Geek Posted July 9, 2011 Posted July 9, 2011 <div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/left-hand-mouse-mac.jpg" alt="Left hand mouse setup for Mac OS X" title="left-hand-mouse-mac" width="620" height="335" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18486" /></p> <p>Most lefties have adapted to the righty-centric world of computing, but this isn’t necessary on a Mac. The Apple wireless mouse, wired mouses, and even most 3rd party mice have a symmetrical shape, so those that are left handed just need to adjust a few settings in <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/mac-os-x/">Mac OS X</a> to get the mouse on their dominant side.</p> <h2 style="font-size:1.2em;">Change Mouse Button Setting to be Left Handed</h2> <p>The main thing you want to do is change the “Primary mouse button” to be on the right button instead of the default left:</p> <ul> <li>Launch System Preferences</li> <li>Click on “Mouse”, look for “Primary mouse button:” and select the bullet box next to “Right”</li> </ul> <p>This reverses the behavior of the right-click (alternate click) so it becomes a left-click, so a lefties pointer finger becomes the primary clicker. </p> <h2 style="font-size:1.2em;">Change Trackpad Settings to be Left Handed</h2> <p>For the lefties using a MacBook Pro or MacBook Air, you can adjust the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/05/24/enable-right-click-mac/">literal right-click</a> to be a literal left-click instead: <span id="more-18484"></span></p> <ul> <li>Go back to System Preferences and click on “Trackpad”</li> <li>Next to “Secondary Click” select “Bottom Left Corner”</li> </ul> <p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/second-click-left-corner-mac.jpg" alt="Secondary click in the left corner on a Mac" title="second-click-left-corner-mac" width="615" height="324" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18485" /> </p> <p>The literal right and left clicks are a little less necessary for trackpad users though because, regardless of which is your dominant hand, you can always just use a two-fingered click to activate the ‘right-click’ or secondary click anyway.</p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DfqF15KwVkFTM_0ssRzvN4duWOk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DfqF15KwVkFTM_0ssRzvN4duWOk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DfqF15KwVkFTM_0ssRzvN4duWOk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DfqF15KwVkFTM_0ssRzvN4duWOk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=TuI1T-xitZA:meKVL2PbjJ0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=TuI1T-xitZA:meKVL2PbjJ0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=TuI1T-xitZA:meKVL2PbjJ0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=TuI1T-xitZA:meKVL2PbjJ0:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=TuI1T-xitZA:meKVL2PbjJ0:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=TuI1T-xitZA:meKVL2PbjJ0:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=TuI1T-xitZA:meKVL2PbjJ0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/TuI1T-xitZA" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article
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