Comments on: An Origami solution to the Apple MacBook TrackPad “squishy” Button Problem

By: jerry

jerry — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:34:43 +0000

I bought a refurb MacBook, but wasn’t happy with the button action when it arrived. I complained, Apple gave me discount and local apple workshop put on a new topcase. Still no good, so they put on a new bottom case, and then a second top case. Still no good, so Apple sent it to another workshop in London, who put on a third top case. Fixed!… but case assembly a little untidy and then I discovered that the battery was faulty. After 4 months and a lot of grief, Apple have offered me a brand new (better spec) MacBook at the same price as my original refurb, and they’re giving me a refund on the original. These buttons are really badly designed… the workshops adjust them by removing the battery and applying pressure with their thumbs to bend the guts of the computer. It’s very scary.. I’ve seen them do it!

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By: nj

nj — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 21:21:18 +0000

Worked for me as well with the newer MacBook, but I had to use a much smaller piece of paper (so it folded up thinner), probably because of the rubber pad other people have mentioned. I just kept trimming it down until the button worked.

By: jenny

jenny — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:43:32 +0000

i tried this on my macbook because the mouse would not click. putting the peice of paper there didn’t do anything except make it even harder to click, however once i removed the piece of paper the mouse clicked as usual!

thanks!

By: Jenna FOx

Jenna FOx — Sun, 11 May 2008 13:26:37 +0000

Mine is squishy on one side.. but it works, and i’ve been using it a ton for more than a year now. It blows my mind that you guys need that reassuring ‘click’ sound so much you had to come up with inventive ways to warp the case. Don’t you have better things to do? LIke sleep in?

I love my macbook, squishy button and all.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 04 May 2008 02:53:51 +0000

You know, it really makes you think who actually randomly thought “Hey, I’ll stick folded paper into my MacBook! Maybe that’ll fix it!!!111!!1!!!1

By: matt

matt — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 03:50:41 +0000

I just got a refurb MacBook. Its a black 2.2 core 2 duo.
I’ve got this same problem and its annoying the hell out of me.
I don’t know who in their right mind would spend over $1,000 bucks on a laptop and then settle for putting paper under the battery to ghetto rig it. Take the damn thing into the store and demand they fix it. Its an obvious defect and they need to repair/replace it.

I’m scheduling an appointment tomorrow to have them look at it. If they won’t fix it I’m returning it and trying another one…

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:01:51 +0000

Thanks for the fix. My trackpad button has been annoying me for a year and a half (mine is black), while my wife’s (white) macbook has never had this problem. Her keyboard has a different feel to it as well. I just thought it was a difference between the white and black. I used to only be able to click the left side of the button. Now the whole thing works great! Thanks for the fix! It took me 10 times of watching the video to get the pentagon right!

By: Celso

Celso — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:49:54 +0000

I have a macbook black and had been trying to figure out why my trackpad wasn’t working. I even tried this paper solution which caused the trackpad to stop respondig completely! My brother then gave the idea of putting a piece of rubberband along the way between the battery and underneath the trackpad. It proved to work great, because if you look under your Mac’s trackpad there are three points of electrical pulse (left, center and right). Each point should have enough pressure in order to normal function. the Origami solution doesn’t take care of all points, though. I suggest you add a piece of rubber of 2.5 inches long, and your trackpad shall respond. to test it, just remove your battery, power up your Mac and squeese the inside of the trackpad and try to see if there is improvement. It worked for me, no origami needed! Good luck

By: Julie

Julie — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:07:30 +0000

Thank you so much! i was freaking out, my button was barely working at all after only having this macbook for 2 months. this paper thing worked instantly. Hopefully it continues to work :)