I have a new MBP. My cursor and/or trackpad freezes up for just a second or two, sometimes 3 seconds! I can't move my cursor or scroll? Anyone having similar problems?
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TrackPad & Cursor Freezes
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You might try 'rebooting' your trackpad by placing your palm over the entire thing for 5 seconds or so. This can sometimes help.
I had this problem and it usually occurred immediately after I'd performed a keyboard shortcut. I unchecked the ignore accidental trackpad input in my system prefs and the problem went away.
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i brought my wife a macbook so she could run windows xp (bootcamp) and pass her ECDL exams (then she can go back to using OSX).... the trackpad sometimes goes "weird" - well thats how it's described on macforums... and is similar to the symptoms described in the thread... funny though, i've not experienced it when running osx! Also, seems to be a heat related, 'cos it's fine when running up from cold
looking at the macforum thread on this, the belief is that it is s/w driver related issue... but if people are experiencing quirky problems in osx then it could well be a heat & h/w issue
ummm...
i brought my wife a macbook so she could run windows xp (bootcamp) and pass her ECDL exams (then she can go back to using OSX).... the trackpad sometimes goes "weird" - well thats how it's described on macforums... and is similar to the symptoms described in the thread... funny though, i've not experienced it when running osx! Also, seems to be a heat related, 'cos it's fine when running up from cold
looking at the macforum thread on this, the belief is that it is s/w driver related issue... but if people are experiencing quirky problems in osx then it could well be a heat & h/w issue
Does it happen using a mouse, or is this just when using the trackpad? If the latter, i'd say uncheck the 'ignore accidental trackpad input' as suggested.
Only when using the trackpad. I guess I'll try unchecking the 'ignore accidental trackpad input'. I'll let everyone know if it works.
I had a similar problem where my trackpad & cursor would lock up indefinitely until I manually reboot. After a few calls to Apple care, and 2 trips to the genius bar, the Apple store gave me a new macbook.
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i brought my wife a macbook so she could run windows xp (bootcamp) and pass her ECDL exams (then she can go back to using OSX).... the trackpad sometimes goes "weird" - well thats how it's described on macforums... and is similar to the symptoms described in the thread... funny though, i've not experienced it when running osx! Also, seems to be a heat related, 'cos it's fine when running up from cold
looking at the macforum thread on this, the belief is that it is s/w driver related issue... but if people are experiencing quirky problems in osx then it could well be a heat & h/w issue
Turn off the pointer shadow in XP, found under Mouse properties in the Control Panel.
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TrackPad & Cursor Freezes
I've had the same problem on my MacBook and was begining to really miss my old G4 iBook. I installed OS 10.4.9 and now feel like I have a new machine. It is working the way I expected the C2Duo to work. Much faster loading apps... superfast screen re-fresh and best of all, no more sticky cursor. I guess Apple listened.
I've had the same problem on my MacBook and was begining to really miss my old G4 iBook. I installed OS 10.4.9 and now feel like I have a new machine. It is working the way I expected the C2Duo to work. Much faster loading apps... superfast screen re-fresh and best of all, no more sticky cursor. I guess Apple listened.
I had a problem which may be similar to yours.
Occasionally, parts of the trackpad would become VERY highly unresponsive, and would require real "effort" to move the cursor around the screen - it's a strange thing to have to describe. Basically the trackpad was screwed up from day 1. Apple replaced the whole trackpad unit and it's been fantastic since. If you think yours is having a similar problem, consider getting it checked out.
Occasionally, parts of the trackpad would become VERY highly unresponsive, and would require real "effort" to move the cursor around the screen - it's a strange thing to have to describe. Basically the trackpad was screwed up from day 1. Apple replaced the whole trackpad unit and it's been fantastic since. If you think yours is having a similar problem, consider getting it checked out.
I have had this happening on my new MBP, too. In my case, it only seemed to happen when the Airport was turned on.
Turning off the "Ignore accidental trackpad input" in System Preferences>Keyboard & Mouse>Trackpad stopped it.
But I'm also still wondering if this is a hardware problem that I should be bringing up with Apple regarding this particular MBP. Any thoughts on that?
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where exactly is "ignore accidental trackpad input" I've looked under keyboard and mouse in system preferences
where exactly is "ignore accidental trackpad input" I've looked under keyboard and mouse in system preferences
I have this problem daily on my PowerBook G4.
Also, when it's frozen/stuck the clicks are interpreted as right clicks while movement is interpreted as scrolling, as if I have two fingers on the track pad.
Also, when it's frozen/stuck the clicks are interpreted as right clicks while movement is interpreted as scrolling, as if I have two fingers on the track pad.
rogue bluetooth connection
The cursor arrow on my MacBook Pro was frozen when I just now opened it, so I used my iPhone to google the problem and ended up here. Something I read somewhere in this thread turned on the lightbulb for me! My cursor, which I control from my trackpad, now works. So I want to share what happened.
Just before I had closed my MacBook Pro, I had sent some photos to my partner via Bluetooth. I forgot to turn off Bluetooth before I closed the lid. When I opened my MacBook Pro, it must have "looked" for devices and "found" my partner's wireless mouse sitting idle across the room. Hah! The rogue bluetooth mouse preempted my trackpad.
After I went over and picked up the mouse, I was able to turn off bluetooth on my computer and voila! the trackpad worked.
Truth is stranger than fiction!
The cursor arrow on my MacBook Pro was frozen when I just now opened it, so I used my iPhone to google the problem and ended up here. Something I read somewhere in this thread turned on the lightbulb for me! My cursor, which I control from my trackpad, now works. So I want to share what happened.
Just before I had closed my MacBook Pro, I had sent some photos to my partner via Bluetooth. I forgot to turn off Bluetooth before I closed the lid. When I opened my MacBook Pro, it must have "looked" for devices and "found" my partner's wireless mouse sitting idle across the room. Hah! The rogue bluetooth mouse preempted my trackpad.
After I went over and picked up the mouse, I was able to turn off bluetooth on my computer and voila! the trackpad worked.
Truth is stranger than fiction!
Add me to the list of people who have problems with trackpad freezes (2/07 17" MBP). I can't uncheck the ignore accidental input because that solves it's own problem for me.
I just ordered a new 15" uBody MBP, so I'll see if the problem shows up again. I'm hoping Snow Leopard just makes the issue disappear.
I just ordered a new 15" uBody MBP, so I'll see if the problem shows up again. I'm hoping Snow Leopard just makes the issue disappear.
Similar problem on my 12in iBook G4
I had a similar problem - maybe still have - on my 12in iBook G4, which got increasingly worse. Using the trackpad, the cursor would freeze. At first using a mouse would unfreeze it (even making the trackpad usable again), but then sometimes that, too, wouldn't. Then yesterday, the iBook twice stopped acknowledging that the airport card was installed. Strictly these two problems should have nothing to do with each other. In desperation, and not really knowing a lot about OSX, I booted up from the installation disk and 'repaired permissions' and blow me, the problem as not yet come back (tho' that might be tempting fate).
I had a similar problem - maybe still have - on my 12in iBook G4, which got increasingly worse. Using the trackpad, the cursor would freeze. At first using a mouse would unfreeze it (even making the trackpad usable again), but then sometimes that, too, wouldn't. Then yesterday, the iBook twice stopped acknowledging that the airport card was installed. Strictly these two problems should have nothing to do with each other. In desperation, and not really knowing a lot about OSX, I booted up from the installation disk and 'repaired permissions' and blow me, the problem as not yet come back (tho' that might be tempting fate).
BUMP.
My MBP is only a month old, got the new early 2011 13" MBP. I'm noticing an oddity, my mouse cursor will freeze up momentarily, meaning the trackpad is unresponsive. After the moment passes, the cursor is finally set "free" so to speak and I can move it around again with the trackpad. This seems to happen randomly, not under any sort of heavy usage (in fact, when it just happened now, all I had open was Gmail).
After some researching, there is no specified culprit. I'm wondering if anyone else is experiencing this with their 2011 MBPs?
My MBP is only a month old, got the new early 2011 13" MBP. I'm noticing an oddity, my mouse cursor will freeze up momentarily, meaning the trackpad is unresponsive. After the moment passes, the cursor is finally set "free" so to speak and I can move it around again with the trackpad. This seems to happen randomly, not under any sort of heavy usage (in fact, when it just happened now, all I had open was Gmail).
After some researching, there is no specified culprit. I'm wondering if anyone else is experiencing this with their 2011 MBPs?
Mine started again after the recent updates from Apple. I'm going to try the 10.6.8 combo and see if that cleans it up.