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#APPLE TRACKPAD MAGIC NOT CONNECTING DRIVER#
#APPLE TRACKPAD MAGIC NOT CONNECTING PRO#
#APPLE TRACKPAD MAGIC NOT CONNECTING BLUETOOTH#

This can create interference which *could* explain the problems I was experiencing. Apparently, USB 3.0 hard drives can emit RF signals at 2.4GHz - the same frequency used for Bluetooth. I then stumbled on a more likely explanation that made much more sense. Short of replacing the HDD with an SSD though, there’s no way to solve this. Over time, I suspected that the MBP hard drive was partly to blame, since the tracking problems tended to occur when Time Machine was active.

#APPLE TRACKPAD MAGIC NOT CONNECTING BLUETOOTH#

Then I thought it was a Bluetooth signal issue, but I couldn’t pin anything down using the Bluetooth diagnostics that were in Mountain Lion (more on these later).Ī very long Apple Communities thread on the same Magic Trackpad problem suggested various causes, but no real solutions - other than putting a plastic film over the trackpad surface to prevent tracking issues arising from sweaty fingertips. The MacBook Pro’s built-in trackpad was fine, so it wasn’t my fingers, and the Magic Trackpad worked perfectly with an iMac (and did so for three years).Īt first I thought Wi-Fi could be the culprit, but switching to a wired network connection made no difference. Several times a day, the Magic Trackpad would variously cease to track a fingertip for a second or two, or track it so badly that it was unusable - it would lag, move slowly or just randomly. The Magic Trackpad has never worked - or worked properly, at least. That makes the keyboard and trackpad unusable, so I work with a wired Apple keyboard and a Magic Trackpad.

#APPLE TRACKPAD MAGIC NOT CONNECTING PRO#

Pair your Magic Trackpad as Bluetooth device, instructions are here.I use a 2012 15-inch MacBook Pro as my desktop Mac, sitting on a Rain Design mStand.

Unplug the USB cable from your Magic Trackpad.

While Bluetooth connections might have their own issues, they can be a stable connection alternative for your Magic Trackpad.

Unplug any USB device you don't really need.

If there aren't enough USB sockets (some laptop have only two these days), use USB hubs to separate your devices on different controllers / busses.

Try different USB sockets on your computer or USB hub.

Try to separate the Magic Trackpad USB connection from other busy USB devices on a different USB controller / bus.

For example a computer (or USB hub) with 7 sockets usually has two internal USB controllers / buses.

Usually an internal USB controller has up to 4 USB sockets connected on its bus.

Unplug the USB hub from the computer and plug it in again.

Turn your Magic Trackpad off and back on again.

Solutions Quick fixes (usually doesn't last long) The Magic Trackpad will continue to work but the mouse pointer or scrolling might just hang for a second or two which can be quite annoying when it happens every 10 seconds or twice a minute.

Sometimes when more than two Magic Trackpads are connected.

Sometimes when a wireless USB Logitech Bolt keyboard dongle is attached.

Constantly (but not always) when a network adapter is attached, for example a 1 GBit LAN/USB adapter or a USB WiFi dongle.

Temporary when another USB device gets connected or disconnected (plugged or unplugged).

So far we observed USB connection issues: Most likely it's a combination of some or all of the above.

Connected USB devices support different USB specifications (USB, USB 2, USB 3 Gen…) and interfere at some point.Firmware of the USB hub and/or the attached devices are not fully compatible.

#APPLE TRACKPAD MAGIC NOT CONNECTING DRIVER#

ReasonsĪs the Magic Trackpad Utilities driver is technically only a filter driver (which doesn't handle any bus related handshakes) we can only speculate why these USB issues happen: With version 3.1.2.8 we resolved the multi-touch issue, however the USB bus might still has stability issues beyond our control.Ĭonsider to solve these issues to prevent worst case scenarios like data loss on attached hard drives. As a result the Magic Trackpad disables multi-touch mode. We observed issues on busy USB hubs where USB data packets get regularly dropped or the device USB pipe stalls. Unfortunately this isn't always the case. USB devices are plug and play (PnP) devices and should just work without issues.