Reviews for Apple Magic Mouse

I paid a lot of money to this mouse, however, I would suggest you to buy with the cable one. It is impossible to do designs on my MAC with this mouse. First, it disconnects often even if you have 100% battery. Second, it is not ergonomic at all. It is difficult to do right and left clicks. Third, battery goes very quick and you need to spend money for batteries over and over or battery charger.

Please do not buy this mouse. It is waste of money. You will be regret, trust me. Therefore, I will buy cheaper version with the cable one.

50 of 67 people found this useful

Got this yesterday to go with my Mac Mini and I took it like a duck to water. Was using a Microsoft mouse as a stop gap but this is much better. I love the extra functionality and was missing the back button using the Microsoft mouse with the Mac but now I swipe backwards and forwards with ease and zoom and all is groovy.

Others complain that it does stuff without asking it too and that it's too low to comfortably fit the palm of your hand. As far as I can see it's not meant too! I hold it with my thumb one side and my ring and pinky on the other with with my middle and index finger hovering above - perfect.

Bottom line is that it tracks well, the whole surface can scroll, and click and zoom and it gives the Mac the feel of an iPad or iPhone which is where I've come from so I love it.

35 of 42 people found this useful

I expected much more from this mouse. Firstly, I was disappointed that the tracking speed couldn't be set to be (much) higher, since I'm used to having a much more sensitive mouse, which requires far less wrist movement.

Secondly, it is really irritating that the slower the mouse is moved, the cursor starts to move IMPOSSIBLY slowly. This is especially painful when navigating menus, for example, when the mouse speed is typically slower than average.

I don't know if other brands' wireless mice work with mac computers, but if they do, I would recommend them 100%.

It's nice to have some gestures that can be performed on the mouse, like on the trackpad. But that hardly matters when Apple haven't even got the basics right and there's no way to change these settings. Big disappointment.

6 of 10 people found this useful

Using this mouse nearly a year and never had any issues or problems with it. Never had dropped connection or so. Very comfortable,very sensitive,nice looking mouse. Ok,the battery life might be bit better,but is not that bad as some people are saying. My one lasts about 5-6 weeks,which is not very bad. Overall would recommend this mouse to every mac user. It worth every single cent for it. Trully magical mouse

4 of 5 people found this useful

Utter garbage. As always with apple, it looks lovely. And then, after a while... sigh.

It drains the batteries like apple had shares in Duracell. It collects so much grime from a constantly cleaned desk that it's starting to make me paranoid. The bottom battery cover plate has buckled and is now mis-shapen. If you accidentally tap the mouse against the side of your keyboard or something else on your desk it loses it's wi-fi connection and takes an age to find it again...

Thank god I got it free with my iMac because I threw the ruddy thing in the bin and I'm using my wacom mouse now. Good riddance to it too. You'd be gutted if you paid 70 quid for it.

It's got two stars because the scroll function is nice. That's about it.

11 of 20 people found this useful

Having only been a Mac user for just over a year am now a total convert. The Magic Mouse is far and away the best I have ever used. Can't understand the gripes of others. It is responsive and adaptable. Love it - thanks Apple for another great product!

2 of 4 people found this useful

It amazes me that the same product can perform so differently for so many people. I've had my Magic Mouse now for nearly two years and it's done absolute sterling service. I'm on the road a lot and was initially dubious about how durable it would be, being carted around in my laptop bag, but it's never turned a hair. I use it at least five days a week for around 7-8 hours, but only ever replace the batteries about once every 8-10 weeks, and I use rechargeables so it's not a high cost. Tracking is as sensitive as you'd want, wiping is a time-saving blessing for repetitive navigation tasks, and the fact that it doesn't use a USB port to take up a transceiver is fabulous. I will never, ever go back to a standard, or wired, mouse.

If I have any complaint, and it's not really a complaint, it's that the optics are open to the elements (ie, the occasional tiny hair or bit of dust from my table-top, which freaks it out). But a short, sharp blow on them usually sorts it out.

I don't want to contradict the other reviewers on here - clearly they've experienced disappointing performance. All I can say is, the Magic Mouse has been worth every single penny to me.

9 of 14 people found this useful

Nice when it works but mine started to malfunction after about a year (i.e. after the warranty finished). Essentially it wouldn't track well. I tried all the recommended solutions with no success. Apple refused to repair or replace. I would really expect Apple stuff to last longer. Very disappointing for a mouse that costs £59! I can't recommend this to anyone.

22 of 33 people found this useful

I love the touch functionality in the mouse, which 75% of the time works as intended. I do on the other hand not like the sensor used in this mouse. It takes several slides across my mouse mat to get from one corner of the screen to the other. That is just not acceptable for a mouse in this price range.

12 of 28 people found this useful

i have had the magic mouse for 3months now and when it reaches 50% it starts to disconnect and takes a couple of minutes to connect back that is all i a have to say

19 of 27 people found this useful