⟐ Answered January 15, 2026 at 15:59 MST

⟐ Commented August 10, 2025 at 17:04 MST

I lost one of the plastic feet of the Trackpad. It is unbalanced now and the click won't work on the side of the missing foot.

Thanks,

Yaron

⟐ Commented August 02, 2023 at 12:48 MST

⟐ Answer edited January 10, 2023 at 4:58 MST

I replaced the batteries several times and tried cleaning the contacts for the batteries inside the device. Nothing has worked. Apple support recommended I take the item in to an Apple store so they can "look at it", but before they try to sell me a new one, I'm wondering if anyone has had success in reviving these devices after they die.

Thanks

⟐ Commented July 23, 2022 at 15:48 MST

⟐ Answer deleted May 29, 2022 at 9:21 MST

I tried connecting it to another MacBook but with the same result. I’ve also tried to remove batteries and replace them with new ones and also to completely disconnect it but nothing.

The same thing happened a month ago, that time changing batteries solved the problem.

Do you have any idea?

Thank you!

⟐ Commented April 25, 2022 at 11:02 MST

How do I fix it?

⟐ Commented June 23, 2021 at 2:36 MST

Can someone let us know?

⟐ Commented October 24, 2020 at 21:16 MST

⟐ Answered August 26, 2019 at 3:24 MST

Batteries were duracell non chargable

Anyway, there are these wires that have been cut and hanging both from inside the battery tube and the button

I think if i can connect the wires it can work again

But it's unreachable by hand and too small, also wires are too short

What can i do?

⟐ Answer accepted November 12, 2018 at 5:42 MST

I have a Magic Trackpad original. Recently it has stopped tracking accurately - if I move my finger around on the trackpad, the cursor responds intermittently. I have installed new batteries, which the iMac recognises as 100% charged.

Clicking works fine. Dragging and selecting suffer the same problems as tracking (i.e., the trackpad recognises multiple fingers, but the tracking errors persist).

Now the tricky bit. If I lightly touch the aluminium at the top of the trackpad, above the glass trackpad proper, with one finger then the trackpad begins to function properly and track accurately!

It's not the iMac causing the problem - I have connected the trackpad to two other devices (2012 15" MacBook Pro; 2015 13" MacBook Pro) and the symptoms persist. I have also connected a Logictech T651 to all three computers, which works just fine.

I think that it is something to do with earthing. I have rested a small ointment jar on the same place I touch - which is heavy enough to apply similar/greater pressure than I do with my finger - and that makes no difference.

Any clues?

Cheers

⟐ Answer accepted August 23, 2018 at 4:54 MST

And to make things worse, the same has happened with my wireless keyboard and the battery that's in deepest is stuck and I haven't found any kind of tool that can pull it out.

Any suggestions, or do I have to spring for new devices?

⟐ Answered November 30, 2017 at 7:33 MST

⟐ Commented September 05, 2017 at 11:21 MST

⟐ Answer deleted July 19, 2017 at 7:12 MST

⟐ Answered July 19, 2017 at 7:11 MST

I own a Apple Magic Trackpad, where the batteries ran out and damaged the battery compartment.

I removed the batteries and cleaned the battery compartment. Now, the batteries have a little bit axial play (2mm?), so I have to put some metal spacer in between. And the Trackpad is only working sporadically, I suggest a bad contact problem.

When I look into the battery compartment, I only see a elastic radial spacer and a (always corroding) center contact.

Does someone has any suggestion, how to resurrect the trackpad? Is there any part missing in the battery compartment? A spring maybe?

Pic of contact

⟐ Answered June 10, 2017 at 5:37 MST

Phill

⟐ Answered June 17, 2016 at 8:13 MST

⟐ Answered March 21, 2016 at 13:43 MST

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