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Hello all
Pleased to see the forum is still up and running - I thought it was going to close?
This MBP has been brilliant. It's an A1278, i7 2.9ghz, 16GB RAM, 512SSD. I've had it since new (late 2014, but it's a mid 2012 model) - but lately I'm getting the erratic trackpad issue. The cursor will be unresponsive, or dart about and even open pages and folders by itself.
The battery was old (1275 cycles), I thought it may be swollen and causing the issue, so I replaced it - but no change in behaviour.
I did a SMC reset, PRAM and NVRAM, but no change. I then verified and repaired permissions (I'm on 10.11.6 El Capitan, so I had to do it through Terminal) and the trackpad worked very well for a day. But, now the issue is back. It's different, because it comes and goes, instead of being there the whole time, but it's still not cured.
I think my next course will be to remove and clean the trackpad - and then possibly replace the trackpad and trackpad cable?
Am I wasting my time? Is this a sign that the MBP is on the way out? Or can anyone suggest any other avenues I should look into?
I'm reluctant to upgrade to the latest OSX, as some of my software will not work on it.
Thanks in advance.
Best wishes, CB
Pleased to see the forum is still up and running - I thought it was going to close?
This MBP has been brilliant. It's an A1278, i7 2.9ghz, 16GB RAM, 512SSD. I've had it since new (late 2014, but it's a mid 2012 model) - but lately I'm getting the erratic trackpad issue. The cursor will be unresponsive, or dart about and even open pages and folders by itself.
The battery was old (1275 cycles), I thought it may be swollen and causing the issue, so I replaced it - but no change in behaviour.
I did a SMC reset, PRAM and NVRAM, but no change. I then verified and repaired permissions (I'm on 10.11.6 El Capitan, so I had to do it through Terminal) and the trackpad worked very well for a day. But, now the issue is back. It's different, because it comes and goes, instead of being there the whole time, but it's still not cured.
I think my next course will be to remove and clean the trackpad - and then possibly replace the trackpad and trackpad cable?
Am I wasting my time? Is this a sign that the MBP is on the way out? Or can anyone suggest any other avenues I should look into?
I'm reluctant to upgrade to the latest OSX, as some of my software will not work on it.
Thanks in advance.
Best wishes, CB