New Mac Magic Mouse Quick Review


Mac Magic Mouse

Mac Magic Mouse

I had the Mac Mighty Mouse and I liked it, sans the fact that the scroll ball would get all gunked up with dust and shiz from my desk…I was forced to clean the sucker wkly at first and then daily as time went on in order to get it working and god forbid anything mess up my workflow ;-)

So I decided to try out the new Mac Magic Mouse and after 2 wks I really, really like it:

  1. No moving parts = no cleaning!
  2. No moving parts = harder to break!
  3. The pointer is laser sharp and extremely accurate…sounds kind of flakey, but I honestly noticed it almost immediately.
  4. Clearly defined Right-Click Action — I found that the Mighty Mouse was very flakey and I had to be exact with my right-clicks. It seems to work every time with the new Magic Mouse…huge for me!
  5. The new scrolling action is synonymous with scrolling on the iPhone, as it’s the same technology. Simple finger swipes anywhere on the surface of the mouse now activate scrolling — both horizontal and vertical are supported.

It also does some other cool zooming stuff with finger swiping + some keys, but I don’t use it that much.

The only thing that I found a bit odd was the setup…so I connected my new mouse with bluetooth through system prefs, but the scrolling didn’t work. The key here is to run a software update after the pairing so it picks up the new Mac OS Patch to work with your new Magic Mouse…and I believe I had to reboot as well…the only reason I call it out is b/c Mac didn’t in the directions and they seem to insinuate that it’ll just pair and work.

Overall, one of the better mouses I’ve ever used.

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