When you release a highly anticipated product and it brings along a particularly egregious bug with it, people are bound to complain. But how do you separate the good companies from the bad? Well, the former immediately acknowledge the issue and then work overtime to make a fix available for it as soon as possible.
Apple released the Trackpad Firmware Update v1.0 today that aims to fix Erratic Clicking Syndrome, a commonly found bug in Apple’s unibody MacBooks and MacBook Pros that may cause the new glass trackpad to not register clicks on occasion.
Since this is a firmware update, it comes with its own installer, which should get launched automatically once you download it via Software Update. Just follow the simple instructions for installation and you should be fine. Note that the trackpad will be rendered irresponsive while the update is in progress—talk about the darkest hour being just before dawn, huh!
Also coming down the pipeline today is QuickTime H.264 Compatibility Update 7.5.5 which improves its compatibility with iChat. It may not be as cool as chatting from within your email inbox right in your web browser, but these frequent tightening of nuts and bolts via compatibility updates are what keep the OS in smooth shape.
Neither of these updates, the latter of which requires a restart by the way, is available on the Apple Support website as of this writing, so if you gotta have them now, you better know where to find Software Update on your Mac (for the uninitiated, the easiest way is to click the Apple logo in the top-left corner of the screen and select ‘Software Update…’ from the resultant menu).
