# Missing Mouse Button

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-mouse-button/1490>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 25, 1999, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-mouse-button/1490 "1999-06-25T00:58:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 25, 1999, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-mouse-button/1490/1 "1999-06-25T00:58:00Z")

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## Macs that emulate PCs have been around for a while, but I’m wondering how they deal with the right mouse button since it is the button needed to access the pop-up menus in Windows '95.

“[He] beat his fist down upon the table and hurt his hand and became so  
further enraged… that he beat his fist down upon the table even harder and  
hurt his hand some more.” – Joseph Heller’s Catch-22

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 1999, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-mouse-button/1490/2 "1999-06-25T01:05:00Z")

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you just hold down the “apple” key (“command” key) and click to emulate the right mouse button.