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apple's magic mouse?
anyone using one?
is there something i should know about using it?
mine seems to have a mind of it's own at times...
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What are you feeding it ... maybe it has an allergy to wheat!
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just a high dose of rff... 
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I think it's terrible. It doesn't allow multi-button presses: it treats LMB + RMB as LMB alone. This doesn't work with some of my software.
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I found MacBooks don't need a mouse, had one but never get used to it. It's not reactive as working on an Apple track pad.
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i rarely open my macbook...i use a 24 inch screen, and a wifi keybord and mouse...
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I love mine.
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I gave up on mice. We have cats. I use a tablet instead.
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my screen has been jittery, moving back and forth, since i started using the magic mouse.
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Originally Posted by lynnb
I gave up on mice. We have cats. I use a tablet instead.
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My cat was too lazy to catch mice, so I have always used them.
I have the "Mighty Mouse", and love it except the tiny ball scroll wheel, which never works right, it gets jammed with dirt too easy and is hard to clean. I haven't tried the Magic Mouse yet. If mine dies, I suppose I'll get the newer one. |
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I use a Magic Mouse at the office and like it in general. But I turn off the scrolling feature when using a spreadsheet document, where otherwise it's just too skittery. At home I have the Bluetooth trackpad, not so fond of that as fine control is difficult. In all, I prefer the Magic Mouse. No jittery screen with either; I wonder what would cause that... Check the Mouse settings in System Prefs?
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05-21-2012
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magic mouse with magic prefs application is epic. Gestures on your mouse = best. Great little piece of hardware.
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Joe, you probably don't realize that you can swipe side to side on the mouse, as you can on an Apple trackpad. You can even side-swipe with two fingers to get to your previous web page or what have you. The whole surface is like a trackpad. That's why the jittering--you need to control your finger motion a little better with this mouse. If you don't like this you can disable it in settings I presume.
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I like the Magic Mouse and use one at work all day. I did like it's predecessor with the tiny scroll wheel which I use sometimes at home with my MacBook but it seems not to work so well now and I have reverted to a simpler wired mouse.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by back alley
anyone using one?
is there something i should know about using it?
mine seems to have a mind of it's own at times...
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What problem are you experiencing? And, which model? I use one regularly.
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Originally Posted by Chriscrawfordphoto
My cat was too lazy to catch mice, so I have always used them.
I have the "Mighty Mouse", and love it except the tiny ball scroll wheel, which never works right, it gets jammed with dirt too easy and is hard to clean. I haven't tried the Magic Mouse yet. If mine dies, I suppose I'll get the newer one.
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The newer one is much better in this respect.
But, if you want to clean your scroll ball, try putting a piece of paper on the table, turning your mouse upside down, and rolling it around a bunch on the paper. |
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It's my favorite aspect of my Mac. Set up the preferences to your liking and it can do most anything with just the mouse. It does use up batteries though if you're like me and don't turn it off.
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I always ditch the mouse when I get a new Mac, considering this is the company that popularized the use of the mouse, Apple is really bad at making them. I find them fiddly and small, and I don't have big hands. I'd say, save the pennies and get a Logitech or something, cheaper and probably better.
My brother likes the desktop trackpad though, never tried it myself.
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Joe,
The system preferences has animated instructions then find parameters that work for you. Maybe you should change your mouse pad?
My Magic Mouse is so good I quit using my Bamboo drawing tablet for selective adjustments during photo processing.
The swipe gestures are useful too.
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Now, if you want to talk about KEYBOARDS, there is everything else, and then there is my keyboard: The Das Keyboard Model S for Mac. I wish there were a black magic mouse to go along with it.
http://www.daskeyboard.com |
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Quote:
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Now, if you want to talk about KEYBOARDS, there is everything else, and then there is my keyboard: The Das Keyboard Model S for Mac. I wish there were a black magic mouse to go along with it.
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Awesome, I didn't realize they had a mac version now. I've used their keyboards for years, they're awesome. Nothing better out there.
If you ever typed on an IBM Selectric, which was always the ne plus ultra of typing hardware, then Das Kayboard is waiting for your money. |
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Cheers for that, downloaded and installed. My magic mouse seems to jump by default sometimes, and think it is the sensitivity of the mouse to any movement by the base of my hand, am sure Magic Prefs will sort that out 
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Quote:
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Now, if you want to talk about KEYBOARDS, there is everything else, and then there is my keyboard: The Das Keyboard Model S for Mac. I wish there were a black magic mouse to go along with it.
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Apple just make crap keyboards these days. I agree the DAS is very good but ended up going with the Matias TactilePro 3 for mine. Love mechanical keys and the tactile feedback makes typing very fast.
Personally, the Magic Mouse is a pain; primarily because its velocity sensitive. I hate the distance it travels on the screen relative to how far the mouse moves being a function of speed. I only have one to travel with my Macbook Air I use for business trips, and even then, only when I need to build powerpoint chart decks. At home I ditched the mouse for a trackpad, which I find fantastic
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Now, if you want to talk about KEYBOARDS, there is everything else, and then there is my keyboard: The Das Keyboard Model S for Mac. .................
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Or, there are the original IBM Model M keyboards, like the ones I have used for the last 28 years. That is the one Das Keyboard attempts to emulate. Of course the original IBM keyboards weigh almost as much as a modern day compact laptop and certainly are not cheap these days. |
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I am leery of supplemental driver software like that. I ran USBOverdrive for a while, and my system became flaky with it. |
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