I prefer the bottom right corner of my trackpad or right side of my mouse, but there’s a new option for a 2-finger click that I’ve been getting used to.MagicPrefs separates the surface of your Magic Mouse or trackpad into zones that can trigger different actions. You may even be able to choose what part of your input device triggers the effect. But look for “Secondary click”, and turn it on. The actual location of the setting depends on what kind of mouse you have, or what operating system you’re running. But with Apple’s Magic Mouse or a trackpad there are no buttons, so they call it something else in the settings. Most people call it a right-click because that’s how it was done on older mice. Here, a right-click is called a “secondary click”. Open up your System Preferences, either from the gearbox in the dock, or on the Apple Menu in the top left corner. You can also set your mouse or trackpad to right-click as well. Instead, I’ll Control-click on the file, and choose Move to Trash. I hate having to drag, drag, drag, then slip and accidentally move the file to my desktop or some random location. I find this particularly handy for throwing files in the trash. Try this now…hold down the Control or Ctrl key in the lower left corner of your keyboard, and click almost anywhere on your screen. But personally, I couldn’t live without it. For example, if I right-click on a file icon, I see options for 10 actions I can take, including opening it, moving it to the trash, or compressing it into a zip file.īy default this option is turned off so that people don’t get confused when they click their mouse and a list of commands pops up under their cursors. When you “right-click” on something, a list of context-sensitive commands pops up. Yes, my friend, your Mac does have a right click! If you moved over to a Mac from a PC, you’ve been wondering where it is…Īnd if you’ve always been on a Mac, you may not even know it exists…

Right click on mac desktop mouse