I'm a rare throwback from the days before trackpads appeared. I hate them because I use the edge of my laptop to rest my palms when typing and with the trackpad active, my cursor goes off "flying" while I'm typing, cause errrors in my text.
I've never had a problem with my MBA while having the pad turned off. After installing Sierra, it happens almost daily.
In Accessibility I have “Ignore built-in trackpad when mouse or wireless trackpad is present” CHECKED. I've put fresh batteries in my mouse, but it still happens. I'm using a BT mouse FWIW. Wondering if this is a bug in Sierra, a failure in my MBA or the mouse.
I've tried a wired mouse with the same results. Track pad active. PITA typing when the cursor takes off and dumps text in previous parts of note. I then have to hunt for the cursor, delete the extra key stroke and return to typing. It's hazy, but I may have had this problem in the past and rebooting corrected it.
I've never had a problem with my MBA while having the pad turned off. After installing Sierra, it happens almost daily.
In Accessibility I have “Ignore built-in trackpad when mouse or wireless trackpad is present” CHECKED. I've put fresh batteries in my mouse, but it still happens. I'm using a BT mouse FWIW. Wondering if this is a bug in Sierra, a failure in my MBA or the mouse.
I've tried a wired mouse with the same results. Track pad active. PITA typing when the cursor takes off and dumps text in previous parts of note. I then have to hunt for the cursor, delete the extra key stroke and return to typing. It's hazy, but I may have had this problem in the past and rebooting corrected it.
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