HT204023 How do i cut off contextual menu on the Magic Mouse. My hands are somewhat disabled with Rheumatoid Arthritis and some fingers are curled/cripple. I am somewhat more facile with the d

I am an 86 year old family historian/ genealogist and a 30 or more year Mac User.
I am becoming increasingly limited by Rheumatoid Arthritis and am no longer able to use the Magic Mouse or the Scroll Mouse with ease. Fingers are curled/crippled to a varying degree of significance. The contextual menu is a headache for me. I am better able to use what I call a "plain jane Logitech" Mouse. I am familiar with the dictate function and need to learn more about its use specifically indexing with spread sheet type applications.
All suggestions appreciated.
Mac Mini
MacbookPro
iPhone 5S
iPad2
Yosemite
IOS 8
Thanx muchly
veekayn
www.afrigeneas.com

Hey veekayn,
It sounds like you want to know how to disable the right-click on your Magic Mouse and find more information about physical accessibility options that will make using your Macs more enjoyable.
You can change the behavior of the right-click for your Magic Mouse, or any other mouse, as shown in the article below.
OS X Yosemite: Right-click
This article provides a lot of great information about the accesibility features that are built into OS X.
Apple - Accessibility - OS X
So long,
-Jason

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