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MacBook Users Fix Trackpad Problem with Origami Paper

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the unfolding-answers dept.

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."

3 of 291 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Paper Over Hot Battery? by gardyloo · · Score: 5, Funny

    No way. Rock crushes hot battery. Good ol' rock. Nothin' beats that.

  2. That's the evidence by Advocadus+Diaboli · · Score: 5, Funny

    that even with computers you will never have a "paperless office". :-)

  3. Re:Could work, but for how long? by KiloByte · · Score: 5, Funny
    the paper is held in a small circular indent above the battery

    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.