How to Right Click in "Fable" on a MacBook Pro

Newer MacBook Pro laptops have a multi-touch track pad to control your computer with gestures.

Computer games such as "Fable: The Lost Chapters" require a mouse or laptop track pad with right and left-click functionality, but your MacBook Pro may not be set up for this. Unlike PC laptop track pads with two mouse buttons, the MacBook Pro track pad only has one physical button. This is often confusing to new Mac users, but there are a number ways you can enable right-click on a MacBook Pro for games and other software.

Instructions

1. Click the Apple menu in the upper-left corner of your MacBook Pro's screen. Select "System Preferences" from the context menu that appears.

2. Click "Trackpad" under the "Hardware" heading. Check off "Secondary Click" near the top of the menu that opens. This enables right-click on your laptop track pad for all applications and games, including Fable. Select "Bottom Right Corner" from the adjacent drop-down menu. The configuration changes save automatically.

3. Press "Control" on your keyboard while clicking your track pad instead of enabling secondary click to right-click. You do not need to change any settings to use this method.

4. Click with two fingers instead of one anywhere on your track pad. This only works on newer MacBook Pro models with multi-touch track pads. This is the easiest way to right-click without changing any settings in OS X.

5. Return to the System Preferences menu and click "Mouse" if you have an external mouse attached to your MacBook Pro. Check off "Secondary click" and select "Right" from the drop-down menu to the right.

References

• "Switching to a Mac for Dummies"; Arnold Reinhold; 2009

Resources

• Dan Rodney: Dan Rodney's List of Mac Multi-Touch Gestures