Magic Trackpad suddenly begins lagging

I have had my Magic Trackpad for about a year now, I used it with my old iMac, and then I sold that and got a macbook pro, it worked fine with both, but now suddenly my Magic Trackpad is lagging sometimes when I am using it. It seems random, I swapped batteries but that doesn't seem to help. I don't know how much its lagging but enough to where I can't do things quickly, is this a blue tooth issue? I had no problems with my old iMac, but this newey late 2011 MBP is just having problems. Anyone else got this to work?

Saltank - Thanks for a reply.
I did contact Apple about this problem, tho I have an older unsupported machine, a Mac Pro, I thought it was a 10.10.3 problem and supportable. I'm in contact w/ a senior adviser whose now taken my problem to the engineers, and I'll post what the fix might be.
My symptoms happened at once and have been consistent, they started 5 days after the Update. I also hooked up another track pad and had same problem - yes maybe bluetooth related, I don't have a bluetooth keyboard, so I can't say. But that is interesting that your problems are developing around that possibility.
The first tech I spoke to said that she saw that a few people have had somewhat similar issues along these lines (tho the senior adviser did not say as much). Both of course were totally helpful and nice. The senior advisor filed a data report.
EGAD!!! Writing that last sentence - all of a sudden the screen activated the 4 finger upswipe I tried to make 4-5 minutes ago!!! AND NOW I HAVE ALL THE GESTURES BACK AGAIN! WTH? Did something just happen on the Apple side w/ my case behind the scenes? Can they do that? Or is this like what you were saying w/ the disconnecting completely and then coming back? Will this last all day? Is the functionality back? I'll have to wait the day to see...
I'll have to get back to this thread later.

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Magic Trackpad reboot?

Hi everyone,
Yesterday my Magic Trackpad is gone. Suddenly.
No scolling response at all, the device is connected, batteries OK, THE PHYSICAL CLICK WORKS, but the pad itself is gone.
Changed batteries, restarted my Mac several times, no way to wake it up.
Before bringing it back for repair, I'm asking something I wasn't able to find anywhere: is there a way, some procedure, to restart/reboot my Magic Trackpad and fix this issue?
Thank you all
Riccardo
PS: Thank you Steve, looking forward for your comeback. Come on!

My instructions in that post said "Keep the first 4 checkboxes checked". I never said check the remaining boxes. And as it turns out, the fifth box is "Force Setup Assistant to runs again on restart". That's why you are being prompted to reenter all your setup config information! The file named /var/db/.AppleSetupDone was deleted which causes that behavior (it says that too for that checkbox).
Don't you have any backups of your boot system? If you did you could try copying the .AppleSetupDone file from the backup. Somehow you need to get /var/db/.AppleSetupDone recreated. You say your original account is there. So there is hope and maybe only getting a new .AppleSetupDone is what's required.
There's a number of ways to approach this. But describing them clearly I suspect is going to loose something in the translation (if my simple BT reset is any example). So what I suggest before you do anything further, if you don't have any backups, back up that disk. Even if it means going out and buying an external enclosure with a disk. At least you'll then be able to do future backups if you ever get yourself out of this mess.
Assuming you have your disk backed up, reboot and go through the setup process but create a different account (i.e., different name from your original account). I'm assuming (hoping really since I'm playing this by ear making it up as I go along) that your /Users will have two accounts showing; the original and the new one created by the new config/setup process.
I am assuming at this point you are logged into the newly created account. If you go into the Accounts preference pane I don't know if it will show both the new and old accounts or just the new account.
Click the lock in the lower left corner and enter your admin password.
Click the Login Options.
Make sure Automatic login is off (leave everything else alone).
Control click (right click) on your newly created account on the left and select Advanced Options...
The field that says Home directory probably says /Users/your-new-account-name, where your account name is whatever you just set up. Change it to /Users/your-old-account-name. In other words you are pointing the home directory back to your original account.
Also note the User ID, which I assume is 501. You are not going to change this but I want to talk more about it a little later.
I think at this point there are two ways to go. The first way is for you click OK and immediately reboot. When presented with the login screen (remember Automatic login has been turned off) log into the new account you had configured for the setup. Basically all that was done was to "move" the home directory for the new account to use the old account's home directory.
I'm assuming you originally only had the one account to begin with (i.e., the one I referred to as your-old-account-name). In that case its User ID should also be 501. This is critical for the permissions stuff so that changing the home directory of the new account should not affect the permissions.
So at this point, if this all works (like I said I'm making this up as I type), you can use your old account but you need to log in with the new account name. If you are happy with that you can trash the /User/your-new-account-name. It's useless anyhow since it too is based on User ID 501.
The second way you could go (remember I said there were two ways to go) is to change the account name in the Advanced Options (the same panel you changed the home directory in) to the old account name. Then click the OK button and reboot.
So this second scheme is you changed both the home directory and account name. I never did this before so I don't know what the implications of this are. But if it works, after clicking the OK button, reboot, and with this scheme you would log in with your old account name. Again trash the /Users/your-new-account-name. Theoretically, you would now be back where you started before you ever tried the BT factory reset.
I've described only one scenario and as I said there are other approaches. But this post is getting too long and maybe confusing.
I hope this is clear enough. No guarantees. And I'll say it again. Make sure you backed that disk up before trying any of this.

Magic trackpad single tap not working

Hey Everyone,
So I have a new 2014 mac mini, and I have the magic trackpad and wireless keyboard connected to it. In my settings I have the "single tap" turned on, but when actually "tapping" with a single press, it doesn't work. The only way it works is if I actually use the click function. Now, I have bootcamp loaded up and these functions works perfect on my windows 8.1 partition. Any suggestions?

Using Lion 10.7.2, iMac 2010, Bluetooth trackpad, keyboard and mouse. Suddenly computer screen/screens would freeze after a prolonged (hours>overnight) sleep, no response to the trackpad or keyboard, requiring a restart. Problem has been fixed for past 2+ weeks, after performing the following:
1. Connect USB keyboard and mouse and restart computer.
2. Remove all 3 Bluetooth devices and partially remove batteries.
3. Turn off Bluetooth in System Preferences.
4. After overnight sleep, turn on Bluetooth in System Preferences.
5. Reconnect Bluetooth keyboard. Waited another day.
6. Reconnect Bluetooth trackpad and mouse.
7. After overnight sleep, everything was OK.
8. Removed USB mouse and keyboard.
9. No further problems with sleep>freezing and bluetooth devices all OK.
Ken S.

Magic Trackpad gone wild

Has anyone seen a Magic Trackpad go wild?
It seems to be OK all morning then last two days around now all of a sudden it just seems to scroll over and click on everything on my desktop so fast I cannot really see what is happening. Applications launching etc. like crazy. I do not think it is inteference. If I turn it off or take it way out in the garage the iMac settles down. It has been a bit be humid down here.
When the trackpad goes wild I battery-up a standby magic mouse to do my work. After awhile I can power the magic trackpad back up or go out retrieve it from the garage and it seems ok.

Again, If I understand the technology correctly these devices can be sensitive to humidity. I am 99% sure mine became very sensitive. They run on the electronic principle of capacitance. If you have ever been to Las Vegas, which is really dry, you will be shocked by the static electricity. The other side of the coin is humidity.
Notice if you leave mosturizer on your hands or if they are not completely dry any of these devices can act weird. I could see how the they could go bad - or become more sensitive. Capacitors tend to be the weak link in lots of electronics.
I took mine back to the Apple Store and the new one is just fine. Humidity or not.

Why does my trackpad start to lag when i charge my macbook pro?

This week suddenly my macbook pro has the issue that my trackpad starts to lag when i charge my macbook. I have had my macbook for 6 months now and everything worked fine until now.

You should post that on the Boot Camp forum, that is where all the Boot Camp and Windows guys hang out.
Good luck.

Magic trackpad won't pair

Just bought a magic trackpad and I can't get it to pair with my mac mini.
I have a 2009 mac mini running lion with 8 gigs of ram.
I turn on the trackpad and the light begins to blink , and then I click the
track pad button in system preferences but it never finds the trackpad.

Never mind!
I restarted the computer and tried it again and the trackpad was quickly paired.
So, all is right in the world.
Thanks

Back functionality in Safari broken with 9.1 with Magic Trackpad?

Mavericks 10.9.1 update appears to have broken the use of Safari 'back' gesture, but only for standalone Magic Trackpad users? Trying to swipe with two fingers from left to right to go back simply moves the front browser pane a few mm's then stops. You can no longer interact with the page, and have to either close and reopen safari, or pop open the MBP and use the onboard trackpad, in which case you can continue the gesture through to completion, then go back to using the standalone trackpad. It's as tho with Magic Trackpad it gets stuck just after the gesture/back animation begins.
Anyone else seeing this or just me?

1. From the Safari menu bar, select
Safari ▹ Preferences... ▹ Privacy ▹ Remove All Website Data
and confirm. Test.
2. There are reports that this problem can be solved by simply restarting, or by resetting the PRAM.

Magic trackpad, Intuos4, Better touch tools and Photoshop issues

I am using a new magic trackpad with an Intuos4 (most recent update) with Photoshop CS2. I used BTT (better touch tools) to designate upper left click for brush, and lower right click for eraser. Works great (little lag from trackpad) on my 2006 macbook.
But after several swithces between brush and eraser, my Intuos4 pen stops drawing or erasing. The cursor still moves around, but I can't draw or erase. Is thre something I can do about this?
I love using the trackpad with my left hand because I don't have to look down from the screen, and can keep my right hand drawing. Really effecient when it works. I checked the wacom forum and they said try moving the two pads farther apart.
Any insight? I plan on updating computer and software. Maybe this is not a problem with a new iMac and Lion?
Thanks!!!
Michael

ThanosG wrote:
After installing this update, I've been facing some issues, since I have already been using Jitouch (which I really need).
Is there any way to uninstall this update??
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The brute-force approach would be to reinstall the last version of Mac OS X.
Another approach, although not necessarily for the faint at heart, is to look in /Library/Receipts/boms ("bill of materials", presumably) for a file named after the update, then look in it for the list of files updated as part of the update. I don't know if there's a user-oriented application that knows how to look into a "bom" file, but I was able to see that information with a "strings" command in a Terminal session.
One last approach might be to look in /System/Library/Extensions for a "kext" file with a name and/or date that suggests that it was updated as part of the trackpad update.
Once new and/or updated files have been identified, you could move them out of the directory where they are found. If a file has been updated, it might be important to replace it with the older version of the file, otherwise something important could be disabled.

Magic trackpad question

I posted this question in another section of this site and didnt get a response so I thought Id put it in another section and maybe Ill get a response this time. Basically, my problem is after my computer goes to sleep and I click a key to wake it up my arrow is frozen and wont move, Ive checked the battery power in my trackpad and my keyboard and they both have plenty of battery power and it shows that my trackpad is connected onscreen yet my arrow still wont move. I have to mess with turning my trackpad off and on and have to turn my computer off and on again as I have no way of clicking boxes because the arrow wont move. This has just started happening in the past 2 or 3 days and I havent done anything out of the ordinary. It finally comes around and starts working but I would like it to work instantly after I click a key to wake my computer up like it used to do for years before this started happening. Could anyone help me with this and tell me why this may be happening and what I can do to fix it? Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!

Bluetooth and 802.11b/g (sometimes n) WiFi 2.4GHz frequences. Also on some Macs the WiFi and Bluetooth antennas are either shared or very close to each other.
So you can have interference from 2.4GHz WiFi. You can also have interference from 2.4GHz cordless phones (yours or your close neighbors), 2.4GHz baby monitors (yours or your close neighbors), microwave ovens (which also use 2.4GHz frequencies).
As an experiment, when they happens again, turn off your Mac's WiFi (WiFi menu -> Turn Wi-Fi Off. See if your Magic Trackpad will connect. Then turn WiFi back on.
If you have the option of use 802.11n 5GHz only WiFi in your home, give that a try (I understand that many handheld devices often only have 2.4GHz WiFi support, so this might ONLY be an experiment).
You could try the suggestions in the following article
<http://www.computerworld.com/article/2475598/mac-os-x/os-x-mavericks--fixing-wir eless-keyboard-mouse-connections.html>
You could try deleting
/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Bluetooth.plist
reboot your Mac
Pair all your bluetooth devcies again.
Wild idea, maybe AirDrop is causing problem (not my best idea, so do not assume it will be of any use).
<http://www.tuaw.com/2014/11/25/heres-the-root-cause-and-a-workaround-for-ios-8-a nd-yosemite-wi>
Skip the iOS beginning of the article and go to the Mac OS X portion.

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