I've spilled a tiny amount of water on my trackpad (drops of sweat from a glass, so not much at all) and now the trackpad isn't working. The cursor is delayed and inaccurate and reminds me of windshield wipers on a dry windshield in that it bounces across the screen. Also, the menu of a right click keeps popping up but I haven't right clicked. Is there any way that I can dry under the trackpad? Can I take the trackpad off? I have a 13'' unibody. I did fold paper towels in half and stuck them in the cracks between the trackpad and the wrist rest and that did get some water up, but there is either still water under there or permanent damage. Any ideas? I'm not very tech-savy, so I'd rather not take the whole thing apart on my own, but it is work issued and I'd have to take it to them before I can take it to an Apple store.
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Water on trackpad
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Well your warranty is probably void if it got under the trackpad. You could just take a chance and take it to an apple store.
Turn it off, don't use it, and let it dry. I have gotten my trackpad slightly wet before, and it worked fine after drying off.
Yeah, moisture on a trackpad (I don't mean drenching it, but minor amounts) will temporarily make it difficult to use. I had that happen with other trackpads on different computers, and wiping the trackpad or waiting for it to dry will usually help.
Wiped my 2010 MBP15 down with a moist towel (wanted to remove lead solder paste residue from work). Trackpad has been going haywire (jumping and multiclicking with tap to click enabled) for the past couple of hours - hopefully playing some video to get the mac warm and dried out will sort it out. Will keep others posted in case a future generation suffers from this 
This happened to me - I just cleaned the keyboard and track pad with a normal damp cloth as if you would dust your bookshelves. The track pad has been jumpy for 24 hours now.
Can you tell me if yours was eventually fixed? I'm a bit worried that mine still isn't fixed :/
Can you tell me if yours was eventually fixed? I'm a bit worried that mine still isn't fixed :/
Wiped my 2010 MBP15 down with a moist towel (wanted to remove lead solder paste residue from work). Trackpad has been going haywire (jumping and multiclicking with tap to click enabled) for the past couple of hours - hopefully playing some video to get the mac warm and dried out will sort it out. Will keep others posted in case a future generation suffers from this
Just turn it off, the best thing is to not have electricity running through it and let it dry
Clean your Aluminum MacBook with high purity isopropyl alcohol (91%). It evaporates quickly and does not leave anything behind. It's safe on the glass trackpad, glass screen and current Apple chicklet keyboards as well.
Just make sure you don't do anything stupid, like spill it on your MacBook. Oh any keep it away from matte coated screens.
Just make sure you don't do anything stupid, like spill it on your MacBook. Oh any keep it away from matte coated screens.
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