I'm still not understanding how that is different than the menu that came up when I right-clicked, and it gave me choices including copy, cut, and paste.Originally Posted by Tom_Jones
I'm still not understanding how that is different than the menu that came up when I right-clicked, and it gave me choices including copy, cut, and paste.
What's wrong with doing Control+click or using a mouse with a right click button, Jody?
#RESIST
Speaking as someone who owns I-have-no-idea-how-many Macs and has written columns for Mac websites before, Apple's stubborn insistence on clinging to the one button mouse is moronic.
OMG, too funny...
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Or how about keyboard shortcuts - especially if you are on a laptop and both hands are theoretically on the keyboard to begin with.
command + C = copy
command + V = paste
command + X = cut
So easy there should be an easy button.
Not seeing those options when I "right click". Are you on Mtn.Lion?
I was trying to cut/paste from an email by highlighting the text, then "right clicking" and nothing happens.
The "right click" brings up the menu box on things like the dock icons, so I think I'm right clicking correctly.
Will try again when I get home.
Maybe I'm just a Magic Mouse retard.
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Last edited by JodyH; 09-19-2012 at 10:48 AM.
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Fixed it.
I was able to right click on the iMac but not the Air.
Swapped the Magic Mouse between the two and guess what?
Yup... one mouse seems to have lost its "magic" and does not want to right click.
No big deal since I have a "Magic Trackpad" coming for my Air anyway.
I'll just return the defective mouse for a refund or exchange so I have a spare.
"For a moment he felt good about this. A moment or two later he felt bad about feeling good about it. Then he felt good about feeling bad about feeling good about it and, satisfied, drove on into the night."
-- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy --
You prefer an external trackpad over the Air's?
Just use a third party mouse. Apple's mice are horrible.
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