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My mouse cannot left-click on anything. Cannnot open a or close a document by left clicking. It will open or close via pull-down menus and right-clicking. It also cannot select anything or drag anything. I have used several mice, no change. It all works okay when I safe-boot (restart holding down the shift key) but after regular start-up, it doesn't work anymore. Is this a virus?
iMac (27-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.6.8)
It's not a virus. There are none for OS X.
What you describe is the normal behaviour, unless you modified it in preferences: left-click to invoke contextual menu, right-click to select or double-click.
I will restate. I cannot move a window by dragging. I cannot open anything by double-clicking on a file or program. I cannot select anything with my mouse, BUT I can see the cursor move around the screen. It is useless. I cannot close a file by clicking on the red button in the upper left corner. I cannot set the cursor anywhere and begin typing. I have used Macs for 17 years. This is NOT normal behavior. It stopped suddenly one day. All preferences are set to normal settings.
Problem solved thanks to Eric Cote:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3199251?answerId=15696875022#15696875022:
"you may want to trash your preference files under:
Users/<your user name>/Library/Preferences/com.apple.driver.AppleHIDMouse.plist
then reset the mouse prefs"
Thank you Eric!
Phooey!!!
It has reverted to "not working" once again, and now there is no more plist to trash, and even "safe-booting" does not retsore mouse functionality even temporarily.
Again, mouse will not left click ANYTHING; won't open windows, programs, files, nuthin'.
Right click will pull down menus, like, for example, System Preferences, but i am unable to click on any icons in the window.
The ONLY way to close a window now is command-w. Nothing else works.
Question: will upgrading to Lion give me a clean slate? and ca I upgrade to lion without a mouse?
mouse will not double-click open anything
