Mac OS Big Sur - Dialog box not responding to mouse clicks

I can also confirm that it is still happening on Monterey. I have an Intel Macbook Pro running macOS 12.1. I started having the problems when I upgraded from Catalina to Big Sur. I downgraded to Catalina, which solved the problem. I decided to give Monterey a try. I have the same problem again on Monterey. The workarounds (resizing, minimizing) work sometimes, but not all the time. It's ridiculous that Apple keeps ignoring this problem It's seems like they don't want anyone to use their products anymore. They might get their wish, if they're not careful.

I solved it!

There is an update, which of course I couldn't click to get it installed.

Si: I rebooted in safe mode (during start up hold on/off button pressed, pick a volume while keeping shift pressed).

In safe mode the click problem was not active.

I clicked Install update in the system preferences.

And after the restart the problem didn't return.

All dialogues work again.

How about that, being ecstatic that basic functions work!

I nice day to you all.

I just ran into this, and I'm not sure exactly what fixed it, but I ran the following commands in a Terminal

killall Finder

killall Dock

Not sure if its Dock or Finder (I suspect Finder) that was the problem child, but restarting both fixed my issue

I've got exactly the same issue. Restart didn't help.

2 monitors, MacBook closed, apple original external trackpad. Resizing helps but not fur sub-dialogs (e.g. file with that name already exists).

Is there no permanent fix out there for that?

I've 3 MacBook. All of 3 the same problem. Sometimes you are not able to click anywhere in the upload dialog from any application (Chrome, Safari, Developer IDE, etc...).

I've been having this issue since ever and looks like Apple doesn't really care to solve this. Very sad.

For you that have the same problem: When the dialog appear, and is not clickable, resize it a bit from the bottom and should work.

It's crazy that we have to adapt ourself to the machine problem nowadays instead of progressing.

Bless you Steve

I was experiencing this issue and solved it by going into the Activity Monitor, and killing the Window Server process.

It closed all applications and logged me out as a result. Once I logged back in, system dialogs began working as expected.

I have this issue too. I've noticed that I can use the mouse to resize the window and then suddenly everything responds.

hopefully that helps.

Have you run any "cleaning", "optimizing", "speed-up" or anti-virus apps on your Mac?

I also have this issue with my 2020 MacBook Pro 13 - 4 thunderbolt version....

No solution till now...

Same issue here. Seems like only keyboard navigation works (like Tab, Return and direction keys)

I also have this issue and it is really impacting my use of my Mac during remote learning. My students are losing out!! Can we get this sorted Apple??

Still having this problem too, no matter the application, any Finder dialog will not respond to any mouse clicks.

I'm also having this issue after updating to BIg Sur. It is really frustrating.

Missy,

Any solution here? Is there an official Apple case yet?

Thanks

After I restart the Mac, the issue is gone now.