Hi all,

I hope I'm not being dense, but what are the secondary click and secondary tap 
used for, i.e. can somone present a situation when you would use them?
TIA,
Donna
On Aug 5, 2010, at 6:47 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote:

> Thanks to all.  I got it figured out now.
> On Aug 5, 2010, at 5:16 AM, Bryan Jones wrote:
> 
>> Hi RIcardo - I'm not sure if this will help with your command-click 
>> questions, but to enable the standard secondary click I needed to go into 
>> the Trackpad Utility in System Preferences and make a few changes from the 
>> default settings. There are a couple of options with regard to the 
>> "Secondary Click" and "Secondary Tap" and I'll explain them here as best I 
>> can. This assumes you have the Trackpad utility in your System Preferences. 
>> If you don't have it, make sure to run software update to install it.
>> 
>> Secondary Click: This option allows you to perform a secondary click by 
>> placing a finger on either the bottom right or bottom left front edge of the 
>> trackpad and pressing down until you hear or feel the trackpad click. To 
>> enable the Secondary Click, open the Trackpad utility in System Preferences, 
>> then navigate through the One Finger options and you will find a checkbox 
>> for "Secondary Click." To the right of this checkbox there is a popup button 
>> where you select either "bottom right corner" or "bottom left corner" to 
>> specify where your finger must be placed when performing the click.
>> 
>> Secondary Tap: This option allows you to tap two fingers anywhere on the 
>> trackpad to perform a secondary click. To enable the Secondary Tap, navigate 
>> through the Two Finger options in the Trackpad Utility. Note that the "Tap 
>> to Click" checkbox located in the One Finger options must also be checked 
>> for the Secondary Tap to work.
>> 
>> HTH,
>> Bryan
>> 
>> On Aug 4, 2010, at 10:42 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
>> 
>>> Hmm,
>>> 
>>> When I held down 2 fingers I didn't get a click.
>>> On Aug 4, 2010, at 7:33 PM, Daniel Rowe wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Secondary clicking is Mac speak for right clicking, like to open up a 
>>>> contextual menu.  Press down on the trackpad with 2 fingers til it clicks.
>>>> 
>>>> Dannie
>>>> 
>>>> On 4 Aug 2010, at 07:20, Ricardo Walker wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Lol,
>>>>> 
>>>>> We are wondering the same thing.  I haven't a clue what it means or, how 
>>>>> to do it.  If you find out before I do please post. :)
>>>>> 
>>>>> tia
>>>>> On Aug 4, 2010, at 1:30 AM, Mary Otten wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Along with the questions about how to perform command click etc, what is 
>>>>>> a secondary click? I saw it referenced and haven't a clue what it might 
>>>>>> be.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> mary
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Mary Otten
>>>>>> [email protected]
>>>>>> 
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