I've been using this approach for the last few days, and although it takes a little getting used to, this is my preferred trackpad fix. You do this by going into your Mac system systems, and tell the operating system that whenever you tap on the trackpad with one finger, that 'tap' should be interpreted as a mouse click. 3) Use the 'Tap to click' settingĪnother possible trackpad stiffness solution is to avoid clicking it altogether. Not being one to wait myself, a second trackpad stiffness tip I've read is that the MacBook trackpad is less stiff near the bottom of the trackpad (closer to you), so if you can remember this top, the trackpad is easier to click there, so that's another possible solution. So this first option is to do nothing, keep clicking the trackpad, and hopefully it gets easier to click over time.
Well, either that, or people get used to the trackpad being hard to click. One thing I've seen written is that the MacBook trackpad gets softer over time. 1) The MacBook trackpad gets softer over time
It's annoying to have to 'click' something that's this hard to press.Īfter digging around into this MacBook 'trackpad is too stiff' issue for a little while, I've found several possible solutions, which I'll share here. MacBook trackpad stiffness FAQ: My new MacBook trackpad is too stiff and hard to click, is there something that can be done about this?Īs the owner of a new MacBook Air, I agree, the MacBook trackpad is too stiff.
