Trackpad lag in mountain lion

Hi Upgraded to Mountain Lion and i get Trackpad Lag and sometimes the pointer dissapears in Photoshop Elements what gives hope apple address this Flaw !!

I am experiencing a similar issue with a new macbook air. I had upgraded from Lion and noticed it almost immediatley. It seems to correspond with window or cpu activity and movements from rest (maybe an accleration tracking issue?)

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  • How to configure trackpad physical buttons in Mountain Lion

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    Thanks guys, but my original post should have been clearer.  Can I configure the trackpad buttons in Mountain Lion in the same manner as in Snow Leopard without relying on third party software?
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    Then I don't really know why it isn't working. What you might try is this:
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    Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
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    When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list.  In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive.  If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported then click on the Repair Permissions button. When the process is completed, then quit DU and return to the main menu. Select Restart from the Apple menu.
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    This happened to me too. After about a week of ML, my trackpad started freaking out overnight. I went to the mac store [annoyed because I didn't even want to upgrade to ML but it's a requirement for some software...] and they told me to get a new trackpad*. Went home to reference the real geniuses [the forums..] and so far deleting the google files has worked : https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4315898?start=30&tstart=0
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  • Navigating through photos in single-photo view in iphoto with trackpad is not working after installing new OS Mountain lion

    I have recently download new OS Mountain lion on my macbook (white late 2010 model). I had snow leopard before.
    On iphoto, when i was viewing my photos in a single-photo view (double clicking on a photo), i was unable to go to the next photo/previous photo using my trackpad. Only way i could do this was by pressing arrow buttons on my key board.
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    Terence Devlin wrote:
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  • TrackPad physical click not working after upgrade to Mountain Lion

    Does anybody know how to get my trackpad working again after upgrading to Mountain Lion?
    I recently upgraded my MacBook (13-inch, Late 2009, Intel Core 2 Duo) from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion. Everything seems to have gone well, except for trackpad behavior.
    The primary problem is that the physical click of the trackpad is now erratic. Sometimes a physical click will work, and other times it will not work.
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    I ended up taking my MacBook to the Apple Genius Bar. The staff were very helpful.
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    Best wishes to all...
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  • Mountain Lion trackpad help

    Is there any Mountain Lion trackpad gesture that brings all open applications up to the front for easy quitting? On Snow Leopard I was able to swipe 4 fingers to the right or left and quit my applications easily by hitting "Command" Q. I know how to quit applications by right clicking on the application while on the dock, but is there an easy way to bring all open applications to the front?

    Press command-tab, and continue holding down the command key.  You can cycle through the list that appears (all while keeping the command key held down) by pressing the tab key, or shift-tab to go backwards.  When a particular app is selected, press the Q key (remember, you're still holding down the command key!), and the app should quit.  Repeat until you have quit all the apps you want to quit.

  • In Finder , why i can't go back and forward using the trackpad in Mountain Lion?

    In Finder , why i can't go back and forward using the trackpad in Mountain Lion?

    Hi. I also got the same problem but just learnt a way to resolve it. No need for 3rd party software.
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    Re-tick Three finger drag in Point&Click.
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    - Swipe between pages in Finder and other apps: Combination Option+swipe 4 fingers
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    * You can actually use combination Option+Swipe 4 fingers for everything (apps, finder, web pages) but I personally prefer swipe 2 fingers for web browsing. It's just easier and quicker and avoid conflicts with other gestures.
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