Track pad extremely sensitive in drag and drop and clicking

Please help with a pad that's driving me nutz! Over sensitive in underlining, drag and drop and clicking. Is there any way to control sensitivity or do I have to take it to the Apple Store?
Thanks!

Hello there, salvarez1957.
The following two Knowledge Base articles offer up some great steps for troubleshooting issues with trackpads:
Portables and Magic Trackpad: Jumpy or erratic trackpad operation
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1449
and
Intel-based Mac notebooks: Troubleshooting unresponsive trackpad issues
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1248
Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
Pedro.

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To be specific. I have the imac late 2013 model, and i just bought the trackpad this October 2014. I have been using magic mouse without any problem. I just want to have a new experience with the trackpad. Any time i on my imac, i will have a normal screen with my picture and a guest column at the center. I need to click either my picture or the guest in order to have the space where i can key in my password with the keyboard. But unfortunately, my trackpad will show that it is connected and the cursor will be moving in front of the screen if i touch the trackpad, but if i try to click, i will get no response. I have to put back batteries inside my magic mouse and then click on my picture if i want to log in with my id or i click on the guest image if i want to log in as a guest. it is only after this that my trackpad will start responding.
i want to use only trackpad for now so as to be more efficient with it. I don't want to be putting back batteries inside the magic mouse only to on my imac. I need a solution please.
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It sounds like you have assigned the primary click on the trackpad to something else, perhaps a gesture.
Use your mouse, login and then open the Trackpad preference pane and see how you have the interface configured.
Oh and you can have both the Magic Mouse and Magic Trackpad powered up and working at the same time. No need to keep moving batteries around.
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Greetings ascnephew8,
It seems your trackpad isn't working as you expect it to. Have you reviewed the trackpad settings in System Preferences? The following article provides trackpad setting details which may help:
OS X Mountain Lion: Change the way your trackpad works
Thank you for contributing to Apple Support Communities.
Best,
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Great tip! Your suggestion to check for a swollen battery in my laptop is working for me. You should get credit for solving the problem.
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