Second-best Mac keyboard shortcut ever: how to right click on your laptop

01.31.09Posted by Margie in All posts, Productivity/Career, Technology/Social Media9 CommentsTags: Cursor, keyboard shortcuts, Mac, mac shortcuts, Mouse, right click, Space bar

So you are loving your new Mac and feeling uber cool (and you are) until the moment you need to right click on something.

“What the crap?” you will whimper.

How the heck are you supposed to take advantage of spell check when you can’t freakin’ right click on the word you just butchered?

Well, you could place your cursor over the word and then hit Ctrl + Mouse Bar. But that’s no fun. Trust me. I’ve been a Mac convert for four years now and this has ALWAYS pissed me off.

But there is good news for the right click weary!

Just last week I learned that if you place two fingers on the Mouse Pad and then click the Mouse Bar/Button it’s the equivalent of a right click on a regular mouse!

HOLY CRAP! I know!

I am right clicking all over this piece now.

PS – I have no idea how long this shortcut has been available. I’m sure I’m like the last person to know about it but it still rocks my face off.

Oh! The BEST Mac keyboard shortcut ever is here, FYI.

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9 Responses to “Second-best Mac keyboard shortcut ever: how to right click on your laptop”

1. BJ says:

   February 1, 2009 at 10:03 am

   What is a mouse bar?
2. margie says:

   February 1, 2009 at 1:11 pm

   Oh shut it BJ! You know what I mean!

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3. Helena Handbasket says:

   February 3, 2009 at 3:53 pm

   I tried this last night. So cool! I just got another Mac a few weeks ago. It’s the new laptop. Maybe you or your husband know why (and how to change) the font on websites changes to senior citizen size or so small it’s hard to read at times. I can’t figure out how I keep doing this and it’s driving me nuts!

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4. Margie says:

   February 4, 2009 at 8:25 am

   Hmmmmm …. that’s weird! I’ll do some digging! I’m sure you are not the only one who has this problem. Is it happening when you are touching the mouse? Or does it seem to happen on it’s own?

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5. Helena Handbasket says:

   February 4, 2009 at 12:14 pm

   I figured it out! It happens when I touch the mouse pad. Apparently the new macs have the same feature that the iPhone/iPod Touch has where you can use your fingers to zoom in and out of webpages. You do it the same way just on the mouse pad instead of the actual screen.

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6. Margie says:

   February 4, 2009 at 5:42 pm

   Holy cow! I didn’t know that! Although, mine is old so I don’t know if mine will do that. Very cool though!!
7. Ben says:

   February 7, 2009 at 11:54 pm

   mrs. newman, i wanted you to know this is has changed my life! i also just learned that you can scroll by using two fingers on the touch pad, who knew…

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8. Ben says:

   February 7, 2009 at 11:55 pm

   i feel like such a newbie

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9. Margie says:

   February 8, 2009 at 4:55 pm

   Ben – I know! It’s insane isn’t it? And the other night I found a short cut by mistake that I’ll blog about soon. Don’t you just love Mac? Everyday is like Christmas morning!