Do you know how to right-click on a Mac or a MacBook using the Magic Mouse or trackpad, or any mouse? If you are a new Mac user, you may don’t know how to do this. In this post, MiniTool Software will show you some easy methods. You can just select your preferred method to right-click on your Mac computer.

Like a Windows computer, right-click on a Mac can call out more options for your current operation object. But the Apple mouse and the trackpad are different from Windows’. If it is the first time for you to use a Mac or a MacBook, you may don’t know how to right-click on a Mac.

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Now, in this post, we will talk about the Apple mouse right-click and trackpad right-click on a Mac computer. You can just select a convenient way to use it.

Method 1: Click the Right Side of the Magic Mouse

How to right-click on Apple mouse. Here is the simplest method:

You can just use your finger to click the right side of the Magic Mouse to right-click on a Mac or a MacBook. Then, the right-click menu will pop up.

click the right side of the Magic Mouse

Method 2: Press Control while Clicking the Mouse

Another simple method to right-click on Mac is to press the control key on your keyboard when you click your Apple mouse. Now, you can see the right-click menu.

press Control while clicking the mouse

Method 3: Press Control while Clicking the Trackpad

If you are using a MacBook Air or MacBook Pro, you can also use the trackpad to right-click on your Mac. It is simple to do this: you can press the control key while you click the trackpad. After that, the right-click menu appears.

press control while clicking the trackpad

Method 4: Click or Tap with Two Fingers on the Trackpad

On a MacBook Air or MacBook Pro, you can also use two fingers to click or tap on the trackpad to right-click on your Mac. Next, you can see the right-click menu on the screen.

click or tap with two fingers on the trackpad

Method 5: Use Two-Button Mouse

You can also use a two-button mouse on Mac. If so, you can just use the universal method to right-click on your Mac computer: click the right button of your mouse. Likewise, the right-click menu will pop up on your Mac screen.

click the right button of the mouse

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What If Your Mac Mouse/Trackpad Right-Click Not Working

If the mouse right-click is not working on your Mac, you need to modify the settings on your Mac to enable the mouse right-click feature.

If your mouse right-click not working on Mac, you can follow these steps to fix it:

  1. Click the Apple menu.
  2. Go to System Preferences > Mouse.
  3. In the Point & Click section, you need to check Secondary click and select Click on right side from the drop-down menu.

select Secondary click for mouse

After these steps, the right-click feature is enabled on your Mac and the Mac mouse right-click not working issue should be solved.

If you are using a MacBook Air or a MacBook Pro (an Apple laptop), you can follow these steps to enable it:

  1. Click the Apple menu.
  2. Go to System Preferences > Trackpad.
  3. Make sure the Secondary click is selected in the Point & Click
  4. Open the drop-down menu for Secondary click and select Click with two finders.

enable Secondary click for trackpad

Tip: In this step, you can see that you can also select an area (right corner or left corner) on the trackpad for Mac right-click. If you use one of these two options, you should remember your selection.

Now, you should know how to right-click on a Mac. If you are bothered by some related issues and don’t know how to solve them, you can let us know in the comments.

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