Using Mighty Mouse to open applications

You can make Mighty Mouse open applications with a single click of a button. To configure your Mighty Mouse to do this:

  1. Open System Preferences (from the Apple menu, choose System Preferences).
  2. Click Keyboard & Mouse to open its preference pane.
  3. Click the Mouse tab.
  4. Choose which button you want to assign to open the application. From the appropriate pop-up menu, choose Other.
  5. This will bring up a navigation window. Navigate to and select the application you want, then click Open.

The button in the Mouse tab will now show which application it will open. For example, if you wanted the button to open DVD player, the menu next to the button will say Open "DVD Player".

Note: This applies only to applications—not documents or AppleScripts.

Published Date: Feb 18, 2012