Mouse and Touchpad not clicking after sleep - hard restart needed

I'm experiencing the same problem with my Macbook Air 13-inch mid-2012. I have no peripherals attached to any ports. This only occurs after long periods where I've closed the lid to suspend it. I have reset the PRAM several times. I always have to hard-restart (holding down the power button) to regain control by rebooting.

An anomaly occurred the last time I woke the laptop (by opening the lid): the keyboard and mouse worked, but an error message appeared that stated that it couldn't find a Bluetooth keyboard or mouse attached. I've never attached a Bluetooth keyboard or mouse, so this is mysterious.

Same issue here too. I turned off power save / screen savers and even If I leave and come back after a few min. I can't click anything. So annoying.

Left at 7:11 came back at 7:20 and comp frozen.

2015-11-01 7:06:10.495 PM WindowServer[152]: _CGXRemoveWindowFromWindowMovementGroup: window 0x3f is not attached to window 0x41

2015-11-01 7:09:22.000 PM syslogd[41]: ASL Sender Statistics

2015-11-01 7:09:29.623 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.PubSub.Agent[454]) Endpoint has been activated through legacy launch(3) APIs. Please switch to XPC or bootstrap_check_in(): com.apple.pubsub.ipc

2015-11-01 7:09:29.623 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.PubSub.Agent[454]) Endpoint has been activated through legacy launch(3) APIs. Please switch to XPC or bootstrap_check_in(): com.apple.pubsub.notification

2015-11-01 7:11:26.977 PM Safari[383]: tcp_connection_tls_session_error_callback_imp 19 __tcp_connection_tls_session_callback_write_block_invoke.434 error 22

2015-11-01 7:20:33.000 PM bootlog[0]: BOOT_TIME 1446434433 0

Was it a bluetooth trackpad by chance?

I've been having the same problem in both my mid-2010 MacBook Pro (left click on trackpad not working) and my late 2013 iMac (left click on magic mouse not working). This has happened once or twice in both machines since I upgraded to OS X El Capitan a few weeks ago but it has been happening almost daily now for the last few days. I noticed that it only happens when the machines wake up from sleep. The temporary solution I've found is to put the machines back to sleep again for a few seconds then wake them up again. After that, for some reason, left clicking works again. Sometimes though it just randomly stops working again. If anyone knows of a more permanent solution, please help. I also hope that Apple is aware of this annoying bug.

I have MacBook Pro retina 15' I7 mid 2014

not using Bluetooth trackpad or magic mouse, and actually nothing plud in the mac,

since the upgrade to El Capitan i noticed the trackpad issues , not any issues before , the mac is never repaired or was at apple store for repair,

the bug occurs after sleep for period time (above min it defiantly will occur ) or if shut down ,

the trackpad not responding at all , after a restart or some restarts and shut down it work till the next turn off and turn on again ,

PRAM reset most of times solve it for the next turn on ( making PRAM reset and start the mac till the next time i turn it off)

I tried all the suggestions for this problems , nothing help(PRAM SMC also reinstalled Yosemite after format of the mac, didnt helped)

seems that some firmware updated during the El capitan installation or driver somewhere ,

Please anybody from apple support - give us solution , we can't work with the mac in this situation ,

report it as a bug .

I think different people in this conversation may be experiencing different issues; that is, there may be multiple bugs in El Capitan conspiring to make these issues especially difficult to troubleshoot.

In my case I'm using an iMac connected to two external displays (one HDMI one DVI). My keyboard is USB and I use the Apple TrackPad. After sleep I can't use the computer as trackpad and keyboard use will "pause" or hesitate every for seconds for a few seconds. If I try to move the cursor across the street it will stop, as if the trackpad is disconnected, for a few seconds, then resume--over and over as if on a schedule. Oddly it must not be simply a bluetooth issue as it affects my USB keyboard too. If I try to type the keyboard will die for a few seconds every few seconds.

I'm a very busy person and this is extremely counterproductive. The only advice I've found from Apple is "reset your PRAM or SMC" or whatever. I've done that; it didn't help. It's been a month. Don't you have any better solutions? I'm about to throw this machine in the trash and buy a Windows 10 machine.

Even though the OP may have solved their problem - I am experiencing very similar symptoms to a lot of the issues that are described here and my MBP is only a couple of weeks old - everything is bang up to date.

I sometimes use an external screen via a thunderbolt connection and an Apple wireless mouse and keyboard.

However - the MBP exhibits the same behaviour that Veronese has described even when it is operating on its own with nothing plugged in or connected via

bluetooth (miles away from any of my external gear - so there can be no accidental 'ghost connecting'.)

The built in track-pad can move the cursor around the screen - but any clicking is totally unresponsive - as is the keyboard. In this state the MBP

is inoperable. I've tried all sorts of fixes listed above, but the problem only corrects randomly (as others have described above) by leaving everything for an indeterminate amount of time. Sometimes it's 5 minutes - sometime it's 20. Either way - it's immensely frustrating in a brand new machine which should be firing on all cylinders! Any other potential suggestions to find a cure - most welcome!!

Try removing the batteries of every wireless keyboard and mouse in the room, maybe in the building.

After many reboots and searching, I finally found an old, BROKEN magic trackpad on a shelf that still had batteries in it had connected to my Mac, and was preventing me from clicking. This is a trackpad I've never even used since Yosemite, so I was shocked to see it connected.

Once I removed the batteries, everything worked again, and I was able to go into Bluetooth settings and remove it.

I hope this helps. There may be a device somewhere that is connecting and taking away your normal control.

have you found any fixes to this. I believe mine is also associated with having a second monitor with my macbook.

I'm having similar issue...just bought brand new mac mini preloaded with El Capitan...running 10.11.3...It is connected to VGA display via VGA-HDMI cord & use apple bluetooth trackpad and keyboard..if the system goes to sleep during normal use I can wake the system up my using the bluetooth trackpad or keyboard....if it goes to sleep overnight, I can no longer wake the system up with the bluetooth devices..If I then push the power button, the system wakes up (monitor displays log screen), but the bluetooth devices won't connect...at this point only thing I can do is a hard reboot, which then re-connects the bluetooth devices.

..I have "wake on bluetooth" selected in system preferences, and have gone through and changed the power and bluetooth setting using about every combination possible, and nothing fixes the issue....

...any help would be appreciated..

Same problem here. Trackpad loses functionality after waking from sleep (and lid closure on MackBook Pro, 15" mid-2014).

Running newest El Capitan 10.11.4. Plugged into an external monitor and USB peripherals. Only Bluetooth device is Logitech mouse. I've deleted previously sync'd Magic Mouse and turned off "Allow Bluetooth to wake..."

With a clean boot, everything works fine, including trackpad. Then I select Apple Menu -> Sleep and close the lid after everything goes dark. Upon open the lid and tapping a key to wake, the trackpad ceases to work. Onboard keyboard works. Everything else works. Just no trackpadding.

Once I reboot, everything — including trackpad — works again.

If the screen just goes to sleep/dark and woken up — without the Mac going into full sleep — the trackpad functionality isn't affected.