MBP 13" has the jitters

keyboard and mouse, zooming in and out uncontrollably. highlighting text randomly, shifting placement of text, then more zooming in and out. does same thing regardless of app - can be Safari or Photoshop. Then it goes away for a while. Just had new battery installed. Could that be a cause? Magic Mouse. happens whether using mouse or trackpad. (At the moment it's stable enough to do this post).

Hi Jim Mcdade!
Here is an article that seems to describe your issue and may be able to help you resolve it:
Portables and Magic Trackpad: Jumpy or erratic trackpad operation
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1449
Thanks for coming to the Apple Support Communities!
Regards,
Braden

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Hey Gang,
Here's a project, with specifics, that I am still having problems with...It seems that when the motion of objects get upclose, they look jittery and not smooth, characteristics which the original footage does not possess. To hopefully get to the point, here is all the info pertinent to this. I am using the file as a playback to my Western Digital TV Live Plus, which also plays the AVCHD source video perfectly. Thanks again!
Marshall
Orignal Source Footage: Sony AVCHD 1080/60i
Using FCE 4.0.1
Easy Setup settings:
Format: HD
Rate: 29.97fps
Use: AVCHD-Apple Intermediate Codec 1920x1080i60
on Export > Using Quicktime Conversion...
Standard Video Compression Settings
Compression type: H.264
Motion:
Frame Rate: 29.97 fps
Keyframes: Every 24 frames
Frame Reordering is CHECKED. (what is frame reordering anyways??)
Data Rate: Automatic
Compressor: Quality (Best)
Encoding: Best Quality
Export Size Settings:
Dimensions: HD 1920 x 1080 16:9
(other 2 choices left checked)
Anyone have any ideas for improvement? If this is the best it can do, I would certainly be disappointed...thanks for any and all help!

Oh really? Yeah, I don't have Perian on my machine.....I deinterlaced it thru FEC with the filters command, which has made it look better (before I did this, all my trial exports looked EXTREMELY bad and combed-looking), but not behave better, motion wise as I have described.....I did not deinterlace in the exporting process though....I don't know if that would change anything or not..
I sometimes think maybe it's this WD TV plus, but it plays all my AVCHD source footage perfectly....this is getting frustrating! thanks for the pointers - hopefully something will help me here...
MWB
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Screen jump back and forth 'jittering' , keyboard pops up and down, keys randomly typing,
Maybe it's just processed ! Anybody seen this or have any ideas about it?
Thanks, -Stephen.

See this FAQ on the spinning circle and actions to take to eliminate it.

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Hey All,
I am having a major problem getting rid of jittery movement in a motion project. I have a png of a bulletin board with video underneath it that looks like picture frames.
*http://www.memphis.edu/videos/embedvideo.php?movie=movs/parkernomotionrefmovie.m ov&width=640&height=496*
I want to zoom in and set a semi-circular motion path like this:
http://www.memphis.edu/videos/embedvideo.php?movie=movs/parkerbackgroundtoshowre fmovie.mov&width=640&height=496
I have tried setting a motion path using keyframes and by moving the camera, but every time it starts to get the shakes. How do I remedy this?
Here are my computer specs:
2 x 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
10 GB 800 MHz DDR2
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
VRAM 512 MB
If anyone wants to see the project, please email me at [email protected] and I will send you the .motn file.
Thanks for any help.

Peter,
the largest object is about 250 MB, but I have the problem even with the background PNG only. I would be grateful if I could send you a copy of the project (it is only 5.8 MB stripped down) to see if I have done anything wrong.
My email is [email protected]
Thanks for your time.

HT1430 My mini pad has the jitters. It jumps around within an app. Jumps from app to app. Jiggles. Has anyone else had this problem?

Isn't my question clear enough?
I've tried all the easy stuff. Even taken it to the Apple store where they had never heard of this happening and like the mower that works on the driveway and quits on the grass, it wouldn't act up for them.

Try:
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Reset all settings
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
All your preferences and settings are reset. Information (such as contacts and calendars) and media (such as songs and videos) aren’t affected.
- Restore from backup. See:
iOS: Back up and restore your iOS device with iCloud or iTunes
- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.
If still problem, make an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store since it appears you have a hardware problem.
Apple Retail Store - Genius Bar

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I hope so, might mean it can be fixed with a software update !

I don't have an answer, but there is a thread in MacRumors that has yet to be answered that may later get one.
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=187391
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My wife has a 2009 15" MBP that has the Nvidia 9400 and 9600 GT video cards. She's had repeated problems with flickering and crashes, it's been serviced once with a video failure doing a wide vertical band down the screen. It's out of warranty.
I'm pretty sure there's a problem with the 9600 video. What we'd like to do, since it's going to be a few weeks before we're in town to get to an Apple store and we can't do without the computer, is configure it to always boot to the 9400 card. Is there an easy way to do this? It seems like every time she has to reboot it, it always defaults to the 9600. We basically want it to totally ignore the 9600 and forget that it's there.
Thanks!

You might see if this works on your machine.
This third party utilitty is well worth its weight in gold:
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I want to do a data recovery of my 15" MBP that has the flashing folder w/ ? mark in it, to an iMac 21.4"; how can i go about that?

DJSMACC wrote:
How do I go about removing the internal drive and mount it to an external enclosure @Linc Davis??? Sorry that I'm not too hip with all the technology lingo & etc?
You'll have to watch the video and buy a few tools to extract the driive.
http://eshop.macsales.com/installvideos/
Then use something like this to connect to the other Mac or PC with MacDrive installed.
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Newer%20Technology/U3NVSPATA/
You also can get the same adapter elsewhere online for as low as $12 I've seen.
Likely it's a USB 2,1 which your Mac's can only accept USB 2,1 anyway, no need to pay more for a USB 3 unless you want too.
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You likely should be having a professional or Apple tech attempt to bypass the firmware password if you forgot it, it's the best way to go about things.
Just because the Mac has a spinning wheel gray screen at boot doesn't mean it's ruined, you just need to bypass the firmware password and then from there fix the machine's cause for not booting, which is likely a software issue from a third party kernel extension file.
Step by Step to fix your Mac
You should know that opening the iMac could likely ruin it and will ruin any warranty or AppleCare, and if it's a Early 2011 model or later you can't replace the hard drive yourself as Apple has proprietary software installed on the drive that needs to "talk" to OS X to control the fans speeds.
Good Luck.

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I am trying to decrease the size of my aperature library on my MB Pro HD. I used file\ relocate master to move files to my External HD(EHD) and this worked. However, the size of my MBP library has not decreased. I do not want to delete the files on my MB Pro until I am confident Aperature can see the files on the EHD. It looks like the relocate master fxn just copies the masters and data to another location.

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If you look at the images in the library that you moved do they have the referenced file badge? If you run a filter on your library looking for referenced files do the images you relocated show up? If you select one of the images and do a Show in Finder what does it show? Finally if you select the images and do Locate Referenced files do they appear listed as being on the volume you put them on?
You could go into the library and look for the masters you moved to see if they are still there but if all the above show you they were relocated then I don;t think you will find them.
How are you checking the library size? Have you quit Aperture and restarted it (better would be to log out and log back in) and then checked the size? It is possible that some of that data is cached and won't get updated till you restart.
Finally you could do a library repair in case something got 'stuck'.

HT203254 My 15" 2007 MBP has the NVDIA chip

My 15" 2007 MBP has the defective NVDIA chip however I had to pay Apple several hundred dollars to repair it. I was told that Apple would not cover the cost of the repair because it was 2 months outside the coverage period.
First of all, it's bad enough that I would have to pay Apple to repair a known defect. Apple won a court settlement and was awarded a financial settlement to repair these machines. What did Apple do with this settlement? They certainly did not repair my computer.
Now after only 80 days of getting this computer repaired by Apple, the NVDIA chip problem has reoccured. My MBP is back in the shop again. Apparently the first repair was only a short-term fix. There's no way that a quality repair would last only 80 days! This has to be the worst experience ever with a major company.
Had I purchased a cheap off-brand computer, I would expect some problems later on, however, this MBP cost $2100 in 2007. This was a major purchase and a reputable brand. Don't get me wrong, I like Apple products, however, I'm beginning to feel that maybe, just maybe Apple doesn't value me, their customer as much as I value them.

Apple has a special test they can run to diagnose the NVIDIA issue, so that's probably what needs to happen. Not sure why screen sharing works, though.

My mid-2012 MacBook Pro has the fan constantly running. As soon as I turn it on. My MBP won't even be hot and the fan is running. How can I fix this?

My mid-2012 MacBook Pro has the fan constantly running. As soon as I turn it on. My MBP won't even be hot and the fan is running. How can I fix this?

If you are still under warranty and/or have AppleCare, call them. Let them deal w/it.
OOW try the following: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1411 Apple Portables: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)

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Hey Marco'96,
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities! I understand that you are experiencing issues with AirPlay mirroring in OS X to your Apple TV. The following resource includes helpful troubleshooting steps towards the end of the article, which may resolve your issue:
About AirPlay Mirroring in OS X - Apple Support
http://support.apple.com/HT201343
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Matt M.

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A couple of weeks ago I'm so sure it was quoted as approx $250, now it is $429! I'm looking at the 2.3 gHz model and using the Australian website both times... My main concern is has the price increased because there are alot of problems with the MBP retina?

250 is for Air & 13" models
350 for 15-17" and Retina
Just where are you seeing 429. Post a link.

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A former employee has returned a 17" MBP and cleared the OS. All attempts to reinstall are failing, start up disc, repower C pressed, Cmd-R etc - anyone any ideas?

Did you have the original OS installation disk? If not, call Apple Customer relations and provide them with the MBP serial number (on the bottom) and they will send you replacements. There is a charge.
If this is a late 2011 MBP, the it came with Lion installed. Try accessing the Apple servers with OPTION COMMAND R keys held down at start up. The display should show a picture of a globe. Proceed accordingly. If no success, call Apple as already described.
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MBP 13" has the jitters

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