How to Save a Picture Using a MacBook Pro

For an accurate response, use fingertips or curled fingers on the trackpad.

If you are a new user to the MacBook Pro, you may wonder how you'll perform basic functions, since a right mouse button does not exist. If you think of your MacBook Pro's trackpad as a large button, you can still display a right-click menu to save pictures or perform other functions. The MacBook Pro's Multi-Touch glass trackpad offers "secondary clicking" to enable quick shortcut commands. You can choose this option in the "System Preferences."

Instructions

1. Click the "Apple" menu, then scroll to "System Preferences." Click "Trackpad" from the "Hardware" pane.

2. Check the box next to "Secondary Tap" under "Two Fingers." Click the red button in the window to close the dialog box.

3. Navigate to a photo on the Internet or your hard drive that you want to save. Place the cursor on the photo.

4. Use two fingers to tap the trackpad and bring up the right-click menu. Choose "Save Image As" from the drop-down menu.

5. Enter a name in the "Save As" text field, and then choose the location where you want to save the picture in the "Where" text field.

6. Click "Save."

References

• Apple: MacBook Pro
• You Tube: Secondary Click - Right Click - MacBook Pro
• You Tube: How to Right Click on a MacBook Pro
• Apple Support: Apple Portables: Using the Multi-Touch Glass Trackpad