Can't Click, hold, and drag. PLEASE HELP.

briabria
Posted:
in Genius Bar edited August 2014

I am getting so *expletive* frustrated. My damn trackpad only works 10% of the time. I can't click, hold, and drag anything. And the "three finger drag" is the worst. Ever since I downloaded Mavericks this has been a problem. No, my battery is not swollen. No, my mac is not old. Someone PLEASE help me, my computer is literally useless without this feature.

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 6
    marvfoxmarvfox Posts: 2,275member

    I would bring this into an Apple Dealer and they will replace it if is under warranty. They replaced mine with a similar problem.

  • Reply 2 of 6
    briabria Posts: 3member

    It's three years old. It's past the Apple Care or warranty. It's never had a problem before.

  • Reply 3 of 6
    sequitursequitur Posts: 1,910member

    I’ve had similar problems on my iMac when I “upgraded” (?) to Mavericks.  One thing that helped was  relaunching  ‘Finder’.  It would work for a while and then I’d lose drag and drop again.  After many cycles like that, it must have straightened itself out as I no longer have the problem. 

     

    Check out this thread if relaunching Finder doesn’t work:

     

    http://forums.appleinsider.com/t/160979/flaky-mavericks

     

  • Reply 4 of 6
    sequitursequitur Posts: 1,910member

    Have you resolved your problem? If so, please share with AI how you were able to fix it.  There may be others with the same trouble. 

  • Reply 5 of 6
    briabria Posts: 3member

    No, it has not been resolved. :mad:

  • Reply 6 of 6
    sequitursequitur Posts: 1,910member

    Have you tried re-launching Finder or http://forums.appleinsider.com/t/160979/flaky-mavericks?  

    Keep AI abreast of what you have tried so far and what results you've had; otherwise, AI members won't know how to help you. 

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