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Unless it ships with one it doesn't exist for most users, especially most Mac users.


All current Macs ship with mice or trackpads that support right clicking.


I've used an iMac that shipped with Snow Leopard and it shipped with a single-button mouse.


Check System Preferences. It’s off by default.

Mice that support right clicking have been shipping with every Mac since 2005, trackpads that support right clicking with every Mac since 2006 or so.


So... when I help someone out and need to right click, it's not an annoyance to either alter their settings or have to use two hands? The 'single button interface' demand is silly - all it does is force people to use modifier keys to get the functionality they need. How this is different to just enabling right-click I'll never know.


I don’t know if you noticed but I was at no point defending Apple’s decision to disable the right click by default. I was correcting a comment.


My apologies.


> Check System Preferences. It’s off by default.

If it's off by default it doesn't exist for most users.


You were completely wrong and I corrected you. That’s it. I was not commenting on the wiseness of not enabling the right click by default.




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