Help! My track pad just started actin all wackadoodle!

[cbayer]

It used to click audibly when i tapped it and it suddenly stopped.

And it's not clicking on things. I have to click on them over and over to start the process.

I shut it off and cleaned it, but it's still doing it.

Any suggestions?

Pointing and scrolling appear to be working normally.

[Stinky The Clown]

1. You have a laptop, right?

I had sometjhing like that happen with the bluetooth trackpad I use on my MacPro. For some totally inexplicable reason, the settings had all reverted to the defaults.

[cbayer]

3. Yes, a MacBook Pro.

Any ideas on how to fix it?

[REP]

2. Check the batteries (if it's for a desktop)

Then check default settings.

[cbayer]

4. I went into preferences and looked at all my trackpad settings and they look fine.

I did not see an option for default settings.

BTW, it's a laptop, so no batteries.

[cbayer]

5. OK, I went into preferences and unchecked and rechecked everything and it seems to have helped.

Don't know why that would be so, but we seem to be back on *track*, lol.

[cbayer]

6. Scratch that, it's still not right at all.

[Stinky The Clown]

7. I assume you've started and restarted.

When my trackpad went crazy I had to reset something to default. Not in preferences, but to the computer itself. It was done with a mnemonic key press that I can't recall. (CMD+CTRL+D+R or some such.) <----example only

[cbayer]

8. I have. It seems better this morning, so I will work with it and see what happens.

I am thinking it might be something as simple as a seed caught underneath it or something.

[Stinky The Clown]

9. There was a problem with "swolen batteries" a while back

The earlier MBPs with the removable battery had some issues with the battery swelling just a tiny bit. That put pressure on the underside of the trackpad causing erratic behavior. The fix was to remove this tiny rubber wedge that was there to keep the battery from moving.

Yes, it could have been something as simple as you describe. I am also told that wet (sweaty) fingers can cause it.

Weird.

[cbayer]

10. OK, this is good information. My battery was running really hot yesterday, so

will see if the problem recurs if the battery heats up again.

I was also eating cheetos and kept licking my fingers, so that could be the problem as well (just kidding).