MacBook trackpad adjustment: When is enough, enough?

[deckeda]

For the last 2 years, whenever I see my sister's 2009 while Unibody MacBook every few months I have to remove the back and adjust the trackpad because it's jammed up.

I never know if I should tighten the screw more tightly or less loosely but the fix never seems to last. What the hell?

[N-OS X-tasy!]

"Less loosely" is "more tightly."

How does a trackpad get "jammed up?"

[Gareth]

Maybe try some lock-tite (blue) on the adjustment screw?

Or, it could be that the battery is swelling?

[RgrF]

I bought a Radio Shack closeout Magic Mouse to pair up with the desktop iMac. I just couldn't get use to it so I ended up using the old familiar, comfortable, $15 Logitech wireless optical mouse.

[C(-)ris]

Use Locktite on the screw after you get it set right. Oh, and tell her to stop hitting it so damn hard. That is what we found in the school I worked with that had those. The kids that mashed on the trackpad to click had issues with it coming lose. Those that gave it a light tap almost never had a problem.