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2016 Macbook Pro 15" Palm Rejection Issue

I've had my 2016 Macbook Pro 15" for about a week now, and I love most of it except for the fact that the palm rejection on the track pad is not nearly good enough for (my) normal typing. I'm a longtime MacBook Pro user, and have never had any issues with any trackpad while typing, but cannot make it more than 1 sentence on this model without the cursor doing something crazy and typing intra-sentence 2 paragraphs up. It's incredibly annoying.

I've resorted to simply keeping my wrists fully elevated while typing, but that is both uncomfortable and ridiculous for a $3k laptop. Are there any settings I can adjust or programs I can download to improve the palm rejection on this MacBook Pro? Any suggestions are appreciated.

Best,
David

MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2016), iOS 10.1.1

Posted on Nov 30, 2016 6:58 PM

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nobodyinparticular

Level 1

4 points

Posted on Jan 21, 2017 4:40 AM

Agree with your complaint. Someone at apple seems to think that if a large-ish trackpad was good, then a hilariously oversized trackpad must be better.

I tried covering the edges of the trackpad with paper but the trackpad (mis-)senses input through the paper.

Hopefully apple will put out a software update that will allow users to simply reject most of the hilariously oversized trackpad area. I dont need more than the usual small rectangle in the center of the trackpad.

Also hitting touch bar buttons by accident all the time. I basically disabled touch bar as much as possible in preferences to avoid this.

A lot of awful design decisions in this new macbook. Removal of magsafe, the new keyboard is horrible, etc.

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Jul 12, 2017 11:29 PM in response to Itineratus

I’d recommend calling. The person on the phone likely will not be able to help directly, but hopefully they will escalate it. The more people who do this, the more likely this is to get fixed.

WGMc

Level 1

4 points

Jul 18, 2017 11:18 AM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

Really? I get the feeling that working nights and weekends ended with the Jobs era. It doesn't seem like anybody at Apple does much besides counting their cash these days.

zigurd

Level 1

12 points

Oct 25, 2017 4:10 PM in response to JDPerren

In my case I had to turn off tap to click AND secondary click (two finger click) settings, which seem not to have been off by default. Now the palm rejection issue appears to have gone away.

2016 Macbook Pro 15" Palm Rejection Issue