So I resorted to that repository of all that is Apple OS hacking, InsanelyMac, and one suggested solution was to install the SteerMouse utility this I duly did, rebooted as instructed and, lo and behold, the MagicMouse was now recognized as a Bluetooth device, even though I did not even enable the SteerMouse utility, which appears in the Systems Preferences pane. IoGear Bluetooth adapter – smaller than a fingernail. The HackPro runs OS Snow Leopard 10.6.6 and you need at least 10.6.4 for the Mighty Mouse. At first, System Preferences->Mouse simply refused to recognize the Magic Mouse, even though System Profiler confirms that the minuscule IoGear Bluetooth adapter I have installed in one of the HackPro’s dozen USB ports enables Bluetooth. Needless to add, curiosity got the better of me and I decided to try the Magic Mouse with my desktop HackPro – the desktop computer for the rest of us. On a desktop work computer these are very nice to have. When you are using a mouse to control a MacMini whose primary purpose is to play DVDs and Netflix, you don’t need to access features like the Desktop or the Dashboard with its widgets. Only one finger is needed though Apple’s System Preferences ->Mouse pane shows two being used for sideways scrolling. Scrolling with the MagicMouse is accomplished by dragging one finger vertically on the surface side scrolling by swiping the same finger laterally. I wasn’t too impressed with the specifications on paper as all that multi-touch technology seemed counterintuitive on a mouse, but came to like the Magic Mouse when used on the sofa with the MacMini.Īpple Magic Mouse. Like the Mighty Mouse the Magic Mouse uses a sensor for tracking. Still, I thought no more of all these mouse failures until a MacMini came along to drive the home TV Apple, squeezing the margins as usual, did not ship a mouse with the MacMini so I though, what the heck, I’ll give the new Magic Mouse a shot. You could also program a push on the scroll ball to perform other actions and mine was set to display Dashboard widgets. One really nice feature of the Mighty Mouse was that when you squeezed the sides you could get enhanced actions I had mine set to display the desktop. The Apple Mighty Mouse with the poorly designed scroll wheel. I even tried blasting contact cleaner into the small space around the ball and the thing would fail soon afterwards, shortly after my eyesight recovered from the backwash of toxic spray. While you could vigorously run the little ball around a bit on a piece of paper with the mouse held upside down, after about two or three attempts at this the scrolling feature would fail completely, and given that the mouse was sealed – except for the space around the ball – there was no realistic way of dismantling it to clean the innards. You see, the Magic Mouse worked fine until the scroll sphere would fail owing to the ingress of dirt and grease. That one came in wired and wireless designs and after three of each I finally threw up my hands and gave up on the Apple Mouse. Then along came the Mighty Mouse with that neat little scroll sphere in the top and finally supporting left and right clicks. In the last decade we have had the clear plastic case single-click wired mouse which came with iMacs through maybe 2005. For a company which prides itself on design, past mouse offerings from Apple have been pretty poor.
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