Mac Trackpad Water?!? SOS

[Sid0596]

Hello everyone

I just spilled a tiny drop of water on my mac trackpad. I wiped it off completely but now the trackpad is going erratic and pressing on screen buttons and switching pages - it's gone barmy!

What do I do?! I've already restarted it once and that didn't help.

Thanks for the help!

 

[maflynn]

Turn off the computer first, you are potentially doing more harm by using it.

Dry it out for a few days, and see if it returns to normal.

 

[Dilster3k]

Had the same issue, and the click button felt very smooshy. After a few eventually it got back to normal, must've dried off.

 

[AlphaDogg]

I've done the same thing countless times. I just let it dry and it works after a couple hours... But my trackpad has been super erratic lately so I took the bottom cover off my MBP, took out the battery, removed the trackpad, and soaked it in rubbing alcohol for about 5 minutes. Set it out to dry, reinstalled in my MBP, and the click button felt way more "clicky" and no more erratic mouse movements

 

[x3n0n1c]

Hello everyone

I just spilled a tiny drop of water on my mac trackpad. I wiped it off completely but now the trackpad is going erratic and pressing on screen buttons and switching pages - it's gone barmy!

What do I do?! I've already restarted it once and that didn't help.

Thanks for the help!

Buy a bag of instant rice and cover the laptop in the stuff for 24-48 hours. This will do a very good job of absorbing any moisture that has gotten under the trackpad.

If it is in fact pure water then you won't really have to worry about anything getting permanently gummed up, but you do want to remove it asap.