The trackpad isn't clicking?

Well my trackpad isn't clicking. I can drag. But can't click. I even used the mouse and still no clicking. When I realized my trackpad's button was broken. But why isn't the mouse working. I used 2 different mouse. Please help.

Ok, good to know. Backing up will be easy cause I've only got about 40GB of files and a 1TB external hard drive.

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Middle part of the trackpad isn't working

Hi,
So earlier, I dropped ONE drop of water on my trackpad, and now the middle part, around a centimeter and a half, doesn't work. For example, if I drag my finger from the top to the bottom of the trackpad, the pointer would go down, then stop at that part, and then go down again once its passed it. Tap to click doesn't work there, but pressing it does, which kind of makes me think that its a minor problem. The problem started earlier, but then it went away after I wiped the water off and it went back to normal, and then I put it to sleep and went out. Now I'm back home and the problem is back, and it won't go away. The first time I opened it after I came back I restarted my laptop. It was still there, so I shut it down and got it back again, then the mouse was literally spazzing and I couldn't do anything. So I just put it to sleep and researched on my phone and tried to clean the sides with a thin piece of paper to absorb all the moisture. I'm not sure if it properly helped, but the spazzing stopped and now it's just the middle part not working. However, when I do press on the middle part for a number of times, it goes spazzing again like crazy. This is extremely frustrating because I'm a student and I won't be able to afford the fix with my own money, plus I don't live in the US so there's no Apple Care here. I also edit videos and pictures A LOT on my laptop and have gotten very very comfortable with the trackpad, so just using a mouse won't work too well for me.
Is there any way to fix this? I have Macbook Pro Mid 2012, OSX Yosemity.
I'm currently just using the top and bottom part of my trackpad. There are no problems with anything else, though. Everything else works fine.

FIrst rule out if it is a software problem. If a Reset doesn't work, it might be a hardware problem that requires replacement (if still under warranty) or a fix.
Try to Reset your device.
Press and hold both the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears (ignore the Slide to Power Off that shows up first).

The Trackpad does not clicking

hi everyone my Trackpad doesn't clicking but the touch is working any idea
my regards

You may have a swollen battery, which is below the trackpad and puts pressure on it from underneath. If you are comfortable in opening up the bottom enclosure (if your model has builtin battery), you can examine the battery for yourself.
See here for more information
The Case of the Swollen MacBook Pro Battery - The Mac Observer

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My mbp keyboard is unresponsive. I cant type anything but the caps lock key light turns on. My trackpad cursor moves but does not click. Any fix?

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Hi there. I've had my MacBook pro for a week, and I assumed the trackpad was one big button. After doing some research, I've discovered the top 1/3 or so is the hinge so it can be difficult to click there. I only did it once or twice yesterday, but I clicked down rather forcefully so that the trackpad recognised my click.
I'm wondering whether pushing down forcefully on the hinge could damage or weaken the hinge in anyway?
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I believe the trackpad is glass, so you could snap it if you push too hard. Besides, you don't want to be doing that on an everyday basis, for usability reasons if nothing else.
What I do is click with my thumb near the bottom as if there were a separate button. the trackpad seems to be smart enough not to recognize that as a multi-touch gesture... Although you do have to be careful not to keep your thumb resting on the "button" at all times, or you'll start seeing all kinds of weird zooming as the system interprets that as a pinch.

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Hi,
The TrackPad isn't recognized. Ran the firmware update - with no success. The TrackPad works fine with my iMac - same distance. Any suggestions?

I'm guessing your Trackpad is paired to your iMac, so it will not be picked up by your MacBook Pro until you dis-assocaited the Trackpad and iMac.
To do this, fire up your iMac with the Trackpad nearby.
open System preferences and select Bluetooth preference pane
Your trackpad should be listed in the bluetooth preferences.
Click the minus button or use the Disconnect item from the bluetooth menu.
Shutdown the iMac.
Try pairing with your MacBook Pro.
Tom
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Have you tried resetting the PMU? The PMU (Power Management Unit) controls trackpad function, so resetting it often helps when the trackpad isn't working (or isn't working right).

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The letter keys have stopped working on my MacBook. Number keys and punctuation keys seem to work fine. Also, the trackpad treats a single finger click as a two-finger click. I tried an external mouse and this does the same.
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Is this one of the MacBooks with a removeable battery? If so, try removing the battery and restarting the MacBook (obviously while plugged in to an AC adapter) and test to see if you still have this issue. Other users have reported that swollen expanding batteries have caused keyboard and trackpad problems.
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Click and Drag not working with the trackpad....

Well, this is an unexpected problem.
Just this morning, it seems my computer is refusing to let me click and drag with the trackpad button. I can click and hold, but when I move my cursor, say in a menu, nothing is highlighted. For sliders for volume, clicking and dragging does nothing. I can't highlight text. It's getting very annoying. It won't work when I tell just the trackpad to click and drag as well (not using the button).
My hands have been a little "waxy" since I've been sick, but the mouse works perfectly otherwise, so I don't think that's the problem at all. Any suggestions? Please tell me my 'book isn't goin' bad. >>;;

That seemed to work! After shutting down and taking out the battery, I cleaned my keyboard and computer, too. Seems to work now Thanks!
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Hi, I have a week old Macbook Pro i5. It makes light click/tick sort of noises somewhere around the trackpad/keyboard area. I am not able to figure out where and when exactly the sound comes from. It is similar to a sound that would be created when you gently tap on a glass door with a metal piece. It is sort of random and doesn't seem like hard drive noises. Although the sound is not that annoying, I am little bit concerned that it might exacerbate in future. Anyone else noticed a similar issue?

There are actually 2 of those brackets by the way. I believe if you just open up the bottom lid then just apply it back on by hand, it would keep any moving parts from rubbing. When I first opened it, I noticed there was a mark on the inside of the bottom lid made by the one of the fan. Which allows to me to believe that Apple assembled that MBPs too tight. Therefore, causing some parts to rub. I can't be 100% sure what is making the clicking sounds, those little brackets things does make sense but I"m still not too sure. However, I do know that as soon as I removed the lid, I notice the sound is gone when I apply pressure or move the machine. I would say this isn't too much of a concern as far as for the health of the machine but it is a bit annoying.

Mouse function of trackpad on 13" macbook pro is no longer working. The trackpad is working fine as I can move the pointer around as normal, but I cannot click on anything. The mouse will physically click, but it will not register.

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My mouse function of the trackpad is no longer registering clicks. The trackpad seems to be normal as I can scroll the arrow around as normal, but I cannot click on anything. I hooked up a logitech usb wireless mouse, and it works fine, so I am assuming it is a hardware problem. Are there any simple solutions, or will I need to replace the trackpad? Thank you very much.

Conclusion: I had an unresponsive trackpad key in addition to other strange user-interface issues. Although I did several things before solving the problem, it may well be that using the installation disk to run disk repair was the essential cure.
Detailed history: On 3/2/12 I set off for work with my Macbook Air (first generation) in closed-cover sleep mode. When I opened it and tried to select a menu item, I notice that the mouse-point draws rectangular regions on the desktop. Moreover, though I am able to open menus, I could not select menu items because the click key (on the first generation MBA's they still have trackpad keys) does not work. At this time, I recall that even attaching a mouse did not seem to work. Since I was at work I used another computer to go onto the internet print out Apple's shortcut-key dictionary (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1343) that allowed me to navigate and select things without my trackpad. Particularly helpful were the following shortcut keys:
'Control-Function-F2' --selects the Finder menu
'Tab' --allows you to hop to the adjacent menu header
'option-o' --opens selected items
'option-w' --closes an open window
This mouse-less navigation was critical for being able to use the internet when I went home from the office. I then began a little online research about my problem. I found nothing that seemed to fit my particular symptom, although I did glean the usual prescriptive advice about safe-mode startup, disk repair, and resetting the PRAM (see http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1417). Note that I did each of these without consulting the official procedure in the forgoing link.
Without mouse-like navigation, I was unable to run the disk repair from the disk utility because the navigation shortcut keys don't provide a way to select certain unsupported items in the application window that are critical. I did manage to run a disk repair from the command line at startup using the 'fsck -fy' technique described in the apple support doc (see above). This probably enabled a mouse to now work where it wouldn't before--though I can't be sure--for the next day, I took my laptop into the Apple service desk and the technician hooks a mouse up and to my surprise it works though the trackpad is still ineffective. I even reinstall Snow Leopard which takes several hours. None of the forgoing techniques seems to help (except, perhaps the 'fsck -fy' procedure).
So, as mentioned, I take my laptop to the Genius bar to have it looked at. Since the technician had to remove the mouse to insert his testing gear (my MBA has only one USB port) and could not select anything on the apps windows, he concludes it's a mechanical problem. This was after I suggested that he hook up some sort of USB hub to provide the two ports needed to hook up both a mouse and his test equipment--but what do I know. Unfortunately, I passively listen as he describes that the replacement cost will be $180 for a new top panel with trackpad. Or I could just buy a new mouse for $50. I almost sprung for the panel replacement, but thought I might first do a little research online or just try to get by using a mouse from now on. When I got home, I thought it might be good to now run the disk repair, now that I could use a mouse to select the critical buttons needed to initiate the repair. This apparently did some good, as I now found the trackpad more responsive, though still behaving weird. I then proceeded to update my re-installation of Snow Leopard by initiating the Software update mechanism. This required a very large package for my slow DSL internet connection to handle, so I left my computer on overnight to complete this download. Upon startup, the trackpad key was able to select menu items, however when I selected a file, the file icon would stick to the pointer icon. Not good. What else could I do? I decided to run the disk utility one more time. When I did, some serious errors were spotted and I was told to restart the computer using the original installation disk and choose the disk repair utility from the startup disk. The repairs took place and it showed that the repair was successful. When I rebooted from the hard-drive the trackpad key works perfectly! In hindsight, although I did several things before solving the problem, it may well be that using the installation disk to run disk repair was the essential cure. I will certainly do that first next time I find the trackpad key unresponsive.

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I am using Windows 7, 64-bit on a partitioned hard drive on a 2012 MacAir. The trackpad only works with clicking. How do I get the full function of tap and scroll? (I have this on a 2011 Mac Pro with 32 bit Windows 7 and it works properly.)

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Left click on the trackpad doesn't work properly

Since yesterday I'm having issues with my trackpad that are really annoying. First when you boot you can't select an account with the trackpad.
Usually it was select the account with a left click and type your password. Now nothing happens if you click and I have to use the arrow keys to select the account.
What is even more bothersome is the fact that I'm not able to mark anything for example to select and copy or move it. Like in this text, normally you do a left click with your trackpad select a sentence that you would like to copy or reference and then paste it.
Now when I tap with one finger to click and use the other to mark the text, the scroll bar on the right appears. Nothing else happens ...
Has Apple introduced a new gesture to mark and select things with a trackpad that I have missed ?

This fixed it :
"Solution:
With the laptop open, turn it on to it's side. Repeatedly click the trackpad with a firm, but not excessive amount of force. Put the laptop on the other side and repeat.
I can't explain why this works. Perhaps some amount of debris or dust has built up under there ? I went from not being able to click-drag without an excessive amount of pressure, back to a normal amount of pressure after doing this."

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