Stroke side to side with two fingers and you can advance through Stroke upward or downward with one finger and the document you are viewing scrollsĪppropriately. The Magic Mouse does more: physically move the mouse forward, backward, or inĪny other direction, and the Magic Mouse moves the pointer in the proper direction. Would do is insufficient to merit the honorific of “Magic.” Naturally, We live in an age of Harry Potter and Hogwarts, so doing what any old mouse Users the symmetrical design plus the Mouse Preference Pane make this seamless. You can switch the settings for use by left-handed or ambidextrous On the top surface, and combines that information with pressure on the top The Magic Mouse detects the touch of your fingers The top and press down with the right one, the Magic Mouse interprets thisĪs a right-button click. With your index finger on the center or left side of the top, the Magic Mouse Instead of buttons, the Magic Mouse supports gestures. Looking at the top of the Magic Mouse, it seems the no-button Was that some day Apple would get rid of even that one button and go with noīuttons at all. Past about Apple’s reluctance to support two-button mice, and the joke Press down on the top and you’ll hear a very familiar click as the Technically, the Magic Mouse does have a button: the entire top surface of Strain on your tendons, and less chance of developing carpal tunnel syndrome. Mouse (in the background) and is clearly much sleeker. The Magic Mouse, in the foreground, has a lower profile than the Mighty Try to move the mouse too far, and nothing to plug in. NoĬord means nothing to get tangled, nothing to jerk your hand back when you No buttons, no ball, and no wheel mean nothing to gunk up or get dusty. Out which end was for the palm and which for your fingertips. Were it not for the Apple logo at one end, it would be difficult to figure There is no cord, so it is a tail-less mouse More like a futuristic spacecraft than a mouse, the Magic Mouse has no Scrollīall, or scroll wheel, or in fact any moving buttons or balls or wheels orĪnything across the top surface. What can be mightier than the Mighty Mouse? How about a Magic Mouse? Looking Would design one that was (a) low-profile, (b) fully supported in software,Īnd (c) less irritating than Apple’s previous effort, the Mighty Mouse, with itsįrustrating and frequently unreliable Scroll Ball. So I thought, maybe it is time to try wireless mice again - if only someone Have Bluetooth built in, and Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6 fully support Bluetooth. Unfortunately, computers weren’t designed with Bluetoothĭevices in mind, and the software to make them work was poorly written and poorlyīut new, modern Macs (meaning those from the last four years or so) usually Replaced infrared light with radio signals this worked well, and was less susceptible To block the signal between the mouse and the receiver. Once upon a time, wireless mice used infrared signals,Īnd these frequently just didn’t work right anything and everything tended Since it is a USB device, it obviously has a cable, and yes, frequently If you are ambidextrous, or left-handed in a mostly right-handed household) and IntelliMouse Optical USB mouse, which features symmetrical buttons (critical For several years, I’ve been a dogged user of Microsoft’s I’m not really a big mouse fan, but I find optical miceĪt least adequate. Paper tape, cardpunch machines, and rocker switches to trackpads, trackballs,Īnd joysticks. Over the years, I’ve used almost every kind of computer input device, from Magic Mouse comes housed in a box that looks as if it were intended for Got the most attention, but I was personally most interested in a rodent, The iMacs, sporting 21.5- and 27-inch wide displays, Mac mini (including a new Snow Leopard Server edition), and two new iMacs.Īll of them were impressive. Charters Washington Apple Pi Journal, reprintĪpple announced new computers in October 2009: a redesigned MacBook, a beefier Home About Membership Calendar Events Journal Help Community Resources Whimsy Twitter Facebook Magic Mouse: A Fine Gesture © 2009 Lawrence I.
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