The Apple Mighty Mouse

Some time ago in the last blog post, I had mentioned that my transition to Mac from Windows had been largely seamless. The transition would have been completely seamless had I not missed the right click on the mouse. Though in Mac the right click context menu is largely ineffective as compared to in Windows, it is a force of habit that one clicks on the right side of the mouse to get the context menu.

Being used to a right click button and the context menu, it was hard at first to adjust. But with the Mighty mouse correctly configured, everything is happy.

I was getting exasperated on not getting that menu. I first started with the plain MacBook Pro in built touchpad mouse & then graduated to the Apple Mouse without the scroll ball (the unmighty mouse). After voicing my exasperations to my wife, she pointed out that on pressing the control key while clicking brings up the context menu & I was happy. Although this was not an elegant solution, it was sufficient for me to work around the inconvenience of not having the right click button. Then I upgraded to the Mighty Mouse. This is the mouse that comes with the little scroll ball and two pressure points on its side. First I was unaware of the function of scroll ball except for scrolling (Duh!) and completely unaware of the function of the force sensing buttons on the sides.

One day when I had a little free time, I was exploring the Mac system preferences. There came the enlightenment to me on how to configure the different buttons on my Mighty mouse to make optimum use of the mouse. The below graphic shows the current configuration of my Mighty Mouse to simulate the right click (Secondary Button). I have no complaints with my Mac and I am very happy with it.