Thanks Chris, Taking the (very swollen) battery out seems to have sorted it. The trackpad button has been transformed. The strange thing was it only seemed to happen when I was using Safari or Chrome.
Looking for a replacement on Ebay, there are some priced €35ish has anyone used similar ones? I'm not after huge battery life but I do need to be able to go unplugged for an hour or two occasionally. regards Philippe On Thursday, 26 April 2012 at 17:20, Chris Webb wrote: > > Phillipe, > > Which MacBook? If it has a battery you can remove, connect it to power and > take the battery out. Sometimes they swell slightly which puts pressure on > the trackpad button. > > Alternatively, if you have a mouse connected, check out the Trackpad system > preference pane. It can be set to be 'ignored' when a mouse is connected. > > Chris Webb . Principal > MacService > Woodside, Brightling Road > Robertsbridge, East Sussex, TN32 5EL > t: 01580 881212 > f: 01580 881313 > m: 07770 960632 > e: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) > > > > > w: www.macservice.co.uk (http://www.macservice.co.uk/) > > > > Get a free iPhone QR-Code Scanner here > (http://itunes.apple.com/app/redlaser/id312720263?mt=8). > On 26 Apr 2012, at 14:06, Philippe Chandless wrote: > > HI, > > > > My MacBook's trackpad button has been showing signs of age for some time. > > It was always very sensitive and recently I took to using a magic mouse as > > it was getting really difficult to live with. Now it seems to be affecting > > the mouse. Symptoms are that the mouse will not click on anything or, when > > in a browser, selects everything it moves past. > > > > Assuming it is hardware related. Is there an, affordable, way to fix it? I > > can take it to a service centre or an Apple store but it involves a day' > > there and back to either Geneva or Lyon. > > > > Regards > > Philippe > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] > > (mailto:[email protected]). > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > (mailto:[email protected]). > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] > (mailto:[email protected]). > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]). > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
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