trackpad moving but not clicking

hmmm.. i had the same problem... sitting upstairs playing Poker...

My girlfriend was cleaning downstairs and put a paper tissue box ontop of my magic magic mouse causing the problem... pfff really frustrating.. 😁😝

I had the same issue... I was using my magic mouse before I shutdown my computer and magic mouse was still powered on after my computer restart. I restarted computer several times but did not help. After reading this post, I turned off my magic mouse and restarted computer again and trackpad click was working fine. I didnot needed to reset the PRAM and NVRAM.

I hope it helps!

Thanks

Tushar

Exact same problem: Magic Mouse in laptop bag, left powered on, was messing with my cursor. Had it not been for this forum, I might never have figured this out. Thanks, Ralph.

Wow... problem solved!! Thanks to everyone for this post... sure enough, my magic mouse was 10 feet away under a pile of papers and was 'clicked' down.. I would never have figured that out...!!

Amazing thanks so much..I was getting all stressed out for no reason!

Fixed it for me, too. My mouse was at the bottom of a suitcase. Crazy!

As I was reading your reply, I was jealous. I just knew my problem couldn't be fixed so easily. I am at home and my Magic Mouse was at work on my desk. Out of desperation, I checked my laptop bag, and there was my Magic Mouse! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

I've found a very easy way to reproduce this issue with the magic mouse. If you are holding the magic mouse click as you switch it off with the underside power switch, it gets into this state. Basically the magic mouse button is permanently pressed and this prevents the touchpad click from working.

Probably a similar problem if the magic mouse goes to sleep with the button pressed down (like it might be in the bottom of a bag)??

It should really release the buttons when it loses connection to the mouse.

In case anyone has the same issue as above but not relating to the Magic Mouse (I don't use one), it may be from dust or crumbs in the clickpad (if mechanical models). Try holding the laptop upside down and tapping the clickpad hard several times. This worked for me. I promise to ease up on the cookies, ha.

I just purchased a Mac mini today with the wireless keyboard and Magic Trackpad. I had to use a hard wired mouse to do the initial start up, but now after the computer is up and running, the track pad mouse is moving but I cannot "click" anything.

This is the only mac in the house and I do not have any other mac hardware around, like mice or anything. Any ideas?

Ok, I feel stupid. I guess I didn't select "one tap click" in the trackpad preferences. I solved my own problem.

Thank you folks for this thread!I just had the exact same problme with my tackpad(s) and like some of you it was because mouse was on in laptop bag.

After two trips to the Apple Store, then reading this thread.....we're never gonna mention this problem at work. Never. I just reproduced the issue per jonfrost's instuctions above. Exact same issue.

Funny thing is, the first time I took it to the Apple Store, they diagnosed some problems with the logic board and shipped it off for 3-5 days to have several parts replaced. No cost to me of course, but good thing those other issues were discovered in the process.

Thank you, this was the problem I was having because my mouse would click but very slowly and it was difficult, thank you for your help!

Thank You Bozzy324156

Sometimes it's just that simple. I also had my Magic Mouse turned on and it was in my bag. So glad that there is nothing wrong with my MacBook Pro.