MacBook Glass TrackPad Update Really Works (In My Case, At Least)

Pete Mortensen ()

image.pngApple’s new MacBooks are great — but as a proud owner of one of the milled wonders, I can confirm that the much-vaunted glass trackpad did have issues. Not constant ones by any means, but it would miss clicks quite often — probably one in ten times.

Having finally downloaded and installed Trackpad Firmware Update 1.0 yesterday, I can also confirm that the problems have completely gone away now. No fuss, and every click counts.

My experience has not been universal, however. MacFixIt reports that many users are having difficulty installing the update, and I’ve even heard of some people getting kernel panics and other bad news. Install at your own risk, obviously, but it’s a very welcome update — makes the already good significantly better.

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Pete Mortensen is a design strategist for consulting firm Jump Associates and the co-author of Wired to Care: How Companies Prosper When They Create Widespread Empathy, a book and blog that are significantly more interesting than you might initially think. Pete's particular Apple avocations are both around design--interface and industrial. Follow him on Twitter!

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  • http://benwatt.net/blog/ Benjamin Watt

    I found the update worked very well on my MacBook Pro, but right-clicks either by tapping once in the bottom right (as I have that enabled), or by two-finger tapping are still extremely flakey for me. Most times the click is not registered at all, others it registers as a normal left-click.

    It’s the only thing left slowing me down on what is otherwise a perfect laptop.

  • Demetra Caston

    i just purchased my macbook three days ago and i installed the update and i am still unable to do double clicks after just one try, most times it doesn’t work and the few times that it has worked i’ve had to click three or four times. I am getting used to just right clicking to open up every document. Otherwise, I love my macbook, it is the answer to all of my needs.