Enable Right Click on Mac Book Pro or Powerbook


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Missing a right click on your Mac Book Pro?  Here’s a simple setting that can allow your Mac Book Pro to right click by using two fingers on the trackpad.  Here’s what to do.

  1. Open System Preferences.
  2. Select Keyboard & Mouse in the second row.
  3. Click the Tap trackpad using two fingers for secondary click check box
  4. Close the dialog box.
  5. Using two fingers, tap the trackpad and a right-click (or context) menu opens.

For owners of Powerbooks you can try Sidetrack, which replaces the Apple Driver on your Powerbook.  Here’s just a few functions Sidetrack allows. 

  • Vertical scrolling at left or right edge of pad.
  • Horizontal scrolling at top or bottom edge of pad.
  • Map hardware button to left or right click.
  • Map trackpad taps to no action, left click, left click drag (with or without drag lock), or right click.
  • Map trackpad corner taps to mouse buttons 1-6 or simulated keystrokes.
  • Extensive control over accidental input filtering.

Check it out

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June 19, 2007 | Filed Under Apple, Mac 

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5 Responses to “Enable Right Click on Mac Book Pro or Powerbook”

  1. vaibhav on MyAvatars 0.2 June 20th, 2007 2:18 pm

    thats a real good piece of information. Just bought a mac, and was not much used to it. but now i will be :)

  2. Green Home Improvements on MyAvatars 0.2 March 17th, 2008 12:02 am

    I bookmarked this page, hopefully I will make my mind up on which Mac to buy over the next few days.

  3. Green Home Improvements on MyAvatars 0.2 April 23rd, 2008 5:32 am

    I ended up with a regular Mac Book. Since it’s been 15+ years since I used a Mac these tips help out!

    I sort of miss having both a delete and backspace key.

  4. Sharon on MyAvatars 0.2 July 8th, 2008 2:53 pm

    thanks for this - just bought my mac and you’ve made my life much easier!!thanks :)

  5. pkanth on MyAvatars 0.2 September 8th, 2008 4:17 pm

    Thank you, saved me a lot of pain, bought a macbook pro recently after years of windows it felt a little crippling not to have right click.

    Thanks

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