Q: Macbook air touchpad not clicking. It makes an audible click when you press it on the right but not the left

Navigate to System Preferences - Trackpad and ensure tap to click is selected. If it already is then try doing a SMC reset.

SMC RESET

• Shut down the computer.
• Plug in the MagSafe power adapter to a power source, connecting it to the Mac if its not already connected.
• On the built-in keyboard, press the (left side) Shift-Control-Option keys and the power button at the same time.
• Release all the keys and the power button at the same time.
• Press the power button to turn on the computer. 

PRAM RESET

• Shut down the computer.
• Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command, Option, P, and R. You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously in step
• Turn on the computer.
• Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys. You must press this key combination before the gray screen appears.
• Hold the keys down until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for the second time.
• Release the keys.

Roger

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.

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.