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Right click on Magic Mouse not working

I am having this right click problem with my magic mouse. The right click function just suddenly stopped working two days ago.

I have checked the Mouse>Preference> Secondary click is enabled to "Right"

However, when I changed the secondary click to "Left", the "right click" function works perfectly fine w/ the left click, but when I change it back to "Right" nothing happens. I even tried unchecking the secondary click function (someone said that will work in another support site) but that doesn't help either.

I have tried removing batteries from my mouse, turning it off, turning bluetooth off, restarting the laptop...

Very confused right now. Please help!!

Magic Mouse-OTHER, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Nov 21, 2011 7:50 AM

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PvT

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Posted on Dec 15, 2011 5:09 PM

The post is a month old now, but I did stumble upon it after I suddenly lost my "Magic Mouse" right click functionality. Just as posted my; Mouse>Preference> Secondary click was enabled to "Right", though it would not work...

I tried everything including; restart iMac, enable and disable "Secondary Click", disconnecting the Mouse bluetooth and reconnecting it using my Magic Trackpad, etc.... until this ended up being my solution:

I went into System Preferences, Mouse>Preference> and disabled "Secondary click". Then restarted the system. Then returned to System Preferences, Mouse>Preference> and re-enabled Secondary Click. That worked and was my solution and has been working fine since yesterday.

I hope this helps anyone who encounters the same as we have.

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Oct 19, 2014 12:40 PM in response to laulau_kc

As many have rightly pointed out, turning off the mouse & turning it back on should resolve the reported 'Right Click not working' issue. It worked for me.

Apr 9, 2015 5:20 AM in response to OldManLink

Thanks!

I tried function (ctrl + Left/Right click) on the desktop and then went back to the mouse setting and selected my preferred choice.

JAGUK

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Apr 20, 2015 2:39 AM in response to PvT

PvT's solution worked for me too 🙂

zaisueng

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Apr 25, 2015 8:21 AM in response to PvT

this worked for me too, many thanks

tom

SATXAg82

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Jun 20, 2015 12:33 PM in response to laulau_kc

same for me, power loss due to thunderstorms, abnormal shutdown. PvT solution worked.

Oct 12, 2015 10:36 PM in response to PvT

The solution proposed worked perfectly

Thanks

BPLGRM

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Jan 14, 2016 5:19 AM in response to laulau_kc

Got the same problem here.. paired another mouse and had the exact same issues.. Last week i clean installed my mac to the latest version El Capitan and after this install this problem started.

Mar 1, 2016 5:44 PM in response to laulau_kc

Hey there, everyone! I'm having a quite weird thing with my mighty mouse. I owe the wireless version and everything was fine until my right click stopped working. The thing is it works for the first few couple of minutes I turn it on and then it stops working. If I turn the mouse off and on again, it'll work again... for the first few minutes, but then stop again. All the other functions work just fine. Anyone?

Thanks!

Aug 24, 2016 4:02 AM in response to PvT

This worked for me, Thanks.

mccurdyp

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Jul 3, 2017 7:19 PM in response to PvT

Yes, just worked for me too - even though this post (&problem) is 6 years old! I just had same problem, and this fixed it.

ale_59

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Sep 7, 2017 6:41 AM in response to laulau_kc

Upairing the mouse and then pairing it again worked for me.

iDnamik

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Sep 10, 2017 2:55 PM in response to laulau_kc

I disconnected my track pad, then the magic mouse worked just fine.

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