Double tap no longer working as double click

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Double tap no longer working as double click

all other keyboard shortcuts working, but double tap (secondary tap checked in system pref/trackpad) has not worked in a week, so i've had to resort to CTRL+tap - is this a hardware problem or is there a way to re-enable thru system pref?

david

MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.6.3)

Posted on Apr 6, 2010 3:01 PM

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captfred

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Apr 6, 2010 3:32 PM in response to DavidCole

David, the first thing to check is Settings > Trackpad > Two Fingers > make sure Secondary Tap is checked. This is what enables the secondary tap.

Cheers

Edit: sorry, didn't read your post closely enough. You apparently know about this. Why don't you uncheck and recheck. I'm sure there is some Plist you could delete and reset all those options, I just don't know what it is. Sorry for the non-help. 😟

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Mac-Medic

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Apr 6, 2010 9:52 PM in response to DavidCole

Try resetting your SMC and PRAM.

Resetting the System Management Controller >>

Also, login to another User account and test it there. If it works, you probably have a corrupt preference file in your main User Library.

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Apr 10, 2010 9:30 AM in response to DavidCole

Usually, all you need to do when this happens is to go back into your system preferences touchpad control, disable the Tap to Click, then re-check the Tap to Click (you don't even have to exit it, just clear it and recheck it) and everything should go right back to the way you want.

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