How to Right-Click on a Mac with Magic Mouse & MacBook Trackpad

Are you using Windows for a long time and switching to the Apple Mac? Then you may always wonder how to Right-Click on a Mac with Mouse when there are no other buttons. If you are using the apple mouse then you may have noticed that the Apple mouse only has one button to click at the top. so, you can’t right-click on Mouse.

There are several different ways to solve this problem, want to know the solution? Then keep reading till the end. Likewise, Apple mice or trackpads have never had this right-click button, so it might feel strange to new Mac users.

Apple claims that a one-button mouse is way better than a two-button mouse; no wonder Mac users are confused and unsure that how to Right-Click on a Mac especially after using Windows PC for a long time.

If you like to connect a third-party mouse to your Mac, macOS can automatically recognize the Right-Click button and map it to the system’s right-click functions without any extra set up.

If you have an Apple Magic mouse or MacBook’s built-in trackpad or Magic Trackpad, You can follow these steps given below to equally learn the right-click functionality with me.

How to Right-Click on Mac with Magic Mouse:

As you have seen before, Apple’s mouse also provides the built-in option for enabling right-clicking on Magic Mouse just like MacBook Trackpad or Magic Trackpad have. So, right-click on an Apple Magic Mouse clicks on the right side of the mouse. Here, are some points to enable the right-click with the help of Magic Mouse as follows:

1. Go to your Mac’s screen and click the Apple menu given in the upper left corner.
2. After, click the System Preferences.
3. Select the Mouse icon in the preference panel.
4. Choose the “Point & Click” tab.
5. Now, click the checkbox next to the click on the right side.

In the addition to the two preference options given above, macOS also provides another method to Right-Click the mouse.

Now, here is the best thing you can also right-click with the help of keyboard shortcuts. If you have a keyboard with control keys then hold down the Control key when you click together a right-click on any computer mouse.

This control key function helps to provide the same solution as you press down on a MacBook’s trackpad or an Apple Magic Trackpad.

How to Right-Click on a Mac with Magic Trackpad or MacBook Trackpad:

An Apple mouse comes with a built-in preference for enabling right-clicking on your MacBook Trackpad or Magic Trackpad. Do you have Trackpad or MacBook Trackpad and want to right-click? Follow the given below steps to find out how to enable secondary click.

1. First of all, click the Apple menu given to the upper left side of your Mac’s screen.
2. Then click on System Preferences.
3. Choose the Trackpad icon in the preference panel.
4. Select the “Point & Click” tab.
5. Finally, click the checkbox next to the Secondary click.

In addition, with Secondary click enabled, tapping the trackpad with your two fingers will together perform a right-click action. To perform the two fingers function, you have to tap on Click next to “Click with 2” and then select any corner you are comfortable with either the left or right corner of your screen and it allows you to perform the two fingers function, I think which is great.

Conclusion:

In closing, the mouse is one of the parts of the Mac. The Magic mouse allows you to perform simple gestures such as swiping between web pages and scrolling through documents but then this confusion begins that how to right-click the mouse on Mac. I hope, after reading the above-given article you understand the process of how to right-click the mouse on Mac and use these techniques.