How can I disable an Apple laptop's touchpad button (physical click)? I really want to find a way to disable the Apple touchpad physical tap button. My wife does not make use of the software tap functionality that I enabled. She sits next to me every night clicking away. This is very annoying when it goes on for several hours.

There has to be a way to catch / trap the input from the device.
You can configure it using BetterTouchTool. But I'd advice against pissing your wife off.

There's always option of buying an iPad.