My New Favorite Apple Thing – My Magic Mouse

A friend gave me a new magic mouse around Christmas. I just wanted to say that after a month or so this thing has to be one of the best Apple toys ever. I am sure that I would have bought one myself – eventually. Actually I am sure I would have bought a new Mac that came with one in the box. I am not likely to buy a mouse for 70 bucks just because I am bored but I have to tell you guys, if you don’t have one – you need one.

First off – no more dirty track ball that stops functioning. Secondly this thing is actually a very beautiful piece of sculpture. It has to be one of the best looking objects ever – even if it just sat there like a paperweight. Third – you never knew how much time you wasted with scrolling things until you do not have to waste that time anymore. I swear the magic mouse will make you more productive. Even in Aperture.

It is sort of like when Apple enabled two finger scrolling on their mouse pads only better. I don’t know about you but after two finger scrolling on my MacBook Pro I could never go back to a regular track pad. Same thing with this mouse. I will never give up scrolling. Absolutely fantastic. If you need to scroll somewhere this is the way to go – really fast. For that matter really slow as well. It really is magic.

Ps. Almost forgot – check out this software to make it even better – better touch tool

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rob 02.06.10 / 12pm

Agreed. I got one off craigslist, from someone who didn’t like it because it didn’t have a built in expose function. The only complaint I have is that occasionally it will loose contact, for no reason that I can discern.

RB 02.06.10 / 12pm

Bluetooth Interference.

Mine never has an issue.

rob 02.07.10 / 12pm

Interference? I suppose that’s possible, but I don’t know what the source would be. There isn’t another active bt device in the house.

RB 02.07.10 / 12pm

rob,

Any 2.4 ghz device that is close and powerful will give you issues in a lot of cases.

Wifi if it is not in 5ghz only mode espcially if your router is close to your machine.

Wireless handsets that are not 5ghz – most are 2.4 ghz
etc.

The whole unlicensed wireless spectrum is a mess.

rob 02.07.10 / 2pm

Bluetooth is 2.4 ghz? Guess I haven’t been paying attention. I ditched my WRT54G because my cordless phone kept stepping on it, maybe that’s the issue here as well (though it happens no where near as often). Thanks for the hint.

Jason D 02.07.10 / 11pm

RB,

The only complaint that I have (and maybe your 3rd party software corrects this) is that the magic mouse just isn’t fast enough for a 30″ monitor. If it had one more notch on the speed, it would be perfect.

The real beauty of the magic mouse is that it is just as capable as a travel mouse. It’s VERY compact and I don’t have to worry about taking up a USB port for a dongle.

Fran 02.10.10 / 2am

Check this out if it will speed up your Magic Mouse – best mouse there is today. (Direct quote from MouseZoom)

http://www.benh57.com//mousezoom.html (MouseZoom)

If it’s just the speed of your Magic Mouse cursor that is annoying you, MouseZoom is a simple solution that speeds it up even if your Mac OS X native mouse speed slider is set at maximum. Simply use the slider to set the speed you want. Although this isn’t designed specifically for the Magic Mouse, it does work with it.

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