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    Peterpiper
    Haraki san Expert
    Joined: 7 Nov 2013

    Hi All, Looking for a favor from one of our American members. I’m looking for the following case from otterbox. www.otterbox.com/en-us/ipad18-10. It’s for the black version of the 360 Symmetry case for the IPad Pro 11”. Only the grey seems to be available locally and only on the Apple store, and their website keeps redirecting me back to the Irish site. I’ve been feckin around with VPN’s and I just can’t get onto the American site.
    Would any of you kind people be prepared to buy it for me if I PayPal you the money and ship it to me here in little old Ireland?

    Thanks.
    P

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      UnTucked
      Joined: 16 Nov 2014

      @Peterpiper:

      Hi All, Looking for a favor from one of our American members. I’m looking for the following case from otterbox. www.otterbox.com/en-us/ipad18-10. It’s for the black version of the 360 Symmetry case for the IPad Pro 11”. Only the grey seems to be available locally and only on the Apple store, and their website keeps redirecting me back to the Irish site. I’ve been feckin around with VPN’s and I just can’t get onto the American site.
      Would any of you kind people be prepared to buy it for me if I PayPal you the money and ship it to me here in little old Ireland?

      Thanks.
      P

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        Giles
        IHUK Crew
        Joined: 22 Sept 2009

        Who's going to be able to solve this one. Not a trick question, this is for real.

        My MacBook Pro works perfectly at home.
        I shut the lid, go into the office.
        Open it up, left tracker-pad click has stopped selecting (right tracker-pad click is fine)
        I shut lid for 5 mins open it up - same
        I reboot - same
        Shut lid, go home
        Open it up, all works perfectly

        This has been going on for 3 days now.

        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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          cityofdelusion
          Joined: 1 Jun 2018

          @Giles:

          Who's going to be able to solve this one. Not a trick question, this is for real.

          My MacBook Pro works perfectly at home.
          I shut the lid, go into the office.
          Open it up, left tracker-pad click has stopped selecting (right tracker-pad click is fine)
          I shut lid for 5 mins open it up - same
          I reboot - same
          Shut lid, go home
          Open it up, all works perfectly

          This has been going on for 3 days now.

          Have you tried resetting the SMC?
          https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295

          last edited by 19 Jun 2019, 15:27 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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            gaseousclay
            Joined: 4 Nov 2016

            Not sure if this will resolve your issue @Giles Found a couple of vids on Youtube that talk about track pad issues

            WTB:
            IHSH-129 size L (blue)
            IHSH-19

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              Giles
              IHUK Crew
              Joined: 22 Sept 2009

              Thanks guys.

              I guess the question is why does it work in one location, but not another?

              I don't have time to piss around struggling to work from my iPad in the office, so I've bought a new MBP (just going to the office to pick it up).

              Once I am all up and running on that, I'll rebuild this one and see if that fixes the issue….

              "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                cityofdelusion
                Joined: 1 Jun 2018

                @Giles:

                Thanks guys.

                I guess the question is why does it work in one location, but not another?

                I don't have time to piss around struggling to work from my iPad in the office, so I've bought a new MBP (just going to the office to pick it up).

                Once I am all up and running on that, I'll rebuild this one and see if that fixes the issue….

                Nothing better than a fresh Macbook Pro out of the box - Except for maybe a new piece of Iron Heart…

                I'm going to brainstorm freely here as there are a lot of factors that could cause the problem and I don't know all the factors (and because I like thinking about details people don't want to think about).

                The first thing that came into my mind is that it can't be a hardware problem as your left trackpad-click wouldn't work no matter if you're home or not. Therefore it hints at the thought that it might be a Software issue... Or better yet, that perhaps your laptop is totally fine but it's some other external factor messing with your laptop.

                If it is a software issue, many factors could affect it some of which could for example be your Bluetooth connection. I have no idea how I could fully back my hypothesis here but perhaps when you're at work, your laptop is connected to different devices which somehow interacts with your trackpad and disables it. The idea came to me originally due to the fact that one time I used my Bluetooth keyboard on my Macbook Pro, it actually somehow disabled my trackpad entirely. An SMC reset had helped as far as I recall correctly.

                My second hypothesis is that there is a magnetic field around the workplace (?). Again, I'm not a physicist and I realise this sounds a bit far-fetched but what makes me think of this rather weird sounding hypothesis is that I've had the issue before that my trackpad was glitching and my cursor would move in a weird way because I have a leather folder with a magnet attached to its lid to help close the folder easier and every time it would touch my Macbook Pro around the left speaker, my Macbook Pro would go to sleeping mode. The same happens when I touch that area with my smartphone. Therefore perhaps some kind of strong magnetic field could be affecting your trackpad.

                That's all I've got for now but I'd love to know if and how you fixed the issue. Perhaps this was meant to be so you could buy and enjoy a brand new Macbook Pro which is always nice to experience, @Giles

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                  mclaincausey
                  見習いボス
                  Joined: 12 Apr 2013

                  Weird. I'm assuming there's not some sort of policy server at work enforcing security profiles on network-attached computers, so location variance in how a damn peripheral behaves is a huge puzzler. I don't know whether the "click" is a physical or a piezoelectric click, but if it's the latter it seems that the second hypothesis @doguhanca offered above seems more plausible.

                  You could perhaps dock and use the external trackpad or a magic mouse (I much prefer the former), though I know that isn't the desired solution.

                  Think it, be it.

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                    Giles
                    IHUK Crew
                    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                    @mclaincausey:

                    Weird. I'm assuming there's not some sort of policy server at work enforcing security profiles on network-attached computers,

                    There is not
                    @mclaincausey:

                    I don't know whether the "click" is a physical or a piezoelectric click,

                    It's Piezo, but the right click works in both locations
                    @mclaincausey:

                    You could perhaps dock and use the external trackpad or a magic mouse (I much prefer the former), though I know that isn't the desired solution.

                    Makes no difference, the magic mouse exhibits the same (no left click, but good right click) properties when docked

                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                    • xtcclassicX
                      xtcclassic
                      啓蒙家
                      Joined: 13 Feb 2012

                      There’s always the possibility that there’s a nut loose behind the keyboard.

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                      • louisboscoL
                        louisbosco
                        啓蒙家
                        Joined: 21 Feb 2013

                        have you tried calling ghostbusters?

                        "Loyalty is a two way street. If i'm asking for it from you, then you're getting it from me."

                        • Harvey Specter
                        last edited by 20 Jun 2019, 08:44 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                        • organisysO
                          organisys
                          Raw and Unwashed
                          Joined: 24 Mar 2015

                          Hmm Network Locations affects network settings in differing physical locations, but can't see how that would be linked to the trackpad or accessability settings….

                          maybe try and remove the plist files as specified here:

                          https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/macbook-trackpad-not-working-troubleshooting-tips/

                          Pride of Japan :-)

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                          • louisboscoL
                            louisbosco
                            啓蒙家
                            Joined: 21 Feb 2013

                            to be fair, the new macbook trackpad runs electronically (electromagnetic). think electromagnets.

                            when your macbook pro is turnoff, the area is flat and you can't press it at all because there is no current. realistically speaking, if it's working at home, and both functions work, you know that it is not a hardware or software functions. now i'm not an expert on what can interfere with electromagnetic currents, but if you look into that and narrow it down to where you work in the office, i'm sure you'll find the solution there.

                            "Loyalty is a two way street. If i'm asking for it from you, then you're getting it from me."

                            • Harvey Specter
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                            • AdamJA
                              AdamJ
                              IHUK Crew
                              Joined: 29 Jun 2017

                              Keynote upcoming in a week or so, hoping for a new iteration of Watch as I've been looking at the Watch 4 for a while!

                              The devil is in the detail..

                              last edited by 3 Sept 2019, 12:45 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                              • DionD
                                Dion
                                Joined: 15 Mar 2015

                                The fifth Watch series is coming for sure. I wonder what it will bring to the table after last year's massive upgrade. Although I am not planning to snag anything, the iPhone/Watch keynotes are always interesting to watch even from a non-Apple user perspective.

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                                • louisboscoL
                                  louisbosco
                                  啓蒙家
                                  Joined: 21 Feb 2013

                                  @AdamJ:

                                  Keynote upcoming in a week or so, hoping for a new iteration of Watch as I've been looking at the Watch 4 for a while!

                                  so what are your thoughts then @AdamJ ?

                                  "Loyalty is a two way street. If i'm asking for it from you, then you're getting it from me."

                                  • Harvey Specter
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                                  • AdamJA
                                    AdamJ
                                    IHUK Crew
                                    Joined: 29 Jun 2017

                                    @louisbosco Disappointed with the Watch upgrade.. and the've discontinued the v4 and dropped the v3 to make the entry points more visible.

                                    Probs just gonna get a 4 off eBay. Not fussed about the phone!

                                    The devil is in the detail..

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                                      mclaincausey
                                      見習いボス
                                      Joined: 12 Apr 2013

                                      I'm relieved, since I just bought wifey a shiny new 4 😃

                                      The Watch is so good that it has changed my opinion on wearables and tempted me back to the Apple walled garden. Android really is so behind on the wearables front.

                                      Think it, be it.

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                                      • louisboscoL
                                        louisbosco
                                        啓蒙家
                                        Joined: 21 Feb 2013

                                        @AdamJ:

                                        @louisbosco Disappointed with the Watch upgrade.. and the've discontinued the v4 and dropped the v3 to make the entry points more visible.

                                        Probs just gonna get a 4 off eBay. Not fussed about the phone!

                                        yeah it didn't really changed much. but i suppose with a watch as opposed to a phone, it's hard to keep upgrading YoY. 4, heck, even 3 is going to be as good as it gets. of course 4 with the ECG and health functions is pretty decent..

                                        not sure if you can find any leftovers from electronic shops that stock apple products. maybe currys or something along those lines…

                                        "Loyalty is a two way street. If i'm asking for it from you, then you're getting it from me."

                                        • Harvey Specter
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                                          mclaincausey
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                                          Joined: 12 Apr 2013

                                          I think a wearable may be fundamentally more difficult to have sweeping hardware updates for that larger form factors, and even iPhone updates are often more incremental/evolutionary than revolutionary. But always-on display and compass aren't too trivial for an incremental update.

                                          Think it, be it.

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