Power on Macbook Pro by touchpad or keyboard

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Power on Macbook Pro by touchpad or keyboard

Lately my Macbook Pro has been crashing a lot. During my troubleshooting, I found that I am able to power on the MBP by clicking the touchpad or pressing any key on the keyboard. Is this normal behavior, or is my MBP f'd up?

I only remember that if you shutdown the MBP, the touchpad would not be clickable, and the only way to start it up again was to press the power button. If Apple has changed the behavior, when did this happen? I thought that the trackpad needs power to be clickable, and if that's the case, isn't it draining my battery by remaining clickable?

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 12.1

Posted on Jan 20, 2022 7:44 PM

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kaz-k

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Jan 20, 2022 8:15 PM in response to zedcloder265

Hi,

I think your MacBook Pro is something wrong, try to check your MacBook Pro with Apple Diagnostics if it reports hardware related error.

Use Apple Diagnostics to test your Mac - Apple Support

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If it doesn't help or reported error, you'd better contact Apple Support or make Genius Bar reservation if your local retail AppleStore is open or find opened local Apple Authorized Service Provider to be examined your MacBook Pro there.

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