A little water spilled on my touchpad, the MBP is still operating normally except the mouse movements are uncoordinated and I can't scroll the screen with the "two finger down-movement" as well. What should I do? A big bag of rice or something? Or put it under some light to let the water dehydrate?
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Water on my touchpad...
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First off, turn it off, don't turn back on for 2 days. That being said, you've already turned it on and seen the effects, so some of the circuits may already be damaged.
That's correct. You can't "reset" a trackpad. The newbie that suggested this is wrong.
Is that so?
It can get messed up with even slightly wet fingers. Does resetting it help? You can just hold your palm over it for about five seconds to get it reset. This usually helps me when mine starts acting randomly.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/268530/
Even with very moist fingers (if you are sweating) or after I've wiped the trackpad with a slightly damp cloth, the input is a bit off. Scrolling fluctuates a wee bit, and moving the cursor is a bit off too.
I wouldn't worry - if the trackpad was soaked and water was literally down the sides of it, then you might have a problem.
But I'd let it dry out and try it again in a few hours or so.
I wouldn't worry - if the trackpad was soaked and water was literally down the sides of it, then you might have a problem.
But I'd let it dry out and try it again in a few hours or so.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TA22966
worked on my powerbook, works on my c2d mbp. still awaiting the arrival of my i7
How much is a "little"?
It makes sense to just leave it alone in a dry place and let the water evaporate by itself.
+1 .. It worked for me .. I am having a 2010 second half mbp .. And two drops of sweat , my trackpad was behaving erratically. I used the vacuum cleaner blower for sometime then left it under the fan for around 4 hours. Later, total ir responsiveness turned to vague. Now i kept my palm on it for 10 seconds twice... and voila.. it starts working perfectly again.. Thanks dude.. !!
Thank you for the tips, the 10 second palm in the mousepad worked for me unlike what everyone else is saying, was really scared for a second because me too had restarted my mac twice. My mousepad iw working 100% now, cheers!
The same thing happen to me ,i try the hair drier ,i just blow on the touch pad for 5 mints after that ,it works
I use water to clean my trackpad regularly. You're likely OK. Just keep it off for a day in some rice and let it dry.
I have had this issue happen twice now with my 15" MacBook Pro Retina. For the first occurrence, the erratic behavior started suddenly in the middle of using my Mac, no inciting event. For the second occurrence, it started after I cleaned my trackpad with eyeglass cleaner.
BOTH times the solution was to repair disk permissions and restart my laptop. I'm not too terribly sure why or how cleaning a trackpad causes disk permissions errors but it did the trick. Of course, I would always power off a device and allow it to adequately dry for a day or 2 if liquid was visibly seen falling onto it.
BOTH times the solution was to repair disk permissions and restart my laptop. I'm not too terribly sure why or how cleaning a trackpad causes disk permissions errors but it did the trick. Of course, I would always power off a device and allow it to adequately dry for a day or 2 if liquid was visibly seen falling onto it.
THE FACT THIS ACTUALLY WORKED. I spilled a bit of water on my trackpad and I wiped it off immediately with a tissue. But for 7 hours, the trackpad has been erratic and doing all sorts of things and I tried this just now and it’s all good now.