Reviews for Apple Magic Mouse

I looove my Magic Mouse. Its seamless scrolling and regal multi-touch gestures works like a charm. I was disappointed by the battery life, and it is prone to fail if you abuse it, but it is worth it all. It is quite simply the best mouse for the mac.

I love this mouse and would never use another! Works really smoothly. Only downside is it burns through batteries pretty quickly

When I first saw the magic mouse I was really excited, it made total sense and I could see how easy it could make tasks. So I went down to an apple retail store to test the magic mouse. It really is a fantastic device and it was comfortable and easy to use. The multi touch controls work perfectly and really make scrolling through music, photos and web pages a joy. One of the problems with the scroll ball of the mighty mouse is that dirt gets trapped in the space around the ball and stops it working effectively, obviously this will never be a problem with the magic mouse.

But then after I had opened a few windows it hit me, there were no side buttons for expose. I asked an advisor if this could be programmed onto the multi touch gestures or something and I was told that the function was not programmable as of yet. I tried using the mac with expose set to a hot corner and simply using the shortcut on the keyboard but believe it's not the same as having the function on the mouse. It's such a let down that apple hasn't considered ways of having this function on the magic mouse when almost every mac user the world over has become accustom to using expose to navigate their mac workspace. Now I can clearly see where their expose integration with the dock application icons idea has come from, it was to try and make life easier without the side buttons.

I decided not to buy the magic mouse because I really would find the lack of functionality in it frustrating when I am using my mac for long periods of time. Also although it is a minor issue there is no longer a shortcut to the dashboard on the magic mouse. Previously you would click the scroll ball to activate it but you will now have to click the application icon or press the short cut key on the keyboard.

In the end if you can live without dashboard and expose functions on your mouse this is fantastic, otherwise wait until apple comes up with a solution and adds a gesture to the mouse that activates them, which I'm sure they will in the future.

I so wanted to take to this mouse like a duck to water. But instead of having that "Apple" moment as I have done with so many of their other products (I'm talking about that "Why hasn't anyone done this before? It feels so natural!" moment) I instead found that the mouse just didn't sit nicely in the palm of my hand. I tried to gloss over this and enjoy the intuitive gestures and features, but all I could think about was how uncomfortable it felt to use. It is far too flat!!!

If you want a good idea of how it is to use without having to try/buy it, just get out your iphone/ipod touch and pretend it's your mouse. You can then practice the gestures as well, and if you are like me (and I do not have massive hands or anything) you will find the uncomfortable hand grip due to the lack of depth to this mouse to be just plain off-putting.

What's more, if you fingers are slightly sweaty, the gestures can be a bit tricky to execute (especially the sideways swipes). The thin design doesn't help when trying to grip the mouse to execute said gestures as well. Again, you can practice this with your iphone.

I'm so disappointed, as a nice shiny new mouse is exactly what I want right now, but I do not think I can live with the magic mouse with it's current ergonomics.

Please bring out a slightly chunkier model Apple!!!

great mouse, have not had any problems unlike some people!!!

Having been a PC Gamer for many years I have used more mice with more configurations, sizes and designs than the majority of computer users.
The Magic Mouse is perhaps one of the best mice ever created for those that want to do anything except gaming.

It feels great in the hand, the surface is perfect for scrolling with and the battery lasts pretty well considering all it is capable of.

However, it is the most atrocious device for any kind of gaming. If you intend to play games on your Mac then have a second, gaming specific mouse for this kind of use.

I think this mouse is extremely useful. At first it took a little getting used to but now it is smooth and seamless. Also in response to the bad review I've just read. You certainly can change the speed of the traking/scrolling on the mouse in the settings so don't really understand the problem there.

Anyway. Very please with my mouse, my magic keyboard and Trackpad. I'm all chocked full of technology.

Apple normally works nicely, but I never had a worse mouse :-( I connects easy to my Macbook air, but lackes and the scrool works only sometimes... Sent if for repair and go a new... SAME S... - so, an overprices mouse that also is unusable due to the lacking, at least for me :(

Like many other people found, the scroll ball on the previous mighty mouse often didn't work as effectively as it could of due to build up of dirt. The magic mouse has no buttons, has a smooth flat surface and has effectively replaced the scroll ball's capabilities with enhanced multi-touch functions. So two birds with one stone?
Well maybe not as a few pointers will show.
Whist Apple's new multi-touch technology (which in my opinion is brilliant,) is a crisp refinement, a few features of the old mighty mouse have been otherwise, overlooked. Expose is no longer accessible through a function of the mouse (i.e what used to be the side buttons.) In addition to this dashboard is also missing, which used to be accessible by clicking the scroll ball. This is a minor moan as dashboard isn't a major app that features as part of OS X. As for the mutterings of it not being bulky enough in the hand, well lets face it it, this is largely down to your hand size and personal preference. My advice - get down to your nearest Apple store and let the monkey see the rabbit-try it and decide for yourself.
So a good mouse? Fantastic but not without fault.

People complaining about expose and middle clicks, go download "MagicPref", it gives you the choice of one finger middle axis click. 2 finger click, 3 finger click, 4 finger click, swipe, tap, etc etc. you get to customise the clicks with about, I don't know, a million functions.

And yes, it's free. A simple google search for 'MagicPref" would give you the site/download.