this is becoming annoying...

Sep 23, 2014 10:10 AM in response to tomtuv

Thanks for the reply. I might as well buy windows 7 now while it's still available.

Sep 24, 2014 3:14 PM in response to henriksn

I have Yosemite installed and bug is still there so I used the Feedback Assistant to send a message and diagnostic data to Apple. To make sure this is fixed I ask and recommend others to do the same. This is the best chance of this getting seen by Apple.

Thanks everyone.

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Sep 30, 2014 1:36 PM in response to Zephyr898

Apparantly Apple just released a new Gold Master candidate build of Yosemite for developers, has this added a fix?

I'm so annoyed, the problem seems to be so easy to fix....

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Oct 2, 2014 12:53 PM in response to henriksn

The bug is in this new release too.

13" Retina Macbook Pro slight trackpad lag