Reviews for Apple Magic Mouse

I labored long over the decision to choose this mouse, but after having used it for about two months now, I am thrilled to have made the choice. Like most Apple products, it utilizes newest technologies to create an awesome user experience. I use my mouse for a variety of chores, but most critical is drawing and detail oriented design work in Adobe CS products. This mouse’s technology actually reduces extra clicks and key commands, and makes working with it more productive. I have not found it to track too fast or jerkily, or had difficulty controlling the cursor. In my opinion, this mouse’s touch movements are smooth and efficient. The added plus is its wireless nature – not having an extra cord to hinder its movement, or clutter my desk is simply smart design. I love it ~ thank you Apple!

68 of 71 people found this useful

When I first bought this expensive paperweight it worked and connected pretty well. Having an iPad 3 and MacBook helped me with the swiping technique, though I agree with several how you can be knocked back into previous pages. Now I get connectivity issues. It WON'T connect at all. I have had the mouse for longer than 3 months so the warranty is useless. I will NOT recommend this and would rather take up a precious USB port with any other kind of mouse.

25 of 28 people found this useful

ITS AMAZING!!!!!


ITS TERRIBLE


ITS AMAZING

ITS TERRIBLE

101 of 119 people found this useful

It seems such a great idea and looks good - but otherwise disappointing kit for someone who needs to be productive on a macbook. I tried to get used to this for a long time but tracking is poor and imprecise, movement is jerky, ergonimics are awkward, click noise is quite loud - and it regularly loses connection to the macbook. I use professional graphics and dev software and find this mouse a real frustration. Back to USB Microsoft mouse..

8 of 10 people found this useful

I've got at least four of these. I love the finger action for scrolling; I'm going to miss that. I love the simple feel of it. But this mouse just has problems. It eats up batteries like crazy. I always have to have two mice ready for a work week, one mouse has a charger, one goes on batteries. I keep a pack of batteries at all times. But this mouse can't be trusted. Sometimes it will just quit working -- new batteries, charged up... doesn't matter. It just disconnects. Sometimes, it simply won't track. That is the most annoying. I'm trying to work and I'm constantly fiddling with this mouse to see what the problem is now: need batteries? bad surface? hates my dress?

I can never trust that this mouse is going to work and I am sick of it.

50 of 52 people found this useful

Don't leave your uncharged batteries in. It happened to me. I tried to changed them for new ones and it wouldn't go on. On Technical Support they said that it died. And that the warranty works for only 3 months. You would expect more form an Apple product and as an industrial designer myself I feel very dissapointed.

49 of 55 people found this useful

The mouse has its pros and cons,

PROS:
its sleek and has a very nice finish to it.

CONS:
its quiet expensive then again it is a touch mouse and its from apple. Also, swiping on the mouse is a bit clumsy and at time diffcult.


I plan on getting the trackpad and seeing how that works. i hope it works better!

20 of 22 people found this useful

i really like the feel of this mouse, and love the multitouch when it's implemented well in the app i'm using. but there are a few things that drive me nuts about this mouse:

1. this mouse eats AA batteries like a hyper kid eats candy from a Halloween pumpkin. i go through a pair a month. makes me wish for a wired version.

2. right-click is unreliable. after enabling it in system preferences, sometimes i get a right click and sometimes i don't. not a fan of the alternative (having to hold down control key).

3. can't tweak scroll speed sensitivity. try playing a game with this mouse that uses the scroll wheel as an input and you'll see what i mean.

i'm just about ready to dump this mouse for one with distinct buttons and a regular scroll wheel.

131 of 134 people found this useful

Apple's Magic Mouse is visually beautiful and well built, but a challenge to use. The shape doesn't fit naturally to the hand. The lack of conspicuously different buttons causes unwanted scrolling. The position of the sensor is too far forward causing the cursor to halt when the mouse moves to the top of the mouse pad. In brief, the mouse movements are unpredictable.

21 of 28 people found this useful