Apple Mouse

It’s the wired mouse that reinvents the wheel - the scroll wheel. The Apple Mouse features the amazing Scroll Ball that lets you move anywhere inside a document, literally without lifting a finger. And with touch-sensitive technology concealed under the seamless top shell, you can choose either the versatility of a four-button mouse or the simplicity of a single-button beauty.

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Overview

Innovative Scroll Ball and button

Perfectly positioned to roll smoothly under just one finger, the Apple Mouse's Scroll Ball offers full 360-degree scrolling capability - up/down, left/right and diagonally. You can scroll long web pages, pan full-sized images, manoeuvre around large spreadsheets, control a video timeline and more. And you can even click the Scroll Ball to access your favourite Mac OS X features, such as Dashboard, Spotlight or Exposé.

Touch-sensitive top shell

It looks and feels like a sleek one-button mouse, but the Apple Mouse's smooth top shell hides a powerful secret: touch-sensitive technology under the shell detects which part of the mouse you're clicking, so you can both left click and right click. And if you prefer the simplicity of a classic, one-button mouse, the Apple Mouse is up to the task. Just use the Mac OS X system preference pane to configure it as you want.

Force-sensing side buttons

When you give the Apple Mouse a squeeze, force-sensing side buttons can be configured to activate Mac OS X features, such as Dashboard, Exposé or a whole host of other customisable features.

Customisable

If you have Mac OS X, the Apple Mouse can give you fingertip access to the special features that you love. Simply use the system preference panel to configure the Apple Mouse in the way that makes you most powerful. Control the Scroll Ball's tracking and click functions, as well as the right, left and side click functions. And you can even set up different mouse profiles for every user account on your Mac.

Optical Tracking

Powered by a precision optical sensor, the Apple Mouse provides responsive and accurate cursor movement on almost any type of surface - no mouse pad required.

What's in the Box

  • Wired Apple Mouse
  • Printed and electronic documentation

Mac System Requirements

  • A Macintosh computer with an available USB 1.1 or 2.0 port
  • Mac OS X v10.4.8 or later

PC System Requirements

  • PC with an available USB 1.1 or 2.0 port
  • Windows XP or Windows 2000
  • Works with standard input driver included with Windows XP and 2000. No additional software required.

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2.5

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    A great potential - but a failure

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    Why?

    The good: When you first play with the mouse, everything is simply great. The scroll ball feels and operates beautifully. The fact you can spin it 360º is a great irreversible feature. The buttonless innovation is also fantastic, although it is arguably a problem for many developers who sometimes require a simultaneous clicking of both left and right buttons, like animators do in Maya (which you cannot do on this mouse), but that is a nuisance that doesn't take away from the overall experience, especially for the common user. I would have given this experience a 5 out of 5 stars (just because there isn't a 4 and half).

    The bad: There are two main issues with this product, the first is the button sensors go berserk and spray click sounds as you move the mouse or fingers by hair. Sometimes they do not register any clicks and sometimes they snap a click without you pressing. It's obviously bad. I had two Mighty Mouses, and both had that issue although the second was by far better in that respect.

    The worst: The scroll ball ALWAYS gets dirty just too easily. If you use your computer a lot you will get this mouse screwed eventually. If dirt goes in through the cracks, and it will, you can start counting the days to its demise. Once the scroll ball barely operates, the mouse becomes ABSOLUTELY useless. It is actually extremely irritating that I have a 10 year old optical mouse that has the basic three buttons and a scroll WHEEL that work flawlessly to this day, while Apple's pricey product (and I thought for a reason) is defected on every front.

    Don't be too fooled by the 5 stars it gets from other folks here. List it by the lowest and newest score and you'll see the bigger picture. I've been in their boat before. Obviously there's a good reason why this product fails to scratch 3 stars. It shouldn't even get that.     …More

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  • 2.0 out of 5 stars

    scroll ball is unreliable

    • Written by from New York

    The scroll ball is highly susceptible to malfunction. Any oils or moisture on your scrolling finger will be pulled in and will stop it from scrolling. In true Apple fashion, it's sealed so you can't clean it out like you did with your old track-ball mice. This much money for what is essentially a disposable mouse? I advise against it. …More

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    Don't waist your money

    • Written by from Merrill

    Had mouse for a little over 6 months when the roller ball stopped scrolling down. Tried troubleshooting tips online, but nothing helped. Luckily it was still under warranty so I was able to get a replacement. Well, that was a month ago and now the new one will not scroll up!! It may not sound like a big deal (at least I can scroll down right?), but when you do a lot of web surfing or are just trying to edit a report, it's a pain. Hubby said toss this one and buy something more reliable---my advice to you is the same. …More

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars

    disposable mouse that works well for few months

    • Written by from MONTREAL

    used it for few months, the ball stopped working, after a clean up it was good for few weeks, then i had to clean it again every once in a while, finally it stopped scrolling in one direction no matter how much cleaning i did,
    save your money, mouse design is not apples strong suit     …More

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  • 2.0 out of 5 stars

    Not worth the price

    • Written by from Boise

    While this mouse does have a few interesting ideas in button functionality, it's a pain to actually use for any extended period and has several other glaring flaws. The cord is much too short, the scroll ball is difficult to properly use in any extent, and any kind of extended use makes the fingers hurt quite a bit because of how small and poorly shaped it is. The optical LED sensitivity leaves quite a lot to be desired, and accuracy takes a nosedive at anything about the default, extremely slow setting. While I appreciate the attempts at innovation, it's punishing for any power user and hardly worth the $50 price tag. …More

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars

    I like it so much!!!

    • Written by from Fort Calhoun

    I like the wired mouse. Needs no batteries. I like the scroll ball. It scrolls horizontally beside vertically.

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  • How do you right click on this mouse?

    • Asked by David S
    • 18-Oct-2009

    3 Answers

    Best Answer

    First go to system preferences and click on mouse. With the options to choose how to use the different sides of the mouse, I made the right side of the mouse the secondary button.

    After that setting, to right click you click on the top right hand side of the mouse and it becomes the right click.     …More

    • Answered by Larry E
    • 23-Oct-2009

  • Apple Wired Mouse scrolls in one direction only

    • Asked by Edward G from Cambridge
    • 27-Jan-2011

    2 Answers

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    It's dirty and needs a good cleaning. I know because I just finished doing this due to the exact same problem. Things you'll need: rubbing alcohol pads, cloth napkin or something similar and a straight pin or similar small, rigid instrument. Roll the ball around on the alcohol pad for a bit to loosen up all the gunk. Turn it upside down and roll it around on the napkin. Look at it a lot to see if there are particulates you can pick off. After you've done these two steps over and over, it still might not work. That's when you jam the straight pin in between the plastic housing and the roller ball. Dig around in there and pull out even more gunk. Repeat the alcohol pad and napkin thing. Just keep doing these things until it works. It took me about 20 minutes of cussing and cringing, but it finally has 360 degrees of scrolling again. …More

    • Answered by Jilian C from Vancouver
    • 21-Feb-2011

  • How many dpi is the Apple Mouse?

    • Asked by Bobby S from Ocean City
    • 24-Oct-2009

    2 Answers

    Best Answer

    The Apple Mouse is 800dpi.

    • Answered by Carl L from Guelph
    • 30-Nov-2009

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