Reviews for Apple Mouse

I've never written a review before but felt I had to share my experience with others.

I stumbled across the other reviews as I was on the Apple Store to buy a new mouse as I had become fed up with the rollerball sticking. I could scroll up but down was a no go and had been for weeks/months. I was so glad I read the reviews before wasting £40 on a new one!

There are a few suggested solutions for cleaning the ball however I went for the multi surface disposal cleaning wipe solution (as I already had the wipes under the sink!). I unplugged the mouse and rolled the ball back and forth along the cloth and after no time at all, the mouse is as good as new - albeit smelling with a hint of lemon!

With the rollerball sorted and an easy solution at hand, I'd give the mouse 5 stars. The ball does clog with the moisture and oil from your hand and I've now learned regular cleaning is required. I agree with other posters that the lead is short however that suits me as I have the keyboard with the mouse USB port at the right hand side. If you are looking for a mouse that requires a longer lead, I would suggest looking at something else.

Many thanks to the earlier posters whose efforts saved me money! :-)

For one thing, this mouse is quite overpriced at essentially 50 dollars (for a wired mouse? Really?). It doesn't have a solid feel in the hand, since it is plastic and weighs nearly nothing. It hardly matches with the recent Apple build-quality aesthetic.

The ball is cool since it allows you to scroll 360º, but it's so small that it takes irritatingly long to scroll through long documents.

The absolute worst part is that if you try using this with a Macbook that doesn't have a standalone keyboard, you're out of luck. The cord is short to make it look like desk candy, but it prevent right-handed users (ie most of the world) from simply using the mouse with their computer. Huge oversight/laziness on the part of the designers.

I had to switch to a PC mouse because the Apple mouse has a fat rear that sticks up against the back of your hand. It applies pressure to the base of my thumb that makes it really sore. I really dislike the design of the Apple mouse. If you have small hands, you probably wouldn't like it, either.

I have been using my mouse for close to 4 years now. Although I do have both types, the wireless for my laptop and the wired for my desktop, I prefer it to the wireless as it has more of the functions that I want for work. I clean it, and my keyboard, once every few months with a disinfecting wipe and find that to be enough to keep them both working smoothly and effectively. I don't find that the ball gums up as others say, all of my functions continue to work and work well. After 4 years of use 8 hours per day 5 days a week I think this product is well worth the money and beats any other mouse I have used over my extensive office experience.

I've been using this mouse for about four years now and never had a problem with the scroll ball, it's called cleaning your mouse. I just clean it with a small towel after I've dried my hands, obviously the ball will stop working if you constantly use it with dirty hands, but It's only a quick clean away from working.

The scroll ball becomes dirty easily and once dirty won't scroll. Cleaning is possible, but time consuming, difficult and unreliable. I spend around 20 minutes every day cleaning the scroll ball and today the ball still won't scroll up.

Once my new mouse arrives, I'm going to smash this mouse with a bat, drive over it with a car, set it on fire and nuke the remains.

this mouse is a total piece of garbage. The scroll ball inevitably gets gunked up and is not possible to clean. Unofficially, you can pry the mouse open and clean it, but you void your warranty and stand a good chance of destroying the mouse in the process.

Way to make me pay $75 for the "magic" mouse after wasting $55 on this one.

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

I admire Apple tremendously and we have two MacBooks and I have an iPhone - all of which are great but having recently bought the mighty mouse for my new Macbook - I would completely agree with the other negative feedbacks here, basically: EXPENSIVE, UNRELIABLE AND CABLE RIDICULOUSLY SHORT!

Recommendation: Buy something else (I'm choosing one of the better looking conventional mice, which is incidentally 1/3 of the price)