My MacBook Air is unresponsive on the right side

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My MacBook Air is unresponsive on the right side

The right hand side of my MacBook Air (2020) doesn’t respond to any commands. This includes opening folders or when on any intern browser. For a browser if I move it a more central position of the screen it works (as in I can use my touch trackpad etc). I can access folders from the apple symbol on the top left but anything on the right doesn’t work. I restarted the computer several times but no luck.

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MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Oct 31, 2024 9:13 AM

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varjak paw

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Nov 2, 2024 8:51 AM in response to SinLeeds

A long shot, but if you have Grammarly installed, try quitting it. One user posted that when he quit Grammarly the problem with the screen being partly unresponsive ceased.

Regards.

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Nov 3, 2024 2:34 AM in response to SinLeeds

Solution for me - Quitting Grammarly desktop for Mac. The right side of the screen was unclickable. Mouse moved fine, but couldn't click on the area in photo. I'll check with Grammarly and see if they have a solution and update.

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Nov 2, 2024 8:46 AM in response to SinLeeds

Apple did something to our computers remotely which affects everyone running MacOS Catalina, see this greater thread: Macair certain parts of screen aren't cli… - Apple Community

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Nov 2, 2024 4:29 PM in response to SinLeeds

Exactly the same issue. Happening on the same day it seems. Also, MacBook Air 2020. Did Apple generate this malfunctioning on purpose?

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Nov 2, 2024 4:35 PM in response to varjak paw

This is probably the solution.

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Nov 3, 2024 3:08 AM in response to iPhoneImages

UPDATE: Reinstalling the Grammarly App from the web browser version worked. No problem now.

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