You can do whatever you want. What you are really doing is allowing the static buildup to normalize throughout the touchpad, as well as possibly putting the logic of the touchpad itself in a reset mode.<div><br></div><div>
It works.<br clear="all">-- <br>Jon Thompson<br>Evolve<br><a href="http://www.dmevolve.com">www.dmevolve.com</a><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 12:04 PM, Jeremy Geerdes <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jrgeerdes@gmail.com">jrgeerdes@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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</span></div></span> </div><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><div><div>On Nov 23, 2009, at 12:02 PM, mauri booton wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Now, when I put my whole hand on the Touchpad for 10 seconds... do I yell "HEAL in the name of Steve Jobs!!!!" really loud?<div>
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Today's Topics:<br><br> 1. Re: ReSetting MacBook MultiTouch TrackPad to original<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>default<br> settings... (Jon Thompson)<br><br><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">
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</span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';font-size:medium"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';font-size:medium"><b>Re: [DM-MUG] ReSetting MacBook MultiTouch TrackPad to original default settings...</b><br>
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</span></div><br><br>The only way that I know to reset a trackpad is to put your entire hand over it for ten seconds. I don't know if it works in the multitouch world, but this took care of craziness the last time I tried.<br clear="all">
-- <br> Jon Thompson<br>Evolve<br><a href="http://www.dmevolve.com" target="_blank">www.dmevolve.com</a><br> <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 9:59 PM, mauri booton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:woohoowoohoo@me.com" target="_blank">woohoowoohoo@me.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> I must be looking in all the wrong places as I can't seem to find<br> instructions to help me reset my MacBook MultiTouch TrackPad to its<br>
original default settings. Somewhere along the line it has "learned"<br> some faulty finger movements/gestures and I want to "retrain" it so I<br> can regain control of the MultiTouch TrackPad.<br> <br>
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