How to Right-Click on a Mac
There are some things you can do on a Mac that you can't do on a PC, and vice versa. Right-clicking, however, is something you can do on both a Mac and a PC. The standard Mac OS mouse only has one button; the PC mouse has two or more. But you can still "right-click" on a Mac and use "contextual menus."
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Instructions
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Right-click by holding down the Control key and clicking.
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On the desktop, Control-click to bring up a menu with many Finder commands, such as Help, New Folder, View, Clean Up, Arrange, View Options, and Change Desktop Background.
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Point to your hard drive or an inserted disk or CD and Control-click to bring up a menu with commands such as Help, Open, Eject, Get Info, Label, Make Alias, Put Away, Add to Favorites, Index Selection, or Attach a Folder Action.
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Point to a folder and Control-click to bring up options such as Help, Open, Move to Trash, Get Info, Label, Make Alias, Put Away, Add to Favorites, Index Selection, or Attach a Folder Action.
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Point to a file and Control-click to bring up commands such as Help, Open, Move to Trash, Get Info, Label, Duplicate, Make Alias, Add to Favorites, or Index Selection.
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Comments
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dutch holland easy dont buy one. and stay with PC ok. c ya
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I hate wireless mouse...battery runs out or is not connecting. Then you wonder how to do the simplest thing...right click using the keyboard.
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really effed up!
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Hey Tracie wats up?
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ok that works but how do I right click on album in ITunes to get the album artwork.....on pc if I right clicked it would give me option do do that, now it doesn't give me the option. I have ticked always show album artwork but I can't find how to get it....mac are certainly confusing at first to use when you are so used to a pc.
