Left click not responding

Hi, I'm new to this community... and I'm desperate to find out the solution to my problem.
My magic mouse and sometimes the trackpad on MacBook Pro dosn't work occationally. Noticed usually when it's stated up or woke from sleep mode.
It's strange that only left click doesn't work. I had to unplug eveything and restart few times then finally it works again.
Anyone having the same problem with your mouse or trackpad?
Regards,
Liz

I have the same system Liz and the pointer is definitely buggy with Mountain Lion.
I've had to reset the PRAM (⌘⌥PR Command-Option-P-R while restarting) when the cursor disappeared, but when Minecraft froze my system, it also broke my left click ability—it wasn't intermittent and nothing would fix it (repaired disk permissions, etc). As a shot in the dark, I turned off my magic mouse and connected my bluetooth trackpad that had been sitting around for a month or so. Violla! Everything worked. I suspect a corrupted driver or something.
If you don't have an Apple bluetooth trackpad to try this, maybe if you disconnect/reconnect your magic mouse somehow. Good luck...

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