We're normally fans of "quirky," but there's nothing more frustrating than a quirky clicking experience, as has been reported by many of the ungrateful bastages who've snapped up the new MacBook and MacBook Pros since launch. The primary reported problem was with certain physical clicks not registering on that schmancy new glass trackpad, no small annoyance. Earlier this week an email from a disgruntled user to Mr. Customer Support himself, Steve Jobs, was responded to by a call from Apple's customer relations saying that they were "researching" the issue, and a couple days later a similar request from another user was met with a terse email from Steve: "Software fix coming soon." Of course, these conversations could all be the delusional fantasies of click-addled attention hounds, but we're going to give them the benefit of the doubt and assume that Apple does in fact have a fix in the works for this problem. So, while they toss that presumed update together, how has the new trackpad been treating you?
How's that new glass trackpad?| Loving it, no complaints at all. | 4310 (16.2%) |
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| I miss the button, but haven't had any glitches. | 1517 (5.7%) |
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| Physical clicking is hit or miss, update please! | 1713 (6.4%) |
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| It's worse than just a few missed physical clicks, losing my mind over here. | 2713 (10.2%) |
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| I haven't tried it, just want to see the results out of morbid curiosity. | 16394 (61.5%) |
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posted November 5th 2008 1:33PM
All Apple fans, repeat after me:
IT JUST WORKS!
Try this solution
"Bertrand Says:
November 4th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
A little update on what I said…
If fact I was wrong on the cause. I discovered, for my case at least, that it’s related to the rate I use between two click. If I click too fast between two clicks, it don’t work… And the workarounds I told you before worked because it artificially increased the delay between two click (as I had to remove all my fingers between two clicks).
Then; I told myself: “In that case it may be because it register my actions as double clicks?!”
So I increased the speed rate needed to get a double click registered at three steps before max… And guess what? Now it work just as I expect it to.
So it seems that the real cause is the default double click speed rate that seems a little too slow and double clicks get registered too easily.
I suggest that you play with the double click speed rate settings to find a settings that better suits your clicking habits
So at least in my case it was purely software… I hope for you that it’s also the same in your case, as otherwise it would maybe significate that there is a defect in your MacBooks particularly; that I don’t have personally."
I got my Macbook 13" two days after the release. I don't have any of the problems described in the article. I already love the multitouch gestures so much, that alone would be a reason never to switch back (it's my first Mac).
HOWEVER, my battery cover is a little loose, and by little loose I mean in the area of half a millimeter. I wouldn't bother because I can't see it, BUT whenever I tap on the track pad or anywhere near, the battery cover makes this clattering noise that's driving me crazy.
I read of other people having the same problem on macforums.com so I went back to the store to get it replaced. The Apple employee took 2 or 3 brand new macbooks out of their boxes and they had the same problem. So he didn't replace it as the new machines wouldn't fix my problem.
Is there anybody else who's got this problem with the loose battery cover?
I haven't had any missed clicks, but anyone else notice how loud the click is now? When I'm working in a quiet room (say, a library), the physical clicks are downright annoying. THUNK-WHUP. I switched to using soundless finger taps, but when I need to drag and drop, the click is needed.
"bastages". Nice.
Fargin' Eysholes!
It's fargin' war!
I'm done now.
MB/MBP Rev.B "new features":
- Improved trackpad
- Improved MacBook display on all configurations
- maybe a new "premium" MB with a P9500, 4GB RAM & cinema display at $1699 ($100 price reduction on current configurations)
- Better QC
- Matte option (maybe)
- MacBook with FW800 (dreaming)
It usually does make sense to wait for rev. B of any new design. I would expect things to improve early next year. As for the early adopters, maybe a software patch will help...maybe.
Here's a fix for the loud trackpad in the new MacBook Pro's:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2meyH6SF-oE&fmt=18
How about glass/glossy vs matte screens poll?
My dell laptop has a clicking problem but there's no apple badge on it...
I love how Engadget reports this issue by saying Apple is (probably) working on a patch for a mysterious clicking issue, while if it were any other manufacturer the headline would be "(manufacturer) goes cheap with testing and design, working at a snail's pace to fix mistake"
And for the people who said just switch to using a tap instead of actual click: You shouldn't have to modify your behavior to circumvent the company's error. If this were a $200 Ookoolu laptop, I'd say "well that's what u get." But at the price Mac charges, it should work!
Had the new MacBook since launch day. No problems here.......
I have had many problems with my new macbook pro...
Yeah the clicks are not registering every so often... even the soft touch single clicks..
But the main problem is the rare--- well actually 4 -5 times an hour of use the curser doesn't move at all until i remove my finger and place right back on the pad..
and no.. my palm or extra fingers arn't confusing it thinking i'm trying to to a two finger gesture..
The apple store already replaced my macbook.. and it's still doing the same thing..
I have 5 videos if anyone wants me to post them ..
Whut!! Geez guys... just enable tap-to-click and be done with clicking. Clicking exerts too much energy, when tapping alone is so much easier to do! Loving the new trackpad .. very frustrating for me everytime I have to switch back to any other notebook(dell,etc).
I experience a problem often when trying to use right-click functionality. It will just treat it like a left click, so I have to do it a couple of more times in order to get the right click menu. Annoying.
hmmm What is that misterious clicking issue ?
Snape snape, severus snape....