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Why does my trackpad go all Apollo 13 on me?
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: New Jersey
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A few times per week, my trackpad malfunctions for between 5 and 10 minutes. It will be pulled to one direction and generally not cooperate with my wishes. It (usually) isn't wet, and is on a flat surface.
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Starting Line: 15" 1.25GHz Powerbook, iPod 5G 60GB, Nikon 3100, AMD 2200 & Intel P3 Winboxes
Honorably Retired: 12" 867MHz Powerbook, Quadra 610, Mac Plus, iPod 3G 20GB
Dishonorabe Discharge:HP AMD 2.4GHz notebook, Toshiba 1.5GHz Intel Pentium-M Centrino notebook
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: New Jersey
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Starting Line: 15" 1.25GHz Powerbook, iPod 5G 60GB, Nikon 3100, AMD 2200 & Intel P3 Winboxes
Honorably Retired: 12" 867MHz Powerbook, Quadra 610, Mac Plus, iPod 3G 20GB
Dishonorabe Discharge:HP AMD 2.4GHz notebook, Toshiba 1.5GHz Intel Pentium-M Centrino notebook
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Senior User
Join Date: Mar 2004
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Do you have any weird backup software installed? Is your mac a work computer? Does anyone have remote access to it?
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Canada eh?
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Presenting 3 easy steps to fix your trackpad.
1. Place the palm of your hand on the whole trackpad for a few seconds.
2. Remove Hand.
3. There's no step three! There's no step three!
I noticed this when graduating from a TiBook to an AlBook. Apple at some point switched from a supplier - Synapitcs I believe - for their trackpads, to an in-house solution. Their in-house soluiton isn't perfect. So I hope this works for you. It seems to come about for me after using the two-finger trackpad movement.
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