Trackpad malfunction after upgrade leopard to snow leopard

only half of trackpad works now, after install snow leopard,,,,any ideas?

phoebemd wrote:
only half of trackpad works now, after install snow leopard,,,,any ideas?
Try repairing disk using your install DVD.

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Problems after upgrade: Leopard to Leopard no longer works

My sister upgraded to Leopard on her iMac(c2d) to Leopard yesterday. Earlier in the day we were able to do video chats with a number of people(her machine Tiger to Fathers machine Leopard). However, since upgrading, we've experienced weird behavior for video chats. Basically in her window she won't see her image(the small one), and I don't see her at all. We've tested this out with a number of other iChat accounts and get the same results. Btw, all machines that are chatting with her are using Leopard. Also, all other forms/capabilities work: screen sharing, sharing of pictures, audio chats.
Anyone out there have similar problems after upgrading from Tiger to Leopard? I have done the usual adjustments of bandwidth and QT settings, as well as restarts. What else should I try?
tia,
n

I finally resolved this problem: I think the issues/steps would be helpful for anyone who experiences iSight off or not working problems after upgrading to Leopard(then to 10.5.1) on a intel 20" iMac :
Problem:
-If you have an internal iSight on an iMac and your camera works fine in Tiger
-If you upgrade to Leopard
-If Chat camera doesn't show your image (iSight off) even though the green light is on
-You can see the other persons video on iChat
-Your friends can here you and you can share screens, files, etc.....everything but have them see you
These are the initial steps I took:
- Deleted the pLists(or stored preferences for the Application) described at the top of this thread
- Was told it might be slow internet connection so did various things: disconnected other computers, changed wireless to "G" only
- Specifically Opened of ports spec'd for Leopard on router (even though I hadn't needed to do this under Tiger)
- Tried chats with various people on various fast/slow networks
- Restarted all aspects of the network: router, wireless access point, computer
- Checked to see if the iSight was shown in 'System Profiler'. It was found in 'About This Mac->More Info->System Profiler->USB'
- Clicked Video icon in iChat Buddies window(to the right of your name) and coudn't see my image
- Opened 'PhotoBooth' and coudn't see my image(black screen)
- Opened iMovie and couldn't capture video via the iSight(black screen)
- Opened iChat->Preferences->Video and couldn't see my image
- Validated that 'Camera is Enabled' in iChat->Video->Camera is Enabled
If you are experiencing a similar problem with you built-in iSight, I would probably focus on the last 5 things that I did. What they showed me was that the iSight was just not capturing video even though it was capturing sound in 3 different applications.
The solution to iSight Off or iSight Not Responding or No Video is......reset your computer! I had thought my sister performed this but it turns out she hadn't. Here's the link to this procedure:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303446
Very easy to do though: Power off computer and unplug all cables, including power cable for at least 15 seconds. Plug everything back in and power up the computer and retry clicking on the 'Video' icon next to your login name. If you see yourself then...problem is solved.
While I eventually found posts in several other forums, it took me the better part of a week. To try this simple step. I wish I had done so straight away. Oy. I guess I learned a lot about ports, speed etc.
I hope this helps.

Trackpad failure after upgrading to X

After upgrading my 13" macpro, the trackpad would randomly fail when I was doing commands like switching desktops, mission control, or dashboard. Not always, but randomly, like it was going fine, but after I woke it up from sleep, it just didn't work out. Other trackpad gestures in a single desktop were fine however.

You and me both. No trouble with a trackpad after three plus years with Leopard, Snow Leopard, and Lion. Mountain Lion breaks my trackpad to the point where I can only hold the power button and press enter to shutdown. I cannot select or click anything with the left or right side of the trackpad. Neither the "tap tp click" nor the "full physical push works with either on my mid-2009 Macbook Pro, aka MacBookPro5,2. Happens after every wake from sleep.
Frustrating and disappointing. Is there a KB article regarding this? It happened immediately after the Mountain Lion upgrade and was not expereienced before.
Ran repair permissions after upgrade. Advice? SMC (PRAM) reset?
Thanks,
fellow

Trackpad problems after upgrade to Mavericks

Hello everyone!
Am I the only one who has problems with trackpad after upgrade to Mavericks?
The trackpad on my MacBook Air began to behave wierd. When I want just to move my cursor, it sometimes behave as if I pressed it. So I usually mark the text or open links I didn't want to. It happens especially in the lower half of my trackpad. Does anybody know how could I solve this problem???
Thank you in advance for any help.
Regards
Tom

I'm having this probem too, except it has rendered my macbook pro completely useless. the trackpad is completetly unresponsive and the mouse will move and click completely unprevoked. repeated restarts has not helped...

System control panel malfunctioning after upgrade to windows 7 professional

I have an issue I just bought with my recently purchased Toshiba satellite P755-S5390. I had upgraded to windows 7 professional. Now the the system control panel is malfunctioning and I lost one USB bay. This included the switch to turn on and off wifi. After consulting with my some co-workers I have concluded that it is a hardware issue, but I find myself in a bit of a pickle. I didn't’t create a recovery disk for the laptop's original operating system and one was not provided. Is there any way I can get the system control panel function back to its factory settings so I can turn my wifi switch back on. With out having to purchase a restore disk from Toshiba.

The cheaper and easier thing to do is to consider purchasing the Recovery disks from Toshiba because alternatives can be time consuming and expensive in media.
Most of the newer Toshiba laptops do not include Recovery disks. So Toshiba gives you two options to run the Recovery. One is to create the Recovery disks using the Toshiba Recovery Disk Creator program. You'll find the program under Toshiba or Toshiba Utilities in the Program lists. The other way to run the Recovery is to turn on the computer while holding down the '0' (zero) key. This will activate a program in a hidden partition on the hard drive to send the computer back to it's out-of-the-box configuration. You can try this with your current operating system. It will give you a couple different opportunities to back out of running the Recovery before the process begins. The advantage of going back to the out-of-the-box configuration is that the Toshiba Recovery Disk Creator program will be created again and you'll be able to create the Recovery disks as many times as you'd like. The bad news is that running the Recovery software will wipe out EVERYTHING on the computer, including programs, files, pictures and music.
What you can do is back up all of your programs and files and run the Recovery using the hidden hard drive partition. Create the Recovery disks and then restore all of your programs and files again. But this is a lot of work and like I said,it might be cheaper and easier just to buy the disks.

Trackpad problems after upgrade

Hi,
I replaced a dented bottom casing on my Powerbook G4 12 inch 1.5 Ghz and at the same time upgraded the internal hard drive from 80 GB to the maximum 250 GB as suggested by the apple dealers (and apple themselves though they were not allowed to install it). Now my track pad has intermittent problems. Sometimes it freezes, sometimes the mouse indicator on screen disappears completely. The only thing I am able to do is turn off the computer and re-boot. Then all works again. Have run disk warrior and this still happens. This machine has worked without one single problem for five years so I assume the upgrade is responsible. What do I do now?

lookandsee:
Go back in and make sure that the trackpad cable is securely connected to the logic board, and if it is secured with tape, put a fresh piece of tape on it.
cornelius

Trackpad malfunctioning after Yosemite (Tried the recommended fix)

So, I've had my computer for about 2 years now and have never had a problem with it. I purchased the wireless trackpad with the computer so have been using the devices together since the beginning. After installing the latest OS X, the trackpad began having a mind of it own - randomly clicking on folders on the other side of my screen, left clicking without pressing down on it, highlighting things randomly, etc.. no control. I've tried the disconnect/reconnect bluetooth fix, changing the batteries, and everything else. Anyone have any other suggestions?

We have the exact same problem. Very frustrating. Have not found a solution yet.

Trackpad reversed after upgrading to OS lion

Since downloading the newest version of OS Lion (currently using version 10.7.3) when I use the trackpad on my MacBook Pro if I use two fingers and drag down that now makes the screen image scroll up and vice versa. Does anyone else have this problem? It feels backwards to me and is the opposite of how I used to use two fingers to scroll upd/down before upgrading this afternoon.
Any suggestions appreciated!

That shouldn't be one of the options that is missing, though. Older trackpads didn't have the same multitouch sensitivity, and thus could not recognize all the gestures that newer ones can. But the scroll direction isn't the same thing. You're sure you were looking in the right place? Did you try other tabs? Perhaps it's in a different place on older MBPs.
If it's really not there, you can at least comfort yourself with the fact that it's not as hard to learn as it will initially seem. It helps if you envision that the page is a sheet of paper, and that you are putting your fingers on it and pushing it around. IMHO, that's a lot more intuitive and sensible than dragging down to make the page move up, and your brain (if it's anything like mine) will soon breathe a sigh of relief at being able to leave that stale old method behind.
...until you have to use someone else's computer, that is! ;)

Do I need to update Bootcamp 3.3 after upgrading from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion?

Do I need to update Bootcamp 3.3 after upgrading directly from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion? If so, what is the recommended version for my machine?
Other pros and cons we should consider? Not sure what is considered best practice.
We have a mid-2011 iMac (12,1) running Win7 64bit. Concerned about firmware updates not being compatible with Bootcamp 3.3. Firmware updates forThunderbolt port were part of post-Mountain Lion updater install. Not sure what other firmware/boot changes might have been applied to support the new recovery partition, for example. Will the 3.3 windows control panel still work safely?
Win7 still boots OK, at least for now. Backup is current.
I'd like to get the entire machine current again. Bootcamp 5.0 didn't want to download (appeared to hang writing to my external drive, which is otherwise fine). Bootcamp 4.1 refused to install on Win7 (claimed it wasn't for my machine, so I aborted. Downloaded from apple support page directly).
I've searched the forums for this specific question - I see plenty of info for upgrading Bootcamp 4 to 5, but nothing for 3 to 5.
Thanks much in advance,
-b

Appreciate the quick response.
There are basically 2 schools of thought here:
- If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
- Don't fall off the upgrade cycle (apply patches whether you have an issue or not in order to ward off trouble before it happens).
I don't have a specific issue that I'm chasing on the Win7 side right now. I'm attempting to address having fallen off the upgrade cycle by staying on Snow Leopard too long.
I appreciate that the Win7 side under bootcamp is its own thing (upgrades to Mac OS don't cross over or effect the bootcamp partition) - except where firmware upgrades coming out of Mountain Lion change the hardware interface to Win7. Hence my questions.
-b

Problem: Mac won't boot up after upgrade to 10.5.4

Upgraded MacBook Air (SSD model) to 10.5.4 last night. Got a couple of boots where MBA showed a grey panel in the centre of the screen (in 4 languages) saying that I needed to restart my computer. On the third try got the white Apple startup, then a plain light blue screen. I know from previous upgrades that can sit for a while, so I left it overnight. In the morning, still blue. Power off, power on, grey panel telling me to restart again. Seems to be in a cycle of twice with a grey box, then the blue screen. Any ideas?
Everything is backed up, so if I get it sort-of working, I can restore to my last good 10.5.3 and take it from there.

Hi,
it happened to me too.
I've G4 mini with 1Gb RAM: with 10.5.3 everything was working fine.
Once upgraded to 10.5.4 and reboot, the Mac just won't start: blue screen with mouse cursor but nothing more.
Additionally, the mac becomes extremely noisy as for some process taking out all the CPU.
It's the second time I got a system failure after upgrading Leopard: this starts to be annoying.
M.

Lost APN Setting on Iphone 4 After Upgrade to 4.3.1

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Have you checked your apps so that there is no apps overriding the output audio like lock sound etc.
Om my 4S, if I forget quiting spotify and it is running without sound in the background it will disable lock sound etc.
This is just an example and spotify do not disable important sounds like ringing and alarms etc.
But maybe a app is malfunctioning after upgrading to ios 5.1.1
Also you could try restoring the phone like sugested by others in iTunes.

Plzzzzz help with NO SOUND ON IPHONE 4 after upgrade to iOS 5.1.1

Previously I have ios 5.0.1 on iPhone 4, recently I upgrades to iOS 5.1.1 . After some hours I noticed that my phone is just vibrating, not ringing. I checked the orange button, tried all cleaning procedures. No music, no lock sounds, nothing from the internal speakers. But, when I connected to earphones I can hear music normally. Without earphones just no sounds. I restore lot of times, but no sound again. I think the problem with iOS 5.1.1. Guys plzzzzzz solve this......... I searched all the day in google, but I didn't find any proper solution .

Have you checked your apps so that there is no apps overriding the output audio like lock sound etc.
Om my 4S, if I forget quiting spotify and it is running without sound in the background it will disable lock sound etc.
This is just an example and spotify do not disable important sounds like ringing and alarms etc.
But maybe a app is malfunctioning after upgrading to ios 5.1.1
Also you could try restoring the phone like sugested by others in iTunes.

Camera doesn't show up in iPhoto after upgrade to 10.6 Snow Leopard

When I was running 10.5 Leopard, I would connect my camera to my computer and iPhoto would pop up and ask me to import. The camera would be listed in under Devices. After upgrading my OS to 10.6 Snow Leopard, iPhoto no longer recognizes my camera. I am able to import from the camera just fine using the Image Capture app, and the camera shows up in the System Profiler under USB, so the system does seem to detect and recognize the camera, it's just that iPhoto is ignoring it. iPhoto does recognize my iPhone and list it under Devices, but not my camera.
Has anyone else had similar problems with iPhoto after upgrading to Snow Leopard? Does anyone know how to fix this so iPhoto will recognize the camera?
My camera is a Casio Exilim EX-S500

No one seems to like my post enough to reply, but I've found two more-recent questions with responses that were very similar.
See
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2134852
and
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2133251
Sadly, neither of these posts provide any answers (as of 9/4/09). It seems there's a problem with some cameras and iPhoto and Snow Leopard. The only helpful advice was to use a USB card reader which doesn't make sense in my case since the EX-S500 has it's own dock specifically for transferring pictures. Oh well, I guess I'll wait and see if Apple fixes this in 10.6.1.

Can't open Pages after upgrading to snow leopard on 10.6.8

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After upgrade my MBP from snow leopard to mountain lion all my smb connections stop to work.

After upgrade my MBP from snow leopard to mountain lion all my smb connections stop to work.
Now iám using mac os 10.8.2
I can see the server, I can choose the drive, but when try to open a folder the message on Finder is: You don't have permissions to see the content.
I already delete the key and try to connect again, but the problem persist. Already try change the ip from file server. Already try differents users. (admin, guest, etc...)
I have a windows server 2008 and a NAS working with SMB protocol. Both with the same problem.
That problem occurs only on Finder, if I try see the folder by Terminal, is possible to see my files.
Any Solution ?
Any Tip ?
Any Question ?

Not knowing how much RAM is installed in your iMac, your iMac can take a total of 8 GBs of RAM.
Before upgrading to Mountain Lion, I would strongly suggest installing the maximum 8 GBs of RAM.
Correct and reliable Mac RAM can be purchased from online Mac RAM sources Crucial memory or OWC (macsales.com).
Here is OWC's link to your model iMac and the RAM modules you will need.macsales
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/8566DDR3S8GP/
You can purchase and download OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion from the Mac App Store in the OS X dock.
Before installing, it would be prudent to make a backup copy of all of your important data or your entire current system. Either using, optical discs, USB flash drives or external hard drives.
This is too insure protection of your data in case something goes wrong with the install of OS X Mountain Lion.
Good Luck!

Trackpad malfunction after upgrade leopard to snow leopard

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