Have to click twice for mouse to do anything

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Have to click twice for mouse to do anything

Hello,
Ok, so my problem is with my mouse, whether I am using the trackpad or a bluetooth logitech mouse. Whenever i click on anything, it could be an icon, a link in a browser, selecting a tab or closing it..., i have to click on these things twice. The first time I click them nothing happens, i have to click a second time for it to work.
This has happened to me multiple times even after I did a restart, but i dont know what causes it because sometimes they work from the first click.
I think i started experiencing this problem after the 10.6.7 update.

Any help would be appreciated thanks.

10F569, Mac OS X (10.6.7), 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo | 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3

Posted on Apr 4, 2011 4:43 AM

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Answer 1

BobHarris

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Oct 29, 2017 5:18 PM in response to Ian L.

Ian L. wrote:

Does Apple bother to read these questions??????? Would be nice of them to respond with a fix. 80 people have same problem. I'm sure many many do as well.

No. This is a User-to-User forum. NOT a channel for talking to Apple.

There is "Contact Support" button at the top of this page.

There is macOS Feedback

<https://www.apple.com/feedback/macos.html>

There is BugReporter (Free ADC (Apple Developer Connection)) account needed for BugReporter

<http://bugreporter.apple.com>

Anyone can get a free ADC account at:

<https://developer.apple.com/register/index.action>

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Answer 2

Apr 4, 2011 8:18 AM in response to ademsemir

Are you sure, the window is active at the moment your clicking (x - + in the upper left corner are colored)? Maybe it becomes inactive before you click?

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ademsemir Author

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Apr 4, 2011 8:22 AM in response to Stress Test

yup the window is active, but thats not the only problem, i have to click almost everything twice for the computer to register a click and that includes links or if i want to focus on a window in the background i have to click twice on it. If i am on a website say youtube and i want to watch a video, i have to click twice for the video to open.

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Answer 4

Alex_A

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Apr 11, 2011 1:41 PM in response to ademsemir

Hi, I'm also experiencing this problem since updating to 10.6.7. In fact, I had to click "Reply" twice just to post this!

Restarting seems to fix it.

Really annoying!

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flaesh

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Apr 15, 2011 4:08 AM in response to Alex_A

Hey,

the same here!

It happens like 70% of the time, while using the computer and with all the apps.
You click, nothing is happening (stuck) and after clicking twice .. or three times, it works again..

Any suggestions?

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Papabois

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Apr 15, 2011 6:09 AM in response to ademsemir

It appears to me that the batteries of the mouse are not snugly fitted. I sometimes just half-turn-over the mouse and then click and it works every time I do so. But then of course it still means clicking twice. I shall look into it to see if I can fix it with a tiny (and I do mean tiny) bit of scotch tape. I have had my computer only for the past three days and I am just at this time getting acquainted with it. PS. I am no computer technician.

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Alex_A

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Apr 15, 2011 6:35 AM in response to Papabois

Hi,

Nothing to do with the batteries for me - it happens with the built-in trackpad and also an attached USB mouse at the same time. If I unplug the mouse it persists with the trackpad. It's definitely an OS thing and only since the most recent update.

Thanks

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Answer 8

Jun 16, 2011 12:13 PM in response to ademsemir

Same problem here. It happens when i use touchpad and when i use my usb mouse. It started after i upgraded my RAM and updated to 10.6.7. Any solution?

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Answer 9

braegel

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Jul 14, 2011 10:27 AM in response to ademsemir

Since two weeks or so i have a similar problem with my external logitech mouse.

After 2 hours work on my iMac running 10.6.8 some mouse clicks are ignored so that i have to click twice.

Thats especially nerves in a first person shooter :/

I'm thinking about switching to gentoo.

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Answer 10

braegel

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Jul 14, 2011 10:32 AM in response to braegel

Maybe it's just a coincidence. My syslog said:

VLC[2387]: Media key event tap was disabled by timeout

during such a twice click problem.

Until now I could not reproduce the problem after quitting VLC.

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Answer 11

braegel

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Jul 14, 2011 11:07 AM in response to braegel

Problem is sill not repruducabel after killing VLC.

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Answer 12

H.Dixon

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Aug 2, 2011 9:24 AM in response to flaesh

Glad I came across this discussion. I'm having exactly the same behavior with the mouse clicks. SOmetimes a click works, other times I have to click twice. This happened recently so it must be something with the last upgrade.

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Answer 13

Aug 3, 2011 7:33 AM in response to ademsemir

Same thing is happening to me. It is slowly driving me insane...

Model Name: iMac

Model Identifier: iMac7,1

Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo

Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz

Number Of Processors: 1

Total Number Of Cores: 2

L2 Cache: 4 MB

Memory: 2 GB

Bus Speed: 800 MHz

System Version: Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549)

Kernel Version: Darwin 10.8.0

Boot Volume: Macintosh HD

Boot Mode: Normal

Computer Name: POL-RM302-01A

User Name: Ragan, Robert (rragan)

Secure Virtual Memory: Enabled

64-bit Kernel and Extensions: No

Devices (Paired, Favorites, etc):

Device:

Name: AppleWirelessTrackpad

Address: 70-cd-60-f6-2b-86

Type: Trackpad

Firmware Version: 0x160

Services: Apple Wireless Trackpad

Paired: Yes

Favorite: No

Connected: Yes

Manufacturer: Apple (0x3, 0x31c)

Vendor ID: 0x5ac

Product ID: 0x30e

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Answer 14

Aug 4, 2011 1:21 AM in response to ademsemir

Even after upgrading to Lion this issue didn't go away. Hade to format my hard drive and make a clean installation of Lion. And only after fresh installation i got rid of this bug.

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Answer 15

edgarjs

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Aug 10, 2011 8:50 PM in response to max_ordinzev

Same problem here, thought that upgrading to Lion would solve it but no.

Also, I've noticed that it happen after the macbook wakes up. Restarting or logging out solves the issue, but then at some other sleep in the future it would happen again.

UPDATE:

Actually I noticed this message in the console:

8/10/11 10:47:22.223 PM Spotify: Media key event tap was disabled by timeout

So I closed spotify and it worked...

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