Magic Trackpad won't connect with Mountain Lion

Upgraded to OS X Mountain Lion and now my MBP won't recognize my Magic Trackpad... tried replacing batteries and everything... green light turns on fine, but never registers with the OS. Have a bluetoo

Scott Rose's solution here seemed to work for me (for now)... needed to hard reset and jump through a few hoops of trying to reconnect but it finally did and working fine now.

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and if that does not work, try resetting the SMC
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Is the upgrade free? That depends, if you have a more recent version of Word, Excel and Powerpoint, then probably yes, but if not, nope, it'll cost you. Try M$ (micro$oft for that). However, might I suggest, humbly, that you try OpenOffice or NeoOffice. I used it to open up a powerpoint presentation and it did fine, plus the price is right
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I have a brand new 2011 27" i5 iMac which I bought with Snow Leopard pre-loaded. Naturally, I included the new Magic Trackpad in my purchase, and though there were some problems with the device in SL - such as it going haywire without explanation - it generally worked, although battery levels were erratic (one day 80%, then an hour later 42%, then 80% again).
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Shut the computer down, pulled out the plug, waited two minutes, then started up again. MTP works for about two minutes, goes crazy then no response.
Run Onyx, shut down computer, then pulled out plug (see above).
Checked options in Universal Access, shut off "Ignore other devices when trackpad in use" (or whatever the option is). MTP works for about two minutes, goes crazy then no response.
Turned off the Magic Mouse. MTP works for about two minutes, goes crazy then no response.
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An AirPort Extreme is not a panacea for the phenomenon you describe, and whatever the problem is, it is not common enough to draw any conclusions. The number of variables that affect a wireless network is so large that a solution to your complaint from Apple Support will be elusive. Read this for one example: New Panasonic blueray player won't connect to my network if my iMac is running. Crazy things like that can drive you up a wall.
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2. Invest in a new hard drive, install Lion, and use it to do your scanning. I don't know how to do this, but it is possible.
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To be more accurate it my trackpad connects briefly (though it never actually registers any touches) then immediately disconnects and happens repeatedly. I'm using a 6 month old 11" MacBook Air.

After updating my iMac to Mountain Lion, the Trackpad wouldn't connect. Tried everything to no avail until I noticed it was connecting to the MacBook Pro across the room (which it had never done before!). The MacBook Pro was asleep, too! Disabled Bluetooth on the MacBook Pro; paired the Trackpad to the iMac again, and all's well. See if your trackpad is not trying to connect to another bluetooth computer somewhere in the vicinity.

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I have a similar problem. The zooming in/out does not work, or is very slow on my iMac 2010.
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btw: the spelling corrector in this reply is not working, so excuse my spelling and grammar.
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Was the trackpad connected to something else? If so, it needs to be deleted from there first.
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