Reviews for Magic Trackpad

I've been using a plain old scroll mouse with a wire for years ... connectivity isn't an issue and there are no batteries to worry about. But when Lion killed the driver for my favorite mouse, I thought it might be time to move into the future and try this trackpad. I'm glad I did! From the first moment I used it I loved the smart way that the entire case pushes down to perform a click (the glass trackpad on my MacBook Pro requires a harder press that tires my hand). I'm also able to use tap-to-click on this trackpad with no problems, even though that caused lots of unwanted clicks on my MacBook Pro. And of course the added gestures like swiping left and right to change pages in Safari adds a level of productivity that my old mouse couldn't offer.

With Apple's rechargeable battery kit, I get about three weeks on a charge, and I can rotate a fresh pair of batteries into the unit in about a minute.

My only compliant is that the trackpad occasionally loses its Bluetooth connection to my computer ... it will disconnect, then reconnect again 10 seconds later, maybe once or twice a week. It's not a big deal, but surprising because the Apple wireless keyboard sitting right next to it has never had this problem. I'm leaving out one star for that reason.

Otherwise it's a fine product and I wouldn't want to go back to a normal mouse again.

I have been an Apple / mac user since 1989. I have had great results with longevity of each Item I have purchased. I still have a working Mac SE. I bought a Magic Trackpad last year, October 10, 2011. It went crazy this week. I am very disappointed. I trusted Apple and they let me down. I have mice which are more than 10 years old.

My workflow is made simpler and gets done faster with the Magic Trackpad.

I am going to see it is repairable.

First off, I really like the Magic Trackpad - I found it to be easier to use, especially once gesture controls were introduced.

The only draw-back I see to it, is that there will always be somethings that mice are better at then trackpads. Gaming, for instance, can be a bit of a pain... especially first-person shooter types. Also, dragging and moving can be a bit of a hassle, since you're limited by the surface of the trackpad.

All-in-all, I think it's a great product. I've grown so used to having gesture controls, that I get a little irritated when I have to use a mouse for something... the trackpad just makes working through OSX a breeze. Get one, you won't be disappointed.

This was built for the mac! It allows you to use mac apps in new and truly exciting ways. However, it has 2 flaws...not bad when you consider all it does. 1st it has a little bit of a hard time picking up a right click. You need to be deliberate in right clicking things. 2nd, i haven't found a single game that it can be used easily with. Not to say that it doesn't work, just that you'll get far more control out of a mouse. If you play a lot of games, this may not be for you. If you browse the web, check your email, and use documents and general apps on your Mac, this will probably add to your enjoyment using your Mac.

The accelerometer...

with the trackpad sensitive to the gravity, many games played on iPad, iPhone or iPod could also be played on a iMac using the magic trackpad as a intermediary since would be kind of heavy to hold the screen-monitor on a iMac to play labyrinth, doodle jump, temple ruin, etc...

besides a little lag with some of the right click gestures, it's great, and I won't use anything else for a very long time.

First off I love the product in working with my Mac but I wish that they would finally release support for the iPad to eliminate touching the screen. I would love a response as to why allow keyboard support for the iPad and not support for Magic Track Pad for Touching.

This is a great peripheral device and it would be a HUGE added function to the iPad if it supported the Magic Trackpad!!!! Please Apple, make this happen :D

Not that it was inferred, promised or implied. There's just no practical incompatibility issue... The trackpad itself is great. Cheers.

I asked for a Magic Trackpad for my birthday because I was looking for a swish solution for navigating around my designs while working on Adobe illustrator. Result I got it!

The pros of this stunning little device are plain as day. It looks beautiful sat here next to my equally stunning mac desktop. Design wise undeniably slick.

Added to this the wide variety of gestures available also make the Trackpad a joy to work with be it cruising the world wide web or flicking through folders. It honestly borders on a sic-fi experience.

That said I have a niggle here. For one thing the Magic Trackpad is on occasion perhaps a little smarter than me, acting in conspiracy with my fingers to produce sometimes undesired results. The proximity of gestures are perhaps a little close and I recommend not having all of them active to avoid the potential confusion.

Also my primary motive for owning the Trackpad has been an issue. The pinch zoom is not compatible with Adobe Illustrator CS5. I really hope someone more technically adept than me is working on this as I am typing this review.

So 4 out of 5 is the result. But it is definitely worth having one.