R Click Solved

borgward · 11-13-2018, 05:47 PM

How to I right click on a MacMintBook? I installed Mint18 Cinnamon 64 bit on Mid 2007 MacBook (32bit EFI/64bit Intel Processor) The usual mac suggestions don,t work - place cursor over object then press Ctrl - cursor over object, do 2 finger tap on tracpad. They just open the object. I have a usb wireless keyboard and mouse that I can right click with, but the person who will be using it won't want to use them.

goldennuggets · 11-14-2018, 05:38 PM

I'm not certain if you've tried these few alternatives, but they might be worth a go.
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1670...right-clicking and
https://superuser.com/questions/2176...buntu-on-a-mac

borgward · 11-14-2018, 06:04 PM

2 fingers on touchpad w/out pressing any keys did work.

Nothing on the first link worked for me.
Second link looked like too much trouble.
Mac Instructions were to press Option key and put 2 fingers on the touchpad - did not work with Mint 18.

goldennuggets · 11-14-2018, 06:06 PM

So Shift+F10 nor Fnc+Shift+F10 worked?

borgward · 11-14-2018, 06:18 PM

Correct. Did not work on mid 2007 MacBook running Mint Cinnamon 18 64bit.

frankbell · 11-14-2018, 08:36 PM

Since this has been marked "Solved," would you be so kind as to post the solution. It might help someone else with the same issue.

borgward · 11-15-2018, 12:20 PM

I already posted the solution. Third post down. Place cursor over an icon, then tap the trackpad w/2 fingers. The documentation for my MacBook said to press the option key and do the 2 finger tap. That did not work.https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207700. Might not work on all Mac's. My apologies to everyone that I recommended getting a Mac. If I had to use the MacBook, I would get a windows type wireless keyboard and mouse.