How do I Right Click on a Mac?

How do I Right Click on a Mac?

Using your Windows PC you likely used the Right Click button on your mouse in order to get a menu of different options. This list of menus would change depending on what the point of the arrow is over when you click the right mouse button. (This is called context sensitive.)

To get a "right click" on a Macintosh, you hold down the Control key on the keyboard and then click the one mouse button (on a standard Macintosh mouse). Here's how this works:

Activity 1: Using a Control-Click to get the Pop Up Menu

1) Using the mouse, move the point of the arrow within the picture part of any icon on the desktop.

2) Hold down the Control key on your Macintosh keyboard. While continuing to hold down the Control key, click the mouse button. This will generate a pop-down menu. You can click on the menu item you want.

This is what this looks like:

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