Apple no longer puts a middle-click button on its mice. Instead, the company now makes two types of mice for its Mac devices: the trackpad (available for desktops via the Magic Trackpad) and the trackpad-like Magic Mouse. But even if you use one of the touch-focused options that Apple ships with your computer, you can still add a middle-click feature to speed up your workflow.

Anyone who’s ever used a mouse on a PC knows that the middle-click button is part of the scroll wheel, which Apple’s current mice don’t have. You can click the scroll wheel to perform certain functions, which vary depending on how the mouse is programmed. Macs still have access to these functions, because they allow you to use third-party mice, and these include:

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