Problem with dock, right click and drag and drop.

Hi everyone. First of all, thank you for all the support I got there. Really appreciated.


Last week, I started to have problem with my iMac 21,5 inch (2011) and I can't find any solution. I saw online that many customer had the same problem and the only solution was "restart your computer or log out off your session".


1 - When I restart the computer, everything is going fine but after 5-10 minutes, I am starting to get problem. It is not possible to do a right click (anywhere, on any application). Also when I put my mouse over an icon it should be highlighted but it won't (menu, dock, drop down menu etc).


2 - The magnification on my dock will also stop working after 5-10 minutes. The magnification will work when I put my mouse over the first icon but if I move over the other one, the first one will stay "highlighted". It is also not possible to do any right click on it.


3 - I can't drag and drop anything. If I try to drag something over my desktop for example, the icon will stick to the pointer and won't move from there. I need to fight against my keyboard and the mouse to get rid of it.


Here is what I did:

- Searched for any bluetooth device = Nothing excepted the keyboard and the mouse (apple stuff)

- Disconneted the trackpad and removed the barries (it could be because of it)

- Removed the keyboard and the mouse - Tried two different one (Wired)

- Tried to remove some files on the Preferences folder

- I ran ONYX to clean up everything

- I did a disk repair with Disk Utility

- I did a format / clean install of Snow Leopard throught the installation CD

- I did a format / clean install of LION (my friend borrowed me one so I can see if there was a fix for it) - I will install my version back, don't worry


I use this computer for photo editing, photoshop, music editing....so I can't use my computer at all with these problem.


Anyone have a solution? I can't find anything else over the internet. I don't wanna throw it through the window so please help. That would be much appreciated.


Right now I am running without any application. Everything is unplugged. I am using a wired mouse / keyboard.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Jan 12, 2013 8:11 PM

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Jan 12, 2013 9:22 PM in response to Littorp

One way to test is to Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, Test for problem in Safe Mode...


PS. Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive


Reboot, test again.


If it only does it in Regular Boot, then it could be some hardware problem like Video card, (Quartz is turned off in Safe Mode), or Airport, or some USB or Firewire device, or 3rd party add-on, Check System Preferences>Accounts>Login Items window to see if it or something relevant is listed.


Check the System Preferences>Other Row, for 3rd party Pref Panes.


Also look in these if they exist, some are invisible...


/private/var/run/StartupItems

/Library/StartupItems

/System/Library/StartupItems

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons

/Library/LaunchDaemons

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