Right-click not working on trackpad

Got the same problem that right-click on won't. Tried system preference and other methods suggested but all failed. Finaly I tried to shut down the system completely instead of just restart it. It works. I got my right-click on my trackpad right where I want it. So in my case, the trick is to shut down (turn the computer off completely) and turn it back on after 5 seconds. Restart is different from turn off and thrn turn it back on. Hope this will help.

Looking for the simple solutions first is a good habit to get into.

Like... Is it even plugged in??

Hey Shoshi... I've been stuck at 85 points for a long long time, despite many people telling me in these posts that my info has helped 'em out. Any chance you could help me get above a hundred, will ya pretty please? THX! KK

I think some of us (or at least I was) looking for an answer as to why the two finger rt click/tap wouldnt work in specific situations or at least not consistently (per the thread). Not so much where the system preferences were 🙂.

i'm still having this issue, and none of the overly simple solutions helped. i shut it off and checked my trackpad preferences (again) and it's still not working. i can get the menu to show up if i move it from bottom right to bottom left click, but that's not what i want.

can anyone please help?

and i don't have google drive.

Hi,

This is bug according to Apple.

So, try to restart your computer and immediately keep pressing CMD+OPTION(ALT)+P+R [this is change the setting to default] until you are hear the sound of mac when is restarting.

Release the above mention buttons.

This solved my problem.

I'm having the same problem. Right click or entire right side of touchpad not working.

I got excited about your "fix" but there's no post or image that I can see or find. 😟

I know it's an old thread, but judging from the responses to your post, there was a time your fix was visible and worked.

Could you please post again or contact me with the information? I'm just about brain dead after searching so long, the prospect of it working again has given me hope.

Thank you,

Lisa

I had this same problem but i found a solution on another forum! v v v v

Ok so, this might sound completely irrelevant, but try turning off your bluetooth. It worked for me and everything was normal after that. I don't even have a bluetooth mouse or anything connected to apple that it might have connected with, but this totally worked and i'm so happy! I thought i would share it, even though this is an old thread! Best of luck!

Hey Cliff,

Glad you worked it out! Sorry I wasn't much of a help though. But it's very friendly of you to pretend my noob-talk wasn't totally useless 😀

Best wishes,

Lara

Thanks @datura-takara, that was a lot easier than the apple care procedure. I turned off bluetooth and turned it on again. Now the right-click is working again.

Yep, same as Tik and Pike. I'll continue searching for a solution.

Not a fix for this but the Genius Bar told me since I played guitar, the callouses on my finger tips were responsible for the problem. Ain't that a hoot. Some darn fine troubleshooting there, folks.

Im trying to get an idea of your solution from your screenshot but it looks like you captured the trackpad's setting's menu??