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You can activate right-click on any Trackpad or Touch Mouse on MacBook, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Air, Magic Trackpad, or Magic Mouse.
Note: The two-finger tap function is equivalent to right-clicking on Mac OS X. This function is much quicker and more intuitive when you encounter issues or glitches, but many Windows users transitioning to Mac prefer the right-click method.
How to Enable Right-Click on Macbook
Users can activate the right-click feature on the Macbook Trackpad (or Magic Trackpad), especially beneficial for those new to the Mac platform.
Step 1: Access the Apple menu and choose System Preferences.
Step 2: Look for the Trackpad option in the System Preferences window.
Step 3: Access the Point & Click section (called One Finger on older OS X versions).
Step 4: Check the box right below the Secondary Click option. Here, you can choose one of three options to enable right-click on Macbook, activate Right-click on macOS.
Click or tap with two fingers : Press the mouse or touch with two fingers simultaneously on the trackpad.
Click in bottom right corner : Click on the bottom right corner of the trackpad.
Click in bottom left corner : Press the left corner of the trackpad.
Step 5: Adjust Secondary Click by pressing or tapping with two fingers to perform this action equivalent to right-clicking on your mouse.
You can also use it by holding the Control key and clicking on the Trackpad.
On modern versions of Mac OS X on MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, and Magic Trackpad hardware, the Trackpad right-click function is set up similarly to the above instructions.
Here are the Trackpad settings on previous OS X releases:
Two-finger tap equivalent to right-click (Adjust - Secondary Click)
The default touch surface settings on Mac involve a two-finger tap to substitute for right-clicking. Literally, tapping with two fingers here means tapping with two fingers on the Multi-Touch Trackpad on MacBook.
The right-click feature is also referred to as Secondary Click or sometimes Alternate Click (alt-click). However, the most common and widely used term remains right-click.
In some instances, users may refer to and use the term Control+Clicking. Using this term is not incorrect. This is because you can 'invoke' the same menu by holding down the Control key while clicking the mouse. Regardless of the terminology used, the function of enabling right-click on MacBook, activating Right-click remains the same.
During MacBook usage, many users forget their passwords leading to being locked out of their devices. Don't worry, various methods for logging into MacBook when forgetting the password have been introduced. You can refer to this MacBook login method to apply in case you encounter such situations.
