My MacBook Pro is behaving very strangely this morning. Specifically, the trackpad pointer/cursor is "hanging" if I don't move it for about 5 or 6 seconds. That is, after that period of inactivity, if I swipe my finger across the trackpad to move it, it does not move. If I keep swiping back and forth for a few seconds, it eventually starts moving and acts normally as long as I keep using it without pausing for that 5 or 6 seconds. Once I stop using it for that amount of time, it hangs again. Every time. The I-beam cursor, such as the one you get in Mail or a word processing program, does the same thing.
It is as if the trackpad (or the cursor) has fallen asleep and needs a few seconds of shaking to wake up. While typing this message I have discovered that the keyboard is doing the same thing — if I don't type a keystroke for 5 or 6 seconds, the next letter or space I try to type doesn't appear for several seconds. The cursor just keeps flashing and then, if I've hit the space bar five times during the "hang" it proceeds to enter five spaces once it starts working again. I will note that I do not get this same behavior if I do a Safe Boot. In that case, the cursor (and the keyboard, I presume) works as it should. I have turned off every extension, file sharing setting, iCloud, etc., etc., that I can find, but it seems to make no difference. A possible clue: This morning I got a notification that updates were available from Apple's App Store; one of which was an update from OS X 10.8.1 to 10.8.2. After installing this update a window appeared asking me to sign in to iCloud (which I had been signed into prior to the update). When I entered my Apple ID to do so, it gave a message that my Apple password was invalid and that I would have to change it. I clicked on a link in that window to change password and went to what looked like Apple's change password screen (the URL was forgot.apple.com). It asked me to enter my Apple ID (my email address) and then the method of authentication. I chose "Email authentication" and the next screen said I was to "follow the directions in the email to reset your password." I never received an email from Apple. My Apple ID and password still work (or iCloud, iTunes, etc.). At this point I got (and still am) a little paranoid: Had something harmful been installed? Was something maybe even logging my keystrokes or somehow coming in between my keyboard/trackpad and the computer? I'm still trying different things to see if I can isolate something that's causing this, but so far without success. Has anybody else experienced anything strange like this after updating to 10.8.2? Dan _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list [email protected] http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
