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MacBook Users Fix Trackpad Problem with Origami Paper
yonnage writes "Some Apple MacBook owners are plagued with what seems to be a defective trackpad button. The button, when pushed, seems "squishy" and sometimes even unresponsive. While these MacBook owners are getting turned away at the Apple Genius Bars, they have come up with a custom and unique solution to the problem. A piece of paper, placed strategically under the battery pack where the trackpad is located, seems to fix this problem for most users."
or you could just buy a malfunctional battery (one the buldges) and it'll just work just as well
Are these the same batteries we saw pictures of heating up and warping a few days ago? Are these Mac users trying to make their own exploding Japanese Dells?
No way. Rock crushes hot battery. Good ol' rock. Nothin' beats that.
Woo! I knew all that origami that I learned while bored doing tech support would come in handy some day!
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Looks like the solution is to fold up a piece of paper
It's not quite that simple.
The article is inaccurate. It says you you can fold an origami star or merely just fold the paper in a square. Neither of these methods will work. Instead, fold the origami (or other, but origami paper is preferred) into a crane, as shown here. Then smash the origami crane with your fist, using a quick up and down motion, as if you were masturbating.
From here, follow the rest of the directions in the article, and your trackpad should soon be clicking like there's no tomorrow.
It's not offtopic, dumbass. It's orthogonal.
that even with computers you will never have a "paperless office". :-)
"big heavy MacBooks"? What are you people, hobbits?
I wouldn't trust "circular indents" in a tossed about laptop. And what's the solution?
The force that holds the Universe together.
Duct tape.
(well, well, I would actually use some crappy adhesive tape instead of the spacecraft-grade variety, but you got the idea)
The creatures outside looked from Alt-Right to Antifa; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
Never mind the quality, feel the width.