To right click on any Mac without changing any configuration:
- Click “crtl+Mouse button”
- A right click menu should pop up
To enable right click on an Apple desktop with an Apple mouse connected:
- Go to “System Preferences”
- Click “Keyboard & Mouse”
- Click the “Mouse” tab
- A picture of the mouse will show up. Click the drop down menu on the right hand side and select “Secondary Button”
- Now whenever you click on the right hand side of the mouse, a right click menu will appear
To enable right click on newer Apple laptops:
- Go to “System Preferences”
- Click “Keyboard & Mouse”
- Click the “Trackpad” tab
- Click the checkbox “For secondary clicks, place two fingers on the trackpad then click the button”
- Now whenever you have two fingers on the trackpad and click the mouse button, a right click menu will appear
To enable right click on certain older Apple laptops please see this article (The article was written about enabling two-finger scrolling, but the software also allows two-finger right click).