MacBook :: Trackpad - Cursor Jumps All Over Page / Lose Control
Jun 16, 2012What is causing my trackpad to act crazy. The cursor jumps all over the page and I lose control of it.
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MacBook (13-inch Early 2008), Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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Apr 20, 2012The trackpad/cursor on my Macbook Pro vs10.6.8acts stangely. Sometime the cursor jumps around randomly and can't get any response from the trackpad. The condition is getting worse and has about made the trackpad useless. I have tried using as wireless mouse and have had no problems whatsoever, which leads me to believe the problem is in fact in the trackpad/cursor; either the hardware or softeare associated with same.
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OS X V10.7 Lion :: Arrow Cursor Pointer Jumps And Teleports Across Screen Every Second
Mar 13, 2012my iMac has this glitch, the cursor jumps or teleports across screen every second. I move it and then it jumps again, always jumps to the same place, same exact pixel everytime. I try to move the cursor quickly (to open safary or hit stand by) but no matter where the pointer is across the 27" screen, it teleports like a clock.
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Feb 12, 2012my trackpad is unresponsive down the bottom end and often the mouse does not move at all on screen when i use it.
Also when i scroll down pages the page can lock and go blurry.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
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http://support.apple.com/kb/SP23
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MacBook Pro (17-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.7.4)
