![]() On the Magic Mouse there is no middle click option or side buttons to program. You could program it as a "clickable" option. The next issue is that with the previous Mighty Mouse, there was a ball (yes, the ball was a problem after a while), and not only could you use the tiny ball to scroll around (until it stopped working or got too dirty to clean) you could also use it as a 3rd button. Now this is most likely due to the fact that the Magic Mouse surface is smaller. On the Magic Mouse it's either 1 or 2 finger gestures. For example, on the trackpad you can do 3 finger gestures. This is a minor one, but the gestures are DIFFERENT than those on the MacBooksand MacBook Pro trackpad. The actual product design itself is great. The good news is that most of my issues with the Magic Mouse are software related, not hardware related. The two finger swiping works great in Lightroom for flipping between pictures in Loupe view!Īpple hasn't always designed a good mouse (man I hated this thing!): I use the zoom ALL THE TIME when I'm teaching or recording tutorials. I found a feature that I didn't know about until I set up the mouse and that is if you hold down the Control Key and use your finger on the surface you can utilize the Zoom feature built-in to Mac OS X. Tracking speed is good and overall it has a really good feel. Seems to stay in place unless I want to move it. Although some have complained that using the 2 finger gestures on the surface can cause you to accidentally move the mouse, I've no such problems. Once I downloaded the new driver for my MacBook Pro, I had no problem pairing and setting up the mouse. I've never had an issue with battery life on the previous model, so it's all good here. The Magic Mouse runs 2 AA batteries and Apple claims you'll get 4 months of regular use per set. This is a MUST for any battery operated mouse that goes with me. ![]() Speaking of in your bag, you'll be happy to know that like the previous Mighty Mouse, Apple includes a physical on/off switch on the bottom. This makes it great for road warriors in that it will take up less space in your bag. It's hard not to like the sleek design! It's so flat. Let's start with the things that I like about it. So depending on which side of the Magic Mouse you put your finger on to click will give you different results. Although there is only technically one big button to click, you can setup a "Right Click" (Control-Click) using the Mouse Preference to be either on the right side or the left side (for lefties). The entire surface clicks down like any other mouse, but the top of the mouse can be used for scrolling, panning and zooming using one or two fingers. The Magic Mouse is a Bluetooth wireless mouse with a multi-touch surface instead of the traditional multiple buttons found on all other mice. So let's get to the review you've been asking me for: As with most products, there are things I like and things that could be better. Luckily Apple also released the drivers for non-iMacs a couple of nights ago. Since I was upgrading to a new 27" iMac and the new iMacs come with the new Magic Mouse standard, this was a great way to get one early and play. When I blogged about the new gear, I was inundated with requests to review the new mouse? I thought wow, there is a lot of interest around this thing. One of those goodies was the NEW Magic Mouse. I plan on adding sticky traps under the hood today.Apple recently introduced New iMacs, Mac minis and other goodies. I plan on adding sticky traps under the hood today. I will be replacing that again once I know the mice are abated. The nest is not rebuilt but there are a lot of mouse droppings on the new cabin air filter. Today, 3 days later I removed the cabin air filter to inspect. They have been actively consuming the Tomcat blocks. I also placed the Tomcat mouse poison blocks under the hood. I removed the nest, sanitized everything and replaced the cabin air filter. The nest appears to be pieces of the truck cover lining stripped from the cover. I did find that they were nesting on the screen above the cabin air filter. I couldn't catch him and didn't see any damage under the hood. When I uncovered it and opened the hood a mouse promptly asked me what the f*ck I was doing there at the same time I was asking him that exact question. I also frequently sprayed peppermint critter repellent under and around the Taco along with spraying down the truck cover. Truck is covered outside and I placed Grandpa Gus scent packets throughout the truck both inside and under the hood. Monday I brought the Taco out of storage to find that all my efforts to keep the mice away failed.
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