Wednesday, January 29, 2014

How DO You Right Click? Mac Conundrum…

It's a common question from people new to the Mac: How do you right click? Mac mice made by Apple only have one physical button. Actually, they don't have any visible buttons.

Well it is possible to right-click, or to fudge it. Here are the quick tricks:

1) Control-Click

By holding down the "control" key on your keyboard while clicking your mouse or trackpad normally, you'll get the equivalent of a "right-click". The little menu will pop up.

2) Two-Finger Click

This one is for those of you with a trackpad on your laptop, or the Apple Magic Trackpad on your desktop. By pressing down on the trackpad with two fingers next to each other simultaneously, you'll get the same functionality of a "right click".

This also works if your trackpad has a separate button. Simply touch two fingers to the trackpad while clicking the button normally.

This trick only works, however, if you have the "Secondary Click" feature turned on in the System Preferences for your trackpad

3) Right-Click

Yeah. Just click on the right side of your mouse!

The Apple Mouse and Magic Mouse both have the ability to detect which side of the mouse you're pressing down on. But the "Secondary Button" feature has to be turned on in theSystem Preferences for your mouse.

If you want more detailed information about how to set it up, check out how to right click on a mac.

You'll now be able to answer when anyone asks you, "How do I right click on a Mac?"