Why is the mac so jumpy?

By Siobhan, 17 January, 2022

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macOS and Mac Apps

Hi all. For some reason, at random this behavior happens. It happens in Mail and also on safari sometimes. I'll be in the middle of the a page and the focus goes to the toolbar. On in Mail it will send me to the recovered messages folder. I'm using a Macbook pro M1 chip. I'm on 12.1 Has anyone had this happen?

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By Dave Nason on Friday, January 28, 2022 - 15:32

Member of the AppleVis Editorial Team

Hi Siobhan,
I have a hunch that this happened to me in the past. I think when I had VoiceOver’s trackpad commander enabled, I was accidentally brushing the trackpad while typing etc. and making VoiceOver jump.
So I disabled trackpad commander most of the time, as I don’t use it much anyway.
Of course I could be barking up the wrong tree entirely!
Dave

By Siobhan on Friday, January 28, 2022 - 15:32

Hi thanks for answering. I know when I touch the track pad it jumps, that makes sense, as i just did. dammit. What doesn't make sense is i'll be reading something ont he web, suddenly finding myself int he tool bar. Plus I use the track pad because I like flicking around. either way it's annoying as hell. Lol thanks for the help.