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A simple fix for Mighty Mouse right-click issues
Authored by: jmat@mac.om on Jan 04, '07 10:47:46PM
To make your ball button (the "center" button) operate as a secondary button (a "right-click") proceed as follows:
  1. Close System Preferences.
  2. In Finder, navigate to your ~Library/Preferences folder.
  3. Make a backup copy of your com.apple.driver.AppleHIDMouse.plist file.

  4. Open your com.apple.driver.AppleHIDMouse.plist file in Apple's Property List Editor (part of Dev Tools).
  5. Click on the "root" expansion triangle.
  6. Change the value for "Button3" to "2".
  7. Save, then Quit the Property List Editor.

  8. Open System Preferences, Keyboard & Mouse panel, Mouse tab.
  9. Click on the popup menu for any button EXCEPT the ball button, then click again (making no change).
  10. Close the preferences panel.
Your ball button should now do a right click. If you look at the settings in System Preferences, it won't say that (it will probably indicate Expose'). Don't click on the popup for the ball button (doing so will undo this change).

My com.apple.driver.AppleHIDMouse.plist is a binary plist file, so I could not edit it in TextEdit.

This is a great hint. I tend to cuddle my mouse with several fingers, so I can never get the right button to work.

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A simple fix for Mighty Mouse right-click issues
Authored by: boothefox on Mar 05, '07 07:15:15AM
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH !

For those who have no developer tools installed i recommend Pref Setter http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/26268

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