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camner

macrumors regular
Original poster
Jun 19, 2009
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I can no longer click by pushing down on the trackpad. Moving the cursor works fine, and I can get a click by hovering over where I want to click and then tapping.

If I'm correct, the trackpad doesn't actually "push" mechanically, right? It's all haptic feedback. Or am I wrong about this?

I have tried turning off and reenabling "Force Click and haptic feedback" in Settings, but that didn't fix anything.

I am at a loss for what else to try in terms of troubleshooting.

I'd like to see if folks here have some good ideas before contacting Apple or bringing the MB into a Genius Bar
 

arw

macrumors 65816
Aug 31, 2010
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You‘re right, it uses the “Taptic Engine“ to simulate the haptic feedback.
I had the same issue once on my 2020 MBP and a NVRAM / SMC reset fixed it.
Hopefully it‘s not a hardware issue in your case as well.
 
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