Macbook air touchpad not clicking. It makes an audible click when you press it on the right but not the left
please see the topic
please see the topic
Navigate to System Preferences - Trackpad and ensure tap to click is selected. If it already is then try doing a SMC reset.
SMC RESET
PRAM RESET
Roger
Navigate to System Preferences - Trackpad and ensure tap to click is selected. If it already is then try doing a SMC reset.
SMC RESET
PRAM RESET
Roger
So I had this question too because instead of clicking on the left side, it made like a dull click that was super unsatisfying. I tried the whole "knocking on its side" thing, but that didn't work. So I took a post it and just shoved it in the crack between the trackpad and the rest of the computer on the left side. Move the post it up and down that side, and most likely there will be something sticky in there, so just move the post it around that part (you may need to do this a couple times) until you can fit the post it around that bottom left corner. At first, the trackpad was the same, but when I woke up it was clicking perfectly.
Note: you may have to do this again as necessary
Seems more like a hardware issue than a software one, but Ill try that. Thanks.
I don't think so at all, I'd be a little surprised if it's a hardware problem. Also check you System Preferences - Expose & Spaces - click the Expose tab to look at the settings you have set up.
Tried that stuff, still experiencing the issue.
To be more clear on the problem I'm having, the trackpad itself is a click anywhere pad, but its only making an audible click sound when i click on the right side of the trackpad.
When I click on the left side, it's like hitting a surface, there's no response, whereas on the right, the pad goes down a bit and you hear a click.
Any ideas on how i can fix this?
Book an appointment at your local Apple Store or AASP. You seem to think it's hardware so if you're right no manner of tinkering on your part is going to fix it. It's still covered by warranty which is good.
Hi Jonathan, I'm late to the party, but care to share what was going on and what fixed it?
Hi Jonathan - you probably have a bent frame as I do. I confirmed this by bending the frame back (very carefully!!), and one side of the TouchPad started working again. It's the physical thin design of the Air that's probably hard to make rigid enough - if you put the machine on a level table, you can see that the TouchPad area rests in the air, supported by the two plastic "feet" or bulges at each corner of the bottom. Each click on the TouchPad puts a stress on the material, which in the end gives, jamming the click mechanism. They should at least take the bulging black feet out of the bottom.
Try close the app then reopen it.
@rkaufman87 - thanks for the post - the SMC reset solved my problem.
Your welcome.
Hi Jonathan
Did you have any luck resolving the trackpad only clicking on the right? I have the same problem
Thanks
ed
If anyone had the same problem as this, here's what I did.
I removed the hardshell casing on my Macbook Air. I stood the Macbook on its left side on the bed. And I tapped (or rapped lightly) the back of the macbook behind the trackpad. Whatever mechanism that was stuck fell into place.
When I checked on it, the left side of the trackpad clicked normally. I assume this can work on the right side as well.
Olee wrote:
If anyone had the same problem as this, here's what I did.
I removed the hardshell casing on my Macbook Air. I stood the Macbook on its left side on the bed. And I tapped (or rapped lightly) the back of the macbook behind the trackpad. Whatever mechanism that was stuck fell into place.
When I checked on it, the left side of the trackpad clicked normally. I assume this can work on the right side as well.
What do you mean by "the hardshell casing"? You unscrewed the casing?
No. Hardshell as in hardcover case, to protect it from scratches. If you don't use one for you Macbook air, then disregard it. Just rap the thing in the back. Goodluck.
Macbook air touchpad not clicking. It makes an audible click when you press it on the right but not the left