Trackpad is not always responding to mechanic click.

Trackpad is not always responding to mechanic click. So without any apparent reason my trackpad is not reacting to mechanic clicks anymore. Only when the button is pressed for a longer time it registers.Sometimes it registers a click even though none occured. All the other funtions of the trackpad are still working properly.
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mcgyver89 [Entry]

"Slin

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mcgyver89 [Entry]

"Well, even I am not believing it but I just slammed the %#*@ trackpad and it miraculously worked!

I'm so bummed by this it's beyond belief. I thought I'd have to replace the battery and the trackpad but now I don't have to replace neither.

Now I just have to replace the optical drive (it spits any CD/DVD I put in).

It's a 2010 MacBook."

mcgyver89 [Entry]

"Change sensitivity in System Preferences

Also there is a known issue with crimped loose track pad cables where by design it runs over the battery. The cable is routed through the lower case over a sort of guillotine or gate - repeated pressing on the spacebar and keys can hammer the cable to the point of working lose from the connector on one end, or crimping cutting the ribbon cable.

Known fixes include:

smoothing the cable flat, orwrapping it with a scrap paper jacket to stop bouncing and shorting.

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Good Luck,

N."