Ctrl Click on MAC using Windows mouse.

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Ctrl Click on MAC using Windows mouse.

In windows when you need to select individual files you hold down the CTRL key and click them. I don't seem to be able to do this on my Mac Mini.
I am using a two button mouse with Firefox.

Any ideas how I can do this?

Mac Mini Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Posted on May 26, 2006 9:25 AM

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Answer 1

Pos

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May 26, 2006 9:41 AM in response to dubboy

Hi Dubboy,

Simply use the "shift" button instead of the "ctrl" button. Its has the exact same effect!

-Pos

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Will-Hi

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May 26, 2006 9:56 AM in response to dubboy

Using the Command (Apple) key will have the same effect as Shift. Moreover, if the files you want to select individually aren't arranged as icons, Shift-clicking will highlight all the files in between, so you will have to use Command instead.

Since most Macs have a single-button mouse, Crtl-clicking on the Mac is like right-clicking on a PC ...

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dubboy Author

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May 26, 2006 10:02 AM in response to Pos

Hi POS,

thanks for your answer.

When you hold down the SHIFT key it selects all files between the first one you click and the last one. What I am trying to do is select individual files not all of them. CTRL click on the PC is how you would do this i e highlight a file, hold down ctrl, go to another file and click, this then highlights.
Any action you then perform is just on these 2 files.

Any help is really appreciated.

Thanks

Dubboy

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Will-Hi

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May 26, 2006 10:09 AM in response to dubboy

Please see my other post above ^

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Kar98

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May 26, 2006 2:46 PM in response to dubboy

Hold down the Apple key while clicking on the individual files you want to highlight.

Also, minis don't /come/ with a mouse.

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