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Q: Force Touch Trackpad input while typing

Apple claims that OS X ignores trackpad input while typing and has removed the option to enable this. However, I just purchased a 2015 15" Retina MacBook Pro with the Force Touch trackpad and it regularly takes input while typing and the cursor jumps all over the place - I've even watched the cursor move slowly across the screen as I type.

 

Has anyone else experienced this? Is there any way to fix it?

MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.4)

Posted on Jul 26, 2015 9:07 AM

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  • by AstroMacMan,

    AstroMacMan AstroMacMan Jul 5, 2016 3:50 PM in response to Michael Biel
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    Mac OS X
    Jul 5, 2016 3:50 PM in response to Michael Biel

    You're holding it wrong! 

  • by Nitwit_87,

    Nitwit_87 Nitwit_87 Aug 11, 2016 8:29 AM in response to joe_7399
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    Notebooks
    Aug 11, 2016 8:29 AM in response to joe_7399

    I join the rest of the folks on this thread with my disbelief that this issue has not been solved.  This is very frustrating.  I can hardly type a sentence without the cursor jumping out out of the app or selecting text and overwriting it.  I don't have it on my personal MBP which is a few years older.  I just got this late 2015 MBP for work three months ago and I am thinking of just changing back to my ThinkPad.  I don't have time to retype every third sentence I write.  The trackpad is integral functionality in the use of the laptop and needs to function properly.  I don't really buy into the story that it is another application causing this but even if it is there should be a way to track which applications are overwriting the functionality of the trackpad drivers. 

  • by Abdus-Salam_Beckham,

    Abdus-Salam_Beckham Abdus-Salam_Beckham Aug 23, 2016 1:27 AM in response to msomers
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    Aug 23, 2016 1:27 AM in response to msomers

    Uncheck tap to click and set click to light.

  • by malibongwe,

    malibongwe malibongwe Aug 25, 2016 9:05 AM in response to Abdus-Salam_Beckham
    Level 1 (8 points)
    Notebooks
    Aug 25, 2016 9:05 AM in response to Abdus-Salam_Beckham

    Why do you have to change the way you have been using Apple MacBooks for years.  It is an absolute disgrace that Apple has not fix this issue yet or even just acknowledged that it is there.

  • by allovertheplace,

    allovertheplace allovertheplace Aug 25, 2016 11:56 AM in response to msomers
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    Aug 25, 2016 11:56 AM in response to msomers

    I bought the **** thing in April 2015, and I am cursing the day I did. cannot write a single effing email without having to correct / retype 5 times. I have a claendar event to visit this board regularly, and none of the suggestions have worked for me (except I did not try the rubber thimble). Shame on you apple, shame on you, shame on you.

  • by allovertheplace,

    allovertheplace allovertheplace Sep 4, 2016 7:53 PM in response to Phasma Nemo
    Level 1 (4 points)
    Sep 4, 2016 7:53 PM in response to Phasma Nemo

    I am sorry to disappoint you, but none of the so-called solutions in this thread actually work. I know, because I have diligently tried each and every one (except the rubber thimble, which I consider to be a bridge too far). Given that Apple in turn either denies the problem exists or offers useless suggestions as resolution", I say it is time to revolt. If someone on this thread knows how to start a signature campaign to protest directly to Apple (rather than complain amongst ourselves without Apple taking any notice, or evidently, not even caring), I am willing to put some time and even some money into starting a fix-this-thing-now revolt, I am just sooo fed-up.....

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