Mac mouse pad not working water

Alice alibobble. I spilled about half a glass of water on my macbook air keyboard and immediately used a towel to dry the surface, i tried to use the laptop and the keyboard was working and when i moved my finger on the trackpad however when i tried to click something using the trackpad it wouldn't work then realising that it was probably broken i wrapped it in a towel and put it upside down not realising that you had to turn the laptop off 10 mins went by and i read websites saying you had to turn it off so i did and re-wrapped it in the towel what sould i do i really don't have the money to get it repaired or a new one help!

If both the keyboard and the trackpad are out, one possibility is a damaged upper case cable. It's a ribbon cable that attaches the trackpad to the logic board. Since the keyboard connects to the trackpad through a separate cable, both systems can be affected by a damaged cable. The power button working makes this less likely, since that button runs through the same cable; but it's possible that some traces are shorted out while others still work.

In any case, a cable is the cheapest and easiest thing to replace. Select a Language: Help Translate iFixit. Back Answers Index. Zac N Rep: View the answer I have this problem too Subscribed to new answers. Is this a good question? Yes No. Voted Undo. Score 2. The All-New. The high performance electronics repair kit. Browse Our Store.

Most Helpful Newest Oldest. Chosen Solution. Henry n3rdb0t Rep: Was this answer helpful? Score 3. Ethen Pickett smasheditnz Rep: Alice alibobble Rep: Score 1. JLTan Rep: Explore more about: Your email address will not be published. Helpful content My mouse is literally not working whatsoever, thus how am I supposed to click through the settings.. My curser keeps jumping around to random places and keep clicking random things when it's not supposed to. Other times it will just lag My curser had jumped around 6 times and clicked 4 random things while I'm typing this.

What should I do? Thank you for the tip!! My Trackpad seemed to have 'frozen' and wouldn't respond to two finger scroll, thus I couldn't scroll my email list or indeed the highlighted email itself, or any document for that matter, so I could only read to the bottom of the screen!! Your very first tip to troubleshoot was to check updates and look for trackpad related updates not yet uploaded.

There weren't any but there were some old various ones not uploaded. I clicked 'update all', the Mac shut down to install these and some old ones that apparently hadn't successfully uploaded, ten minutes later it came back on and Hey Presto, Trackpad working again!!

Thank you! Why would this be? My trackpad and keyboard have become completely unresponsive.

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Brought it to apple store twice now; first time they reseated cables and told me it was fixed but it wasn't. I can plug in my mouse and use the cursor but can't use keyboard Only power button works. As such I can't past password screen to try any of the recommendations in the article. This has been going on for 2 weeks now and apple store doesn't have any technicians at weekend. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Of course none of your simple options fixed my trackpad. I guess I must admit my machine is probably past it's useful life span.

Trackpad works on the top, but not in the middle or bottom - sort of like me. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge, which has been very useful. I had issue with tap to click since I installed OS Sierra and your solution above just worked for me. Thank you. Come on guys!!! Who are we kidding??? The over-riding problem with Macbook trackpads is in their design. They accumulate all sorts of gunk around them and need to be thoroughly cleaned about once a year. This is a a really annoying problem and one that Apple seem to be in denial about.

Solving the problem requires the tricky operation of removing the trackpad, cleaning it and replacing it. Well done Apple Please get your heads out of the sand and fix this design fault. Spraying WD40 electronic contact cleaner non-conductive onto the sides of the trackpad may help temporarily.

These seem like great suggestions, but none of them will work because my track pad is completely dead in the water! I can't click anything and it's not responding to the actual mouse that's connected either. It was working great yesterday and now, nothing. I'm in the same situation as you. A USB connected mouse worked for me a couple of hours ago but now that one won't work either. It's like my Macbook has decided navigating should no longer be an option Basically the 'right click' doesn't function. Just happened as I flew from Montreal to Chicago.

Maybe the battery did the swelling thing or maybe being to rough with it over the years has taken its toll. Not fun to use without this funtion. My trackpad keeps trying to select things on my screen. It is as if I have clicked and dragged but i haven't and I can't "release" the click therefore can't click on anything else. Restarting my computer fixes it for a time but it seems to be getting worse. I fear this is a hardware problem but the closest Apple store is 8 hours away!

My MacBook Air trackpad has twice stopped clicking, becoming then responsive to touch only when my Mac was hand held or rested on an edge of a desk or counter such that the trackpad portion was suspended over the edge. The first time, after a few days of working only when aloft, my trackpad to my relief resumed clicking and again worked normally anywhere for a year I have a Macbook Air early and the trackpad and keyboard refuse to work under mac os.

Tried running ubuntu live from a usb pendrive and everything works like normal. Tried Safe Boot Nothing. Made a super duper backup of my system and wiped everything and reinstalled Yosemite. I have a MBPr 13" late Battery was replaced within the last 6 months, so I don't think it's that Right not it feels like there is a grain of sand under the front left corner away from the keyboard, right where you would "left-click".

So it doesn't press down fully when "clicking. Any thoughts? It doesn't seem to be affected by moving the computer around at all.

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And I haven't been to the beach either. Trackpad of my Macbook, stopped working properly. It's clicking, moving fast, zoom in, zoom out but I can't select. Any help??? Basically, the trackpad doesn't seem to click at all now when I attempt to click, or it is very difficult to push down on the trackpad to obtain a click response.

Any ideas? Same as Lynda, these suggestions look great but all rely on being able to navigate somewhere anywhere to check and change settings but with no click function I can move my mouse but can't select ANYTHING. Starting with how to access keyboard controls would be super helpful. Plugging in a mouse makes NO difference.