After seven years, my 2014-vintage Mac Mini is still going strong, but the wireless Magic Trackpad I bought with it seems to have given up the ghost. The whole surface of the trackpad is one big mouse button, and I use a two-fingered click for “right click”. It feels like there’s a mechanical problem - I can no longer depress the surface of the trackpad. It feels as if it’s stuck in the “down” position, if that makes sense. It also supports “tap to click” (which doesn’t require the surface to be depressed) - that still works fine.
I can’t remember whether you can set a two-fingered tap as right-click, but that might be a workaround for now… but unless there’s a very easy fix, I think it’s time to replace it. I’m leaning towards a mouse rather than a trackpad this time. I’m ambivalent about dongle vs Bluetooth, and I don’t play games on the Mac, so I don’t need millions of macros.
I’d like to keep the existing Magic Keyboard, which is the same vintage as the trackpad but which seems to be still working fine, so I’m not looking for a keyboard and mouse set.
Anyone got any recommendations for wireless mice that work well with Mac? For what it’s worth, I’m running the latest version of Big Sur at the moment. Thanks!
The Mark 1 magic trackpad has the click switches under the two front corner feet. You might want to check that the feet are not either missing or have degraded to the point where the switches are not being depressed properly. It may be possible to replace the feet with some thing that revives the function.
I preferred the quick tap to click function for the trackpad, and didn’t like the physical click anyway. You may be able to set that to regain the functionality you prefer.
Sadly my first magic trackpad eventually totally failed. I bought the new Apple trackpad. It is eye wateringly expensive, but really nice, and a significant upgrade. YMMV.
Thanks @Francis_Vaughan - I had a look, and one of the feet was indeed missing. Remarkably, I was able to find it still on the desk. I can’t see a way to reinstall the foot “properly” without dismantling the trackpad, but positioning it in the right place under the device seems to have restored the functionality for now. That’s useful to know.
You can use the track pad fully without clicking anything (I don’t like clicking it, far too noisy). Right click, left click, drag, scroll, etc. can all be done just by touch.