[iBook] Trackpad button sticking

[Tom R. no spam]

That sounds like a physical problem, not any software issue.
Some units of that vintage had a sticking trackpad problem
when new--I had one which was repaired under AppleCare.
You can try "clicking" at different places on the trackpad
and see if the sticking happens more some place(s) than
others; or if it happens more when you click and hold
compared to a quick click.  If it's been fine for 5 years,
though, maybe some dirt, etc has gotten into around the edges?

On Sat, 7 Oct 2006, Brian Olesky wrote:

> Suddenly, the trackpad on my wife's dual USB 600 G3 iBook is sticking. She
> clicks on something, drags it, and when she lets up the button, or clicks
> again, the "button won't let go." No matter what she does it keeps dragging
> the item wherever she moves the cursor. The only way she can make it "let
> go" is to smack the button sharply. We've had this iBook since it was new
> about 5 years ago, and have never seen this before. There haven't been any
> software updates recently that could have caused it because she's till back
> in Jaguar. I also couldn't find anything on the Apple support site, but
> maybe I'm just not searching correctly. Any ideas?