How do you change the mouse to be left handed

How do you change the mouse to be left handed

iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, Late 2015), running El Capitan

Posted on Mar 4, 2017 4:05 PM

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Mar 4, 2017 10:19 PM in response to FishingAddict

It is a magic mouse 2. There is no primary mouse button in System Preferences : Mouse on my version of El Capitan. I did figure it out! You want to check Secondary click on Left Side, that then makes the Primary click on the Right side The whole point of a left handed mouse is that you can still use your index finger for the Primary action. Changing it over to the left side doesn't do that unless you change the way the mouse works! Clearly.... your not left handed!

Mar 5, 2017 5:55 PM in response to dmjaf

Understood, glad you found the setting. What's interesting is that I support several left-handed computer users, and some simply move the mouse to the right side yet leave the click settings alone, whereas others change the click settings as well. They laugh when I temporarily move the mouse back to the right while I'm helping them. So, as you guessed, I am clearly not left handed.

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