Force touch and Haptic Feedback option missing from settings after installing Big Sur

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ipb1985 Author

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Force touch and Haptic Feedback option missing from settings after installing Big Sur

I have a mid 2014 MacBook pro with haptic feedback in the trackpad that worked perfectly until upgrading to Big Sur. Now it doesn't work, you can't push the trackpad to click, you can't select text, and there isn't even an option to turn it on in settings (the area below "Tap to click" where it should say "Force click and Haptic feedback" is blank). I have tried updating software, resetting SMC, PRAM etc. but nothing gets the option back. I don't think the hardware is broken because it was working perfectly until the software update.

MacBook Pro

Posted on Jul 24, 2022 1:31 PM

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dialabrain

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Jul 24, 2022 3:29 PM in response to ipb1985

You're welcome. I see you're also missing the Click slider. Something you could try is moving "~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.systempreferences.plist" to the Trash but don't empty the Trash. Open System Preferences > Trackpad again and see if the settings reappear. If they do you can empty the Trash. If not, you can open the Trash, control click on the .plist file and select "Put Back". Other than that, I'm out of ideas.

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dialabrain

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Jul 24, 2022 1:52 PM in response to ipb1985

FWIW, I have a MacBook and a MacBook Air running Big Sur 11.6.8 and the settings are still there. See if they're there while in Safe Mode. How to use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support

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Jul 25, 2022 2:43 AM in response to ipb1985

You said a 2014 MacBook Pro.

This model does not have Force Touch. Maybe you are used to it in a more recent mac.

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ipb1985 Author

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Jul 24, 2022 2:12 PM in response to dialabrain

Thank you for the suggestion. I tried safe mode but the option still wasn't there. I also checked and I have the same version of Big Sur (11.6.8) on my MacBook.

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dialabrain

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Jul 25, 2022 3:49 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

+1

Never even occurred to me. ::smh::

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Force touch and Haptic Feedback option missing from settings after installing Big Sur

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