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Trackpad jumping around
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<blockquote data-quote="Randy B. Singer" data-source="post: 1845372" data-attributes="member: 190607"><p>Apple suggests trying this:</p><p></p><p>Put the MacBook Air on a hard surface. Press <em><strong>really hard</strong></em> on diagonally opposed corners of the trackpad at the same time (example: press the top right corner with your right index finger at the same time as the bottom left corner with your left index finger) repeat for all four corners. Do multiple times if necessary until the issue is resolved. </p><p></p><p>If that doesn't help, try:</p><p></p><p>Apple menu --> System Preferences --> Trackpad --> uncheck the "press to click option" in the "One finger" section</p><p>It will now take a much harder press to register a click on your trackpad. See if this solves the problem.</p><p></p><p>Final thing to try:</p><p></p><p>Trash the trackpad's preferences file (.plist).</p><p></p><p>Click on the desktop to get into the Finder</p><p>Hold down the Option key and click on the Go menu</p><p>"Library" will appear in the menu; choose it </p><p>Then go to:</p><p>Preferences folder --> com.apple.AppleMultitouchTrackpad.plist</p><p>Drag the "com.apple.AppleMultitouchTrackpad.plist" file to the desktop.</p><p>Restart your Mac. A fresh copy of "com.apple.AppleMultitouchTrackpad.plist" will be automatically created.</p><p>If things are now all better, you can trash the copy of "com.apple.AppleMultitouchTrackpad.plist" on your desktop.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Randy B. Singer, post: 1845372, member: 190607"] Apple suggests trying this: Put the MacBook Air on a hard surface. Press [I][B]really hard[/B][/I] on diagonally opposed corners of the trackpad at the same time (example: press the top right corner with your right index finger at the same time as the bottom left corner with your left index finger) repeat for all four corners. Do multiple times if necessary until the issue is resolved. If that doesn't help, try: Apple menu --> System Preferences --> Trackpad --> uncheck the "press to click option" in the "One finger" section It will now take a much harder press to register a click on your trackpad. See if this solves the problem. Final thing to try: Trash the trackpad's preferences file (.plist). Click on the desktop to get into the Finder Hold down the Option key and click on the Go menu "Library" will appear in the menu; choose it Then go to: Preferences folder --> com.apple.AppleMultitouchTrackpad.plist Drag the "com.apple.AppleMultitouchTrackpad.plist" file to the desktop. Restart your Mac. A fresh copy of "com.apple.AppleMultitouchTrackpad.plist" will be automatically created. If things are now all better, you can trash the copy of "com.apple.AppleMultitouchTrackpad.plist" on your desktop. [/QUOTE]
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