Questions tagged [magic-mouse]

A wireless mouse sold by Apple. It features a touch-sensitive surface, which allows certain gestures to be performed, such as scrolling.

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Apple Magic Mouse interferred by heavy processing

I have discovered that my Apple Magic Mouse seems to 'stutter' and become less responsive during periods when my macbook pro is doing heavy processing. For example now when I am installing Xcode 4. ...
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Swap left/right click on OS X via terminal

I'm looking for a way to swap the left/right button on my mouse (left/right handed person) via the Terminal. Currently every time I want to switch this I need to go to System Preferences » Mouse » ...
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How to use Magic Mouse with SolidWorks on Parallels 9

How can I use the "middle button" function on Magic Mouse to rotate 3D objects? I am running Solidworks on Parallels.
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(udev rules) Unable to detect bluethooth connection for Magic Mouse

I have this event when the device gets connected but the rule never matches: $udevadm monitor -u -p ... UDEV [2452.171028] add /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1e.0/dw-apb-uart.0/serial0/serial0-0/...
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How to disable macOS shortcut “command + right click” which triggers Mission Control?

How can I disable macOS shortcut Command + right click which triggers Mission Control? I looked in “System Preferences > Mission Control and Keyboard shortcuts” but can't find it defined anywhere. ...
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How to enable the "middle" button of Apple's new Magic Mouse?

The Magic Mouse seems to be a vast improvement over the old Mighty Mouse after using it for a few hours. However, I just discovered that there seems to be no way to execute a "middle" click. I use ...
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Linux Mint, Apple Magic Mouse middle scrolling stopped working

Im using linux mint 18.3. linux kernel 4.15.0-29-generic. Seemingly randomly a while ago the middle mouse scrolling on my Apple Magic Mouse stopped working. It works on a Mac so I'm sure it's not the ...
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Apple Magic Mouse 2 in Arch Linux - Keeps Disconnecting

I've a second generation apple magic mouse 2 that works perfectly on my macbook pro. When I connect it to my linux machine however, which is running Antergos / Arch Linux, the mouse just disconnects ...
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Modding a magic mouse or resurfacing glass

I'm rather surprised, a quarter inch of glass on top of a wood desk prevents my mouse from working. I tried putting a sheet of paper under the glass, hoping that would give the laser enough to bounce ...
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Command Key Doesn't Select Multiple Non-consecutive Sections of Text

The normal behavior of using the Command key and the mouse to select multiple, non-consecutive sections of text has stopped working. I am working in a normal Word document, in the print view. ...
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Magic Mouse: Turn it into a touchpad

Does anyone know of a program or utility that will turn my Magic Mouse into a touchpad (I'm running OS 10.5.8)? That is, with the nice multi-touch surface, why not just use all of the MacBook ...
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Magic mouse in ubuntu

I have installed ubuntu on my mac. I have a magic mouse as well and I am trying to use it. The bluetooth detects it and it moves and everything but there is this acceleration problem. On googling I ...
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Does Apple Magic Mouse fully work on Windows 7 x86/x64?

I would like to know if Apple Magic Mouse works on Windows 7 (x86/x64) on non-Apple computers. Here are some checklists: x64 compatibility left click right click middle button? vertical scroll ...
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Disable Magic Mouse scrolling in Windows 8.1

I have a Windows 8.1 machine (Mac Mini, boot camp), and an Apple Magic Mouse. Is there a way to disable both vertical and horizontal scrolling, or at least horizontal? The mouse seems to have a mind ...
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Windows 8 gestures with apple magic mouse

I want to be able to use Windows 8 Gestures with apple magic mouse, is it possible? I tried to find some clue but unable to get any... Can we use touch surface on mouse as touch pad maybe?
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Disable magic mouse back-forward gesture only in XCODE

Is it possible to disable magic mouse back-forward gesture only in XCODE? While in browser it is fine, in XCODE it just totaly unwanted feature for me.
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Apples Magic Mouse and pressing left and right buttons together?

How can I use left and right buttons together with the Apple Magic Mouse? More exact press right button and then left button also? Is there a way to do this?
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Magic Mouse scrolling on Windows 8

I've managed to get the mouse detected and the general clicking and mouse moving functionality works fine, but no scrolling, nor gestures? I'm unsure if gestures are supported, if not that's ...
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Why does my Magic Mouse become jumpy over time?

I've used Apple Magic Mouse for more than a year with my MacBook Pro, and I notice that as time passes its tracking precision degrades. Last month I found myself with an intolerable jumpiness of the ...
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Mac Magic Mouse & Touchpad Drag But Won't Drop

I have a MacBookPro, with a Magic Mouse attached. Suddenly, I'm not able to drag and drop using either device. I can select an item and drag it, but not drop it anywhere. I eventually have to hit ...
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Using the Apple Magic Mouse on Ubuntu 9.10?

Does someone know how to get Apple Magic Mouse working under Ubuntu 9.10? I can upgrade to 10.04 if I need to get Magic Mouse to work. I read this answer, but it does not say what is the solution for ...
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Do I have to 'remove' and 're-attach' Magic Mouse when switching between Snow Leopard and Windows 7?

I am deciding to buy an Apple Magic Mouse but I am wondering about the method which I have to use with Apple's Mighty Mouse: CASE 1: If I am using OS X and switching to Windows 7: Remove Mighty ...
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Why has my zoom feature stopped working in OSX 10.6?

For the life of me I can't get the zoom feature to work on OSX 10.6 on my Max Mini. It's a fresh install, I have the wireless mighty mouse with the small grey scroll ball and the small wireless Apple ...
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Apple Magic Mouse stops working when I switch OS

Every time I switch between OSs (WinXP and Xubuntu) the Magic Mouse stops working, so I have to unpair the device and add it back, which is pretty annoying since I have to keep a backup mouse. When I ...
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Apple MagicMouse randomly loses connection

My Magic Mouse periodically randomly loses connection to my macbook, sitting approximately a foot and a half away from it. There are no software updates available for Snow Leopard (10.6.3). I have a ...
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What is causing spurious mouse wheel events using Magic Mouse in applications?

I recently switched to using an Apple Magic Mouse and have found that I am getting spurious mouse wheel events (mouse-5) when moving the mouse intermittently. I've seen this in Chicken of the VNC. ...
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Windows 7 compatibility with Apple Magic Mouse

Hey all. I'm planning to get an Apple Magic mouse and I'm wondering, does it work perfectly with Windows 7?
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Magic mouse momentum scrolling on Windows 7 bootcamp

I have my Magic Mouse and I've gotten it working with Windows 7. Left and right click works as well as scrolling. Now I want smooth/inertial scrolling as well as middle click. Is it possible? Also, ...
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How do I increase the magic mouse tracking speed

I have gone to system preferences and set it to the absolutely maximum on the slider bar and its still fairly slow - much slower than I am used to on my PC!?
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Magic Mouse causing Mouse Preference Pane to crash?

But I have a Belkin Bluetooth dongle, the one that's listed on the Apple website. It worked right out the box on my SL 10.6.7 and my magic mouse connected great. The only problem is when going to ...
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Apple Magic Mouse on Ubuntu - slow scrolling

I have an Apple Magic Mouse installed and working with Ubuntu 10.10 x86 on a Dell laptop. The problem is that vertical scrolling is very slow in Gnome. A flick of the finger only scrolls a little bit....
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Mac OS X - Magic Mouse - increasing the scroll speed

I have a Magic Mouse on my iMac and I am using BetterTouchTool. How do I increase the scrolling speed? I want to scroll more swiping smaller distances... I want to set the scrolling more than the ...
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Magic Mouse Not Scrolling On Brand New Macbook Pro

Just bought a Macbook Pro yesterday and a Magic Mouse today - I love them both but I have just setup the mouse and left and right click work but the slider and scroll do nothing - what I have done ...
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Apple Magic Mouse scrolling in Ubuntu 9.10

Just received new Apple Magic Mouse and tried to install it on my computer with Ubuntu 9.10. Mouse was found as Bluetooth mouse, I entered PIN as 0000 (could not find it in user manual, so just ...
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Where can I download Windows driver for Magic Mouse?

Uneasysilence.com seems to have removed the driver from their site. Does anyone know here I can get the driver now?
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Should I turn off my Magic Mouse when carrying it in a bag?

I guess the Apple Magic Mouse will turn itself off automatically to save power. However I am not sure whether it is woke up by movement, or by a human finger touch... I carry my MacBook and Magic ...
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Does the Apple Magic Mouse work with only one AA battery?

I have a Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer mouse and it works with either one or two batteries. It's nice because using only one battery makes it considerably lighter. I was wondering if this is ...
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Can I use my Apple magic mouse and Apple wireless keyboard with my Windows Vista machine? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Magic Mouse on Windows Vista machine Is it possible to: A) Use these 2 devices with my Windows Vista machine B) Be able to switch them between my Windows machine and my Mac?...
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Apple Magic Mouse quickly loses its charge

three days ago I bought an iMac 21.5 The keyboard has 100% charge, but the mouse has already 87% This is not good. I feel it... What to do in this situation. Anyone has the same problems ?
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Magic Mouse and Alum keyboard autosleep?

Should I manually turn off my aluminum keyboard and magic mouse when my iMac sleeps, or is there an automatic low-power mode? ( BONUS: How often should the batteries be replaced? )
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magic mouse problem

I just bought a magic mouse and connected it to my mac computer. The only things that are working are the right and left click. It is not even bringing up that scrolling thing in system preferences. ...
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Magic Mouse on Windows Vista machine

i just got a magic mouse for my vista basic dell laptop. i installed the 32bit driver for it by following uneasysilence instruction. i have basic functions like left and right click. i read some ...