If a MacBook Pro trackpad stopped clicking there are a few things you can try to troubleshoot and repair the problem.
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This could be related to:
By making use of Ctrl Key. Take your cursor over the word you aim to click. Hold the Ctrl key.
- The easiest and simplest way to right click on any Mac that presses and hold the Option button of your keyboard, then using the primary mouse (left-click). This will open a contextual menu immediately. How to Right Click on a Mac Using Trackpad and Magic Mouse back to menu ↑ Using Two Fingers on Macbook Trackpad or Magic Trackpad.
- Apple Magic Mouse: To enable right-click, clickSystem Preferences in the dock, click Mouse, and then enable Secondary click. Apple Magic Trackpad or MacBook Trackpad: To enable right-click, click System Preferences in the dock, click Mouse, and then enable Secondary click. Remote Desktop Client on Mac: FAQ.
- Failing (swollen) battery.
- Wrongly adjusted trackpad screw.
- Failed trackpad.
Let's go thought the troubleshooting techniques step by step.
STEP 1.
In order to check the battery you will have to remove it from the laptop.
Usually there are two or three screws securing it to the case.
These screws are Y shaped. You need a special tri-wing screwdriver.
You can try removing these screws with a small flat head screwdriver.
A Wiha 1.5×40 slotted screwdriver worked for me. It fitted into two out of three wings and I was able to remove both screws.
Unplug the battery connector from the logic board using a plastic stick or finger nails.
Remove the battery from the laptop and place it on a flat surface.
Check if the battery appears to be thicker than it should be.
When a MacBook Pro battery fails, in some cases it stars swelling.
If a swollen battery located inside the laptop, it pushes on the bottom side of the trackpad and it stops clicking properly.
Replacement MacBook Pro batteries available here.
Remove the swollen battery and test if the trackpads clicks normally after that. If it does, replace the battery.
STEP 2.
If the trackpad still doesn't click, even after removing the battery, try adjusting the screw shown on the following picture.
You'll need a T6 torx screwdriver for that.
Turning the screw counterclockwise will loosen the trackpad.
Turning it clockwise will tighten the trackpad.
Place your MacBook Pro on one of the sides and continue clicking on the trackpad while adjusting the screw.
Find the position that works best for you.
STEP 3.
If the trackpad still doesn't click, even after removing the battery and adjusting the screw, most likely it failed and has to be replaced.
Replacement MacBook Pro trackpads available here.
Here's the removal and replacement procedure.
By the way, if you have MacBook Air, check out this trackpad replacement guide.
Carefully disconnect the trackpad cable using a plastic stick or finger nails.
Remove four silver screws.
You will need a small and sharp Phillips screwdriver. These screws are very small and easy to strip.
I'm using a Wiha precision screwdriver, Phillips #00.
While removing the screws, support the trackpad on the bottom with your fingers.
After all screws are removed, lower one part of the trackpad and slide it to the shown direction to separate from the palm rest.
Pull the cable though the opening in the case.
Remove the failed trackpad and replace it with a new one.
Start the re-assembly process with inserting the trackpad cable back in place.
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You can guide the connector using a small flathead screwdriver.
Install the trackpad back in place.
Secure it with four silver screws but do not tighten them up yet.
Turn the MacBook Pro over and adjust the position of the trackpad.
Make sure all gaps between the trackpad and palm rest are equal.
After it seated properly, you can tighten up four silver screws on the other side.
It might be necessary to adjust the new trackpad screw as mentioned earlier.
Audio software for microphone. Finally, install the battery back in place, secure it and connect to the logic board.
This guide outlines special information on installing and configuring Arch on the more recent Macbook 9,x (Mid-2012) hardware alongside a pre-existing OSX operating system. This requires adequate free disk space, install media (such as a USB or CD), and a wired connection for the initial steps of the install procedure.
This article is written with a dual-boot setup in mind, and does not cover how to replace OSX with Arch.
For general help on the install preocedure see the Installation guide
Preparation
Recording UIDs
If you want to access your OSX user directories from Linux, write down the UID and GID for the users.
These screws are Y shaped. You need a special tri-wing screwdriver.
You can try removing these screws with a small flat head screwdriver.
A Wiha 1.5×40 slotted screwdriver worked for me. It fitted into two out of three wings and I was able to remove both screws.
Unplug the battery connector from the logic board using a plastic stick or finger nails.
Remove the battery from the laptop and place it on a flat surface.
Check if the battery appears to be thicker than it should be.
When a MacBook Pro battery fails, in some cases it stars swelling.
If a swollen battery located inside the laptop, it pushes on the bottom side of the trackpad and it stops clicking properly.
Replacement MacBook Pro batteries available here.
Remove the swollen battery and test if the trackpads clicks normally after that. If it does, replace the battery.
STEP 2.
If the trackpad still doesn't click, even after removing the battery, try adjusting the screw shown on the following picture.
You'll need a T6 torx screwdriver for that.
Turning the screw counterclockwise will loosen the trackpad.
Turning it clockwise will tighten the trackpad.
Place your MacBook Pro on one of the sides and continue clicking on the trackpad while adjusting the screw.
Find the position that works best for you.
STEP 3.
If the trackpad still doesn't click, even after removing the battery and adjusting the screw, most likely it failed and has to be replaced.
Replacement MacBook Pro trackpads available here.
Here's the removal and replacement procedure.
By the way, if you have MacBook Air, check out this trackpad replacement guide.
Carefully disconnect the trackpad cable using a plastic stick or finger nails.
Remove four silver screws.
You will need a small and sharp Phillips screwdriver. These screws are very small and easy to strip.
I'm using a Wiha precision screwdriver, Phillips #00.
While removing the screws, support the trackpad on the bottom with your fingers.
After all screws are removed, lower one part of the trackpad and slide it to the shown direction to separate from the palm rest.
Pull the cable though the opening in the case.
Remove the failed trackpad and replace it with a new one.
Start the re-assembly process with inserting the trackpad cable back in place.
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You can guide the connector using a small flathead screwdriver.
Install the trackpad back in place.
Secure it with four silver screws but do not tighten them up yet.
Turn the MacBook Pro over and adjust the position of the trackpad.
Make sure all gaps between the trackpad and palm rest are equal.
After it seated properly, you can tighten up four silver screws on the other side.
It might be necessary to adjust the new trackpad screw as mentioned earlier.
Audio software for microphone. Finally, install the battery back in place, secure it and connect to the logic board.
This guide outlines special information on installing and configuring Arch on the more recent Macbook 9,x (Mid-2012) hardware alongside a pre-existing OSX operating system. This requires adequate free disk space, install media (such as a USB or CD), and a wired connection for the initial steps of the install procedure.
This article is written with a dual-boot setup in mind, and does not cover how to replace OSX with Arch.
For general help on the install preocedure see the Installation guide
Preparation
Recording UIDs
If you want to access your OSX user directories from Linux, write down the UID and GID for the users.
Install Boot Manager
Optional. The easiest way to begin is by installing rEFInd on Mac OSX before moving on to Arch. This will place a boot menu on startup. The config will be in your OSX partition - if this is not desirable it is possible to install it later in Arch. For more information consult UEFI.
Shrinking Macintosh HD
Although nowadays Boot Camp requires a Windows installation disc before altering partitions, it is possible to do this using Mac OSX's disk utility. Create a new partition, calculate the amount of free space required for all new partitions and shrink Macintosh HD to accommodate for this amount. Leave the new partition as free space for now.
Installation
Preparing installation media
Download Arch and burn it to a USB, CD or DVD, and boot into the Arch install.
Running the Arch installation
Proceed from the Installation section in Installation guide#Installation. Note that you'll need a wired connection to continue for now.
The following differences will apply to MacBooks:
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Sample partition layout
For sharing files between OSX and Linux, a number of filesystem options exist. FAT32 is natively supported on all systems - however, it lacks support for filesystems larger than 2TB or files larger than 4GB. Journaled HFS+ partitions, such as the Macintosh HD partition, will only mount read-only in Linux. Google 3d printer software. Full read-write support is available for unjournaled HFS+ filesystems. ExFAT support can be made available by installing exfat-utils.
Install boot loader
Follow the relevant page for the chosen boot loader listed in Arch boot process#Boot loader.
Post Installation
Continue with General recommendations, noting the following modifications:
SD Card Reader
The sdcard reader does not work properly with the highest speeds currently and may never work properly. To get it working you will have to sacrifice the ultra fast modes and use a quirk in your boot parameters.
Users
If you wrote down your OSX uid's and gid's eariler, new users can be created by running:
In order to be able to access a OSX user's directory, only the uid and gid need to match. (usernames can differ)
Wireless
Macbooks 8,1 to 9,2 (and possibly newer) use BCM4331 for Wifi. See Broadcom wireless for details.The Mac Mini 5.1 Also uses the Broadcom BCM4331 Wi-Fi Chip.
Inverting FN keys
To make the FN keys function as normal FN keys, follow Apple Keyboard#Function keys do not work.
Wireless Flakiness
The only connection manager combination with BCM4331 that doesn't result in flakiness seems to be connman + disabled background scanning.
If the solution above does not work or your wifi is extremly slow, the NetworkManager in combination with wpa_supplicant and dhclient seems to work.
Keyboard Backlight
A 'just works' solution is the acpibacklightAUR[broken link: package not found] package. It provides the just work case when controlling it with the keyboard shortcuts.
Xorg
Free voice recording software for windows 8. Main Page: Xorg
Install xf86-video-intel and setup Xorg as you normally would.
The built-in keyboard and most usb input devices will work out-of-the-box, but xf86-input-synaptics is needed in order to use the built-in touchpad.
Bells & Whistles
Emulating OSX Touchpad Gestures
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With a little bit of work it's possible to tweak the multitouch options on the trackpad. This can be achieved with a combination of X11 driver settings and open source software.
Using synclient
synclient is included with the xf86-input-synaptics driver. It is useful for experimenting with settings as they take effect immediately and expire at the end of an X session. Many OSX options can be emulated without any additional software.
Run synclient -l to have a look at all the available options. Here are some suggestions which resemble the options found in OSX's System Preferences:
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- By default synaptics is configured to use a double-tap drag gesture found on older touchpads - one may argue that this is not necessary on a clickpad.
synclient TapAndDragGesture=0will turn this off. - TapButtonX and ClickFingerX sets the mouse button triggered by tapping or clicking with X fingers. set
TapButton2=3andClickFinger2=3to assign two-finger click to the right mouse button. - Setting the bottom-right corner click to right mouse button can be done by subtracting about 500 from
RightEdgeandBottomEdgeand plugging the new values intoRightButtonAreaLeftandRightButtonAreaTop. If the last two options are not visible, setClickpad=1.
To make settings permanent, just modify /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-synaptics.conf.
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/usr/local/bin/synarea.sh with the required synclient commands, and add the script to the X startup sequence.