The Magic Mouse is a multi-touch mouse that was manufactured and sold by Apple, until being discontinued in 2015. It was first sold on October 20, 2009. The Magic Mouse is the first consumer mouse to have multi-touch capabilities. Taking after the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and multi-touch trackpads, the Magic Mouse allows the use of gestures such as swiping and scrolling across the top surface of the mouse to interact with desktop computers. It connects via Bluetooth and runs on two AA batteries. Apple includes two non-rechargeable batteries in the box. Like its predecessor, the Mighty Mouse, the Magic Mouse is capable of control-clicking without requiring the key combination.
The mouse requires minimum Mac OS X 10.5.8. It can be configured as a two-buttoned left-handed or right-handed mouse, but the default is a single button. It uses laser tracking for increased pointer accuracy over previous generation Apple mice. Since its release, it has been included along with a wireless keyboard with the 2009 generation of iMacs, and with a wired keyboard with the 2010 Mac Pro workstations. It can also be purchased separately.
Initial reception to the Magic Mouse was negative, with reactions to its inability to trigger Exposé, Dashboard, or Spaces, as its predecessor could, or to middle click. Many of those features can be enabled on the Magic Mouse with the use of third-party tools. Other issues centered on the Magic Mouse's ability to maintain a stable connection to Mac Pro workstations.
Video Magic Mouse
Gestures
The following are the gestures which can be done using the magic mouse. Not all gestures are supported on all operating systems:
- Click
- Two-button click
- 360°-scroll
- Screen zoom
- Screen pan
- Two-finger swipe
- One-finger swipe
- Two-finger double tap
- One-finger double tap
Gestures can be customized and new ones can be added via third-party software. Inertia scrolling is said to be available in Snow Leopard only after installing a software update, but it could also be enabled in Leopard with a terminal command. Despite these new features, the Magic Mouse still cannot left- and control-click together.
Maps Magic Mouse
Technical specifications
Source:
- Tracking method: Laser tracking
- Wireless: Yes
- Mac/PC: Mac & PC
- Required configuration:
- Bluetooth-enabled Mac computer
- Mac OS X v10.5.8 or later with Wireless Mouse Software Update 1.0
- Size: 115 × 58 × 22 mm
- Weight: 105 g (including batteries), 99 g for Magic Mouse 2
- Broadcom BCM2042A4KFBGH bluetooth chip
- Other information:
- Multi-touch surface with gesture support
- Vertical, horizontal, and diagonal 360° scrolling
- One button ambidextrous & configurable design
- Laser tracking engine (more versatile--use on almost any surface)
- Bluetooth connectivity
Operating system support
- Mac OS X v10.5.8, v10.6.1 or later with Wireless Mouse Software Update 1.0. This update is essential for the Magic Mouse to work.
- Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows Vista using Boot Camp tools under Mac OS X. To work with Windows 7, Mac OS X Lion is required as the latest drivers are available only with a version of Boot Camp that is installable on Mac OS X Lion.
- Extracted from Boot Camp native Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7 drivers, 32-bit and 64-bit (not supported by Apple).
- Linux as of kernel 2.6.34-rc1
See also
- Apple Keyboard
- Apple Magic Trackpad
- Apple Mouse
- Apple Magic Keyboard
- Apple Magic Trackpad 2
- Apple Magic Mouse 2
References
- "The Sad Reality of the Magic Mouse 2". Gizmodo. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
External links
- Magic Mouse - Apple Store (U.S.)
- Magic Mouse Teardown on iFixit
Source of article : Wikipedia
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