Touch pad feels stuck and won't click.

After only having my computer for about a year, maybe a little less, my trackpad stopped physically. It might still work, but wouldn't the sound clicks or have normal movement. After a few long conversations with the apple support where I did, SMC resets and PRAM reset, it enabled or disabled, checked the settings and reset preferences, (who has sense only if the software does not work) but it's clearly a hardware problem where something was not moving in its normal capacity, I finally decided to try a few things myself and solved the problem. I thought that I would write this article to help someone of you in the same situation. The first thing I did was closed the computer. Then, I stood the computer on its side (ie. the power supply on the table) and lightly tapped the back behind the trackpad, trackpad itself and all around the trackpad. Then, I turned the computer so that a different side was laid on the table and repeat the steps above. I suspect the trackpad starts to move, a little at first, then more freely that I adjusted the positions. According to me, the trackpad probably received little dust or other debris in the time and light by tapping gently released the mechanism. Since then, I have had no problems. Hope this helps!

Wow! I'm happy that I saw it. Literally, my 'problem' lasted for 10 minutes until I found this. I did exactly as you said, and the problem disappeared quickly.

Thank you very much!

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