Re: turning off "incidental trackpad input: Darn. I thought that would be the solution, but when I went there and looked, it was already turned on. I guess I should break out the meat cleaver. But perhaps someone else has experience/ solutions? How about "masking off" part of the trackpad? Sid On Mar 29, 2004, at 11:08 PM, PaulKurtz III wrote: > If you're running OSX, open up the mouse settings in system prefs and > select > "ignore accidental trackpad input." > > Paul > > On 3/29/04 11:24 PM, "Sid Barras" <sbarris at earthlink.net> wrote: > >> HI gang: >> >> I've had my ibook G3 800 for about a month now, and I'm very happy >> with >> it save one small problem; and at times, it gets very aggrivating: >> the touchpad is so sensitive, if I happen to put my left thumb >> anywhere >> near, or happen to move any other "digit" close, it wreaks havoc on >> the >> cursor, causing it to jump, insert the cursor in another line, etc. >> causing problems like typing away when I finally notice the line is >> set >> wrong, or the pointer will move to the corner and "set off" the screen >> saver, or pop open the doc... >> Is there anyway to solve this, save chopping off my left thumb?