My color replacement tool isn't working

How can I get it to work?

I have a Mac, i'm using photoshop elements 11. Everything is working, i think, apart from the lasso tool. It appears on the screen when i click on it, but it won't lasso any area. The other problem is that when i pinch on my trackpad to enlarge or make an area smaller on an image, it won't stop zooming or shrinking, if that makes any sense? My husband put Yosemite software on last night, but to be fair we think the track pad was playing up before. Any ideas would be great. thank you. I'm not techy at all!!

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