I have a macbook pro (2009) and it's stops registering left clicks after a while, have to restart laptop to work again. Help?
hello.
I got my macpook pro in july 2009 so the warrenty has ran out. Today, after a while just typing away I tried to save the document and went to click on the save icon and found that I had selected selected everything in the document and then the left clicker stopped regsitering. The right click worked just fine but it would like the left click didnt exist and it wouldnt let me do it. I have a mouse, and at first I thought it was the mouse. But it wasnt registering on the trackpad either, so its definitely the laptop itself not getting the signals for a left click.
I then restarted the laptop and it was back to normal. So i thought it was just a glitch. but it happened again after about an hour after restarting the laptop. So I gave up on the laptop and then out for dinner, came home to find that it happened after about 30 mins of being on the internet.
Ive tried looking for similiar threads but it seems like for other people its something to do with the battery on their laptop or just on their track pads thats not registering. For me, it's not registering on my track pad and every mouse I have in my house to test it with.
Please help, it is VERY VERY much appreciated
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