I then did some scouring of message boards and got a few different scenarios and things to try from other freaked out customers. From my past career as a computer and printer technician (man, i can’t believe that was 5.5 years ago!), it was a good sign. So i knew that not everything was broken. My next step was to hold the power button down for a few seconds. Crapht, was my first thought, i can’t afford to get replacement parts or to purchase a new MacBook right now. No caps lock light, no input registering from any of the keys, and the trackpad wasn’t responsive. Cheers.Īfter returning from this past weekend’s WordCamp ATL 2018 - #WCATL - i opened up my MacBook and went to login, but nothing doing.

At the end of this post i have appended what i did to fix the keyboard after i had exhausted the steps originally outlined in this post. A drastic difference from the $400-500 estimate from the Mac Store.

Update: On November 2, 2018, using the DIY method, i successfully repaired the broken hardware of my MacBook Pro for $23.98 + tax.

Solutions to solve mac trackpad issues