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How do I save a picture from the web onto my macbook?

I'm an old PC user and what I would normally do on windows is just right click and then click save picture - what do I do on my macbook?

TIA

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.4)

Posted on Jul 4, 2008 1:45 PM

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Posted on Jul 4, 2008 2:21 PM

There are several ways to "right click" on your MacBook. If you do, you can save a picture from the Web using the contextual menu that appears.

1. Hold down the "control" key while you click.
2. Use a mouse that has multiple buttons.
3. In the Keyboard & Mouse System Preferences under the Trackpad tab, check on the option that says, "For secondary clicks, place two fingers on the trackpad then click the button". This is the way I prefer. When you have this option enabled, you can place two fingers on the Trackpad and then simply click the button and the contextual menu will appear.

-Doug
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Jul 4, 2008 2:21 PM in response to SamalamaUK

There are several ways to "right click" on your MacBook. If you do, you can save a picture from the Web using the contextual menu that appears.

1. Hold down the "control" key while you click.
2. Use a mouse that has multiple buttons.
3. In the Keyboard & Mouse System Preferences under the Trackpad tab, check on the option that says, "For secondary clicks, place two fingers on the trackpad then click the button". This is the way I prefer. When you have this option enabled, you can place two fingers on the Trackpad and then simply click the button and the contextual menu will appear.

-Doug

Jul 4, 2008 2:58 PM in response to Douglas McLaughlin

Hi,

As a quick fix, I like the option of using the preferences to set two fingers on the track pad to indicate a secondary button click.

I also use a Microsoft wireless wheel mouse with my MacBook. No driver software is required, just plug it in and it works the same way it would in a windows environment. I was pleasantly surprised at how many Macintosh applications are support a multi button pointing device - even going so far as to support the scroll wheel.

Bill

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