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cnedra Posted messages 12 Status Membre -  
 fanfan-221 -
Hello everyone, I’m getting back to you after months of absence (I had simply forgotten the name of the forum!!) to solve a little problem that’s been bothering me since this morning:
my trackpad works very well, my click button too (even though I don’t use it, I click directly by tapping the trackpad), I can click, click and drag, select, etc., in short everything you can normally do with a click...
BUT I can no longer open my files and folders by double-clicking on them :(

I can do it by other means, but they are more cumbersome and longer.
I would like to get back the opening of my files by double-clicking, does anyone have an idea?

For your information, I had a problem two days ago with a blank DVD+R that crashed my computer (spinning endlessly, DVD spinning non-stop, impossible to eject, impossible to restart or turn off the computer in a “soft” way, Finder not responding, etc.). I had to turn off the computer twice by holding down the power button :( I know it’s not good, but nothing else was working. I’m not sure if it’s related...

Thank you for your help :)
I almost forgot, I’m on a MacBook, OS 10.4.9, Intel Core Duo processor. 
Configuration: Mac OS X Safari 419.3

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_Ritchi_ Posted messages 21192 Registration date   Status Contributeur Last intervention   6 125
 
After an abnormal shutdown of a Mac, it is recommended to do the following:
- Start the Mac by holding down the Command and S keys until you hear the startup chime
- A Terminal-like screen will be displayed, then type the command: fsck -yf
- Wait
- If any repairs occurred, then run this command again
- If no repairs were made, then type the command: reboot
- Then log in as an administrator and launch the tool: Applications / Utilities / Disk Utility
- Select the system disk and
- Run Repair Permissions.

Ritchi
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cnedra Posted messages 12 Status Membre 6
 
Thank you, I will give it a try, and I will keep you updated :)
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cnedra Posted messages 12 Status Membre 6
 
Thank you for the tip to apply in case of abnormal computer shutdown... I did have a minor error on my disk. Without your advice, it would still be there, and maybe it would have led to other malfunctions later.
I'll keep it safe!

However, it didn't solve my double click problem.
And then I thought of something... my son played one of his games on the computer the other day, and even though I had the reflex this morning to check the mouse/trackpad preferences, I hadn't noticed anything unusual.
This time, I moved the cursor, just to see (by chance)... it was at maximum speed. I just lowered it by two or three notches, and that’s it, I got my double click back :)
pfffffff... all these issues for so little!!

I’ll need to think about creating his user section (to be fair, it's only been a few days since he's been allowed to play on the MacBook, the CD drive of the old iMac having given up the ghost last week).
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BicCristal > cnedra Posted messages 12 Status Membre
 
Freaked out by the same double-click problem, I found your answer very helpful.
Thank you.
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samplay > cnedra Posted messages 12 Status Membre
 
What SUPER!!!
I was really frustrated with opening files and docking them with the double click!
I looked everywhere... it was just the speed of the double click in the System preferences!!!!
A big thank you!!!
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IBO
 
You're the best THANK YOU!!! I was worried it was a problem with the trackpad :/
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varanasi
 
Thank you for these posts, which also helped me with this mouse issue....
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fadwa
 
Hello, I tried everything you said but I'm still having the double click issue.
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fanfan-221 > fadwa
 
Salut, do you still have the double-click issue? Because I'm in the same boat; double-clicking no longer opens anything, I have to right-click and then left-click to open a folder.
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