Question for Mac Users
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Alt Aabye
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11-07-2007 16:15
I have a question on behalf of a friend. How do you right click on a Mac desktop? 
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Avacea Fasching
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11-07-2007 16:42
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Marianne McCann
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11-07-2007 16:52
From: Alt Aabye I have a question on behalf of a friend. How do you right click on a Mac desktop? On my desktop, I have a 2 button mouse, so I jes right click. On the lappy, I control-click (hold the control key while click the button on the track pad) Mari
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Beginning Thursday
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11-07-2007 16:53
I believe on the desktop itself, you use Control-click as opposed to Command-click to simulate a right-click.
In SL, you use Command-click to right-click.
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Alt Aabye
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11-07-2007 17:02
is there a command key on the mac keyboard then?
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Dekka Raymaker
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11-07-2007 17:51
Command key is the 'apple' key and thats the one you use to Right Click
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Ava Glasgow
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11-07-2007 22:50
From: Dekka Raymaker Command key is the 'apple' key and thats the one you use to Right Click In SL. In everything else, it's ctrl-click. SL is different because they like to mess with our minds.  But seriously, tell your friend to go to a computer store and buy a nice normal two button USB mouse with a scroll wheel. Kensington and Logitech have been good brands for me. It will be a big help, not just for SL, but for almost everything on the Mac. |
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Haravikk Mistral
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11-08-2007 03:35
Depends how recent the Mac is as well. If it has one of the new "Mighty Mouse" things, it can right-click. The confusing thing is that it's a single piece of white, rounded plastic with a little roller-ball in the middle at the top, but if you lean down on the left side, it triggers a left click, and a right click if you lean down on the right. Takes a lot of getting used to though, and I generally dislike the mice with a vengeance, right-clicking is weird to do, and you can't hold right-click and then left-click while it's still held down (same bit of a plastic!). There's stylish and functional, and stylish to the detriment of functionality. Unfortunately Apple failed and got the latter with their "Mighty" mouse 
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Dekka Raymaker
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11-08-2007 03:38
From: Haravikk Mistral Depends how recent the Mac is as well. If it has one of the new "Mighty Mouse" things, it can right-click. The confusing thing is that it's a single piece of white, rounded plastic with a little roller-ball in the middle at the top, but if you lean down on the left side, it triggers a left click, and a right click if you lean down on the right. Takes a lot of getting used to though, and I generally dislike the mice with a vengeance, right-clicking is weird to do, and you can't hold right-click and then left-click while it's still held down (same bit of a plastic!). There's stylish and functional, and stylish to the detriment of functionality. Unfortunately Apple failed and got the latter with their "Mighty" mouse OMG I have had this mouse for nearly three years and just discovered it does that, do'h! |
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Egil Milner
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11-08-2007 05:05
If your friend is trying to right click on the desktop of a Mac to change display settings, they're not there. They're in System Preferences off the Apple menu.
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Ceera Murakami
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11-08-2007 05:54
There are plenty of really good 3-button USB mice that are Mac Compatable. I highly recommend buying one. The Logitec LX-3 is one I just bought for my new system.
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Lee Ponzu
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Mighty mouse...
11-08-2007 10:56
As someone else points out, the Mighty Mouse can be configured in System Preferences to do a right-click.
Mighty Mouse is actually a 4-button mouse. The left side, right side, roller ball, and side squeeze can each be assigned some action.
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Seraph Nephilim
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11-08-2007 14:14
Also want to point out on newish Mac notebooks you can place two fingers on the trackpad then click and you get a "right-click" if you enable this in System Preferences. You can also scroll with two fingers. I've gotten to the point that I miss this when I'm not at my MacBook Pro or PowerBook G4.
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Hate Hastings
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11-08-2007 19:52
From: Seraph Nephilim Also want to point out on newish Mac notebooks you can place two fingers on the trackpad then click and you get a "right-click" if you enable this in System Preferences. You can also scroll with two fingers. I've gotten to the point that I miss this when I'm not at my MacBook Pro or PowerBook G4. Or tap the trackpad quickly with two fingers simultaneously for right click if enabled in preferences.
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