|
|
Post by christine58 on Sept 4, 2014 0:12:50 GMT
I have a new Mac Book pro laptop and had this same issue with the old one. I'd be typing something and all of a sudden my text is at the beginning or middle of what I just typed...WTF?? Am I hitting a key??
|
|
GiantsFan
Prolific Pea
Posts: 8,279
Site Supporter
Jun 27, 2014 14:44:56 GMT
|
Post by GiantsFan on Sept 4, 2014 0:19:31 GMT
My old laptop did this and drove me bonkers! I have no advice for you, just commiserating.
When I bought a new laptop I didn't have that problem any more.
|
|
|
|
Post by christine58 on Sept 4, 2014 0:31:55 GMT
My old laptop did this and drove me bonkers! I have no advice for you, just commiserating. When I bought a new laptop I didn't have that problem any more. I still have it...I wonder if my thumb is hitting the track pad??? |
|
Deleted
Posts: 0
Apr 18, 2024 12:41:29 GMT
|
Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2014 0:33:33 GMT
This happens to my mom and I; we both tend to hit the mouse pad with a thumb or finger. It's incredibly irritating!! I don't remember exactly what I did, but I changed the sensitivity/ability of my mouse pad. I thought I was going to go insane if I didn't find a fix for it.  |
|
GiantsFan
Prolific Pea
Posts: 8,279
Site Supporter
Jun 27, 2014 14:44:56 GMT
|
Post by GiantsFan on Sept 4, 2014 0:44:16 GMT
My old laptop did this and drove me bonkers! I have no advice for you, just commiserating. When I bought a new laptop I didn't have that problem any more. I still have it...I wonder if my thumb is hitting the track pad??? So just bad typing posture? Hopefully your HS typing teacher is not a member of this board. She'd or he'd be saying "I tried to teach you"....  |
|
|
|
Post by christine58 on Sept 4, 2014 0:59:08 GMT
I FLUNKED typing back in the 70's!!! LOL. We had three different subs the first month of school...well I didn't really flunk but came close
|
|
mimima
Drama Llama
Stay Gold, Ponyboy
Posts: 5,010 
|
Post by mimima on Sept 4, 2014 1:04:38 GMT
when I had that problem, my DS (AKA - tech support for his techno-unsavvy mom) turned off the thumb pad. I was hitting it with my hand.
I use a wireless mouse.
|
|
|
|
Post by monklady123 on Sept 4, 2014 1:43:55 GMT
Yes, I think you're hitting the trackpad. My mother had this problem on her laptop and since she's 86 she had no past experience with computers so she had no idea what was going on and couldn't explain it to me over the phone. But the first time I saw her type on it I knew that was the problem. I ended up covering the entire trackpad with a piece of cardboard. Taped it right to the computer. lol. Then I bought her a mouse, which she knew how to use from her old computer. Problem solved.
|
|
|
|
Post by Basket1lady on Sept 4, 2014 1:45:25 GMT
You don't need to tape over the track pad. Just go into the settings and shut it off or decrease the sensitivity.
|
|
cab919
Full Member
Posts: 161
Location: OHIO
Jun 28, 2014 20:15:34 GMT
|
Post by cab919 on Sept 4, 2014 1:59:36 GMT
You don't need to shut it off or decrease the sensitivity. You need to disable tapping.
I don't know how to do it for a Mac but on my Toshiba, I go into the control panel and click on Mouse. Then I go to the Device Settings tab then click on Settings. A list will come up then I select Tapping. There will be two boxes next to that. The top box has a blue box with a finger print and next to it is a checked box that says Enable Tapping. Uncheck that box and click OK.
My first laptop, I didn't have any trouble typing but with the one I have now, my typing was always jumping all around. I even watched my hands to see if I was touching the mouse pad but they don't. I think the area around the mouse pad is extra sensitive on this one.
|
|
PLurker
Prolific Pea
Posts: 9,735
Location: Behind the Cheddar Curtain
Jun 28, 2014 3:48:49 GMT
|
Post by PLurker on Sept 4, 2014 2:15:36 GMT
I have a new Mac Book pro laptop and had this same issue with the old one. I'd be typing something and all of a sudden my text is at the beginning or middle of what I just typed...WTF?? Am I hitting a key?? Embarrassed to admit (started other computer thread) that I to had (and sometimes still do) this problem. Other teen, DD, pointed out thumb hitting track pad-and made me feel like the lame no-tech-skills-mom. Yeah, well I bet she doesn't know how to rewind a cassette tape with a pencil!  |
|
|
|
Post by christine58 on Sept 4, 2014 9:27:42 GMT
Thanks!! Don't want to disable the tapping but cannot find where the sensitivity is on this new Macbook....don't see it as an option
|
|
brandy327
Drama Llama
Posts: 6,353
|
Post by brandy327 on Sept 4, 2014 10:09:29 GMT
My old laptop did this and drove me bonkers! I have no advice for you, just commiserating. When I bought a new laptop I didn't have that problem any more. I still have it...I wonder if my thumb is hitting the track pad??? I have a super sensitive track pad and it happens to me ALL the time. It drives me f(*&)* crazy because all of a sudden I'll have half of my sentence is in the middle of a different sentence. |
|
|
|
Post by darkangel090260 on Sept 4, 2014 10:14:38 GMT
ok thank, since i got this new laptop it's been doing the same thing to me . When I typing lazy.
|
|
|
|
Post by darkangel090260 on Sept 4, 2014 10:18:05 GMT
ok thank, since i got this new laptop it's been doing the same thing to me . When I typing lazy.
|
|
