Trackpad won’t click

Tapping my trackpad no longer does anything. I can move cursor around, but clicking doesn’t activate anything. Computer is frozen onto the last screen used. How do I unfreeze the screen?


iMac, macOS 10.12

Posted on Jul 4, 2023 6:18 AM

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Posted on Jul 4, 2023 6:33 AM

rstmeredz wrote:

Tapping my trackpad no longer does anything. I can move cursor around, but clicking doesn’t activate anything. Computer is frozen onto the last screen used. How do I unfreeze the screen?


If necessary—


You can always force quit a shutdown by holding the power button/TouchID for ~6-10 sec.

Force Shut down your Mac.


Log out, sleep, wake, restart or shut down your Mac

Shut down or restart your Mac - Apple Support



reboot as normal and compare your results


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Jul 4, 2023 6:33 AM in response to rstmeredz

rstmeredz wrote:

Tapping my trackpad no longer does anything. I can move cursor around, but clicking doesn’t activate anything. Computer is frozen onto the last screen used. How do I unfreeze the screen?


If necessary—


You can always force quit a shutdown by holding the power button/TouchID for ~6-10 sec.

Force Shut down your Mac.


Log out, sleep, wake, restart or shut down your Mac

Shut down or restart your Mac - Apple Support



reboot as normal and compare your results


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