Do you need new batteries? On Sep 23, 2012, at 2:23 PM, Dan Crutcher wrote:
> 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 > _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list [email protected] http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
