Switch to Mac: How to right click on your mouse or trackpad

Switch to Mac: How to right click on your mouse or trackpad

<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><a href='http://www.imore.com/how-activate-right-click-functionality-mac' title="Switch to Mac: How to right click on your mouse or trackpad"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/field/image/2015/05/mac-right-click-hero.jpg?itok=qZopl5YQ' />[/url]</p> <p class="intro">If you're fresh from Windows, you're probably used to right-clicking your mouse to pull up contextual menus and other actions. You can do the same on the Mac, even without a right mouse button. Here's how!</p> <p>If you've just switched to the Mac, you may find yourself a bit confused by how the Mac's mice and trackpad work. The Mac famously doesn't come with a mouse or trackpad that has a distinct right-mouse button. But that doesn't mean you can't right-click on the Mac. Whether you use the built-in trackpad on your Mac laptop, a Magic Trackpad, a Magic Mouse, or a third-party mouse that has a distinct right button, here's how to enable right-click menus on your Mac.</p>  <h2>How to right click on any Mac</h2> <p>[custom:mac-switcher] Regardless of how your Mac is set up, holding down the <strong>control</strong> key on the keyboard and pressing your primary mouse or trackpad button will open a shortcut or contextual menu, providing the same functionality that most Windows switchers are accustomed to seeing from a right click.</p> <p>If you have a third-party mouse that has a right physical button, OS X should recognize the button and map it accordingly after you plug in the mouse. If you like having a different button as your right click, you can customize which button is primary — left or right — in the Mouse system preference pane.</p> <p>You may also want to check your third-party mouse maker's web site for Mac drivers: Some of the better ones, like Logitech, offer very sophisticated tools for programming not only buttons, but other great functionality like optic tracking speed and acceleration, scroll wheel motion, chording, and more.</p> <h2>How to turn right click on for a Magic Trackpad or MacBook trackpad</h2> <ol><li>Open <strong>System Preferences</strong>.</li> <li>Click on the <strong>Trackpad</strong> icon. <a href='http://www.imore.com/how-activate-right-click-functionality-mac' title="Switch to Mac: How to right click on your mouse or trackpad"><img src='

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</li> <li>Make sure the <strong>Point and Click</strong> tab is selected.</li> <li>Check <strong>Secondary click</strong>. <a href='http://www.imore.com/how-activate-right-click-functionality-mac' title="Switch to Mac: How to right click on your mouse or trackpad"><img src='

?itok=Cpm44oxa' />[/url]</li> </ol><p>Once it's activated, you'll be able to right click by tapping the trackpad with two fingers simultaneously. You can change the preference to click in the bottom left or right corners, if you prefer.</p> <h2>How to turn right click on for a Magic Mouse</h2> <ol><li>Open <strong>System Preferences</strong>.</li> <li>Click on <strong>Mouse</strong>. <a href='http://www.imore.com/how-activate-right-click-functionality-mac' title="Switch to Mac: How to right click on your mouse or trackpad"><img src='

?itok=4dmoJtbN' />[/url]</li> <li>Check <strong>Secondary click</strong>, and choose either "click on the right side" or "click on the left side" depending on your preference. <a href='http://www.imore.com/how-activate-right-click-functionality-mac' title="Switch to Mac: How to right click on your mouse or trackpad"><img src='

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