Apple Magic Mouse
The Apple Magic Mouse is an optical, wireless mouse from Apple . It was presented to the public on October 20, 2009 and is the direct successor to the Wireless Apple Mighty Mouse. It can be operated as a one or two button mouse. There is no third mouse button, as with the Mighty Mouse. Apple advertises the special multi-touch surface of the mouse, which enables the use of gestures . The successor model Magic Mouse 2 has been available since October 13, 2015 .
Functions
The Magic Mouse has a multi-touch surface, which is similar in its functionality to the trackpad of the MacBook series or the screen of the iPhone and iPod touch. The user scrolls with up / down movements as well as with horizontal movements with the finger. 360 degree rotations are also possible (as with the predecessor, the Mighty Mouse). With two fingers you can "swipe" to the right or left, and thereby carry out further actions. In browsers (Safari) this e.g. B. called the previous or next visited page. Thanks to the multi-touch surface, the mouse recognizes whether you are scrolling, left- or right-click or just resting your hand on the mouse. The wireless connection to the computer is via Bluetooth . The Magic Mouse uses a laser tracking engine that reacts on various surfaces even without a mouse pad. It can be used up to a distance of 10 meters. If it is temporarily not used, it can be switched off. If it is not used and not switched off, the mouse switches itself off automatically.
Magic Mouse
The Magic Mouse is powered by two AA batteries , but unlike the Mighty Mouse, it cannot be operated with just one cell.
Magic Mouse 2
In October 2015 Apple released the successor model, the Magic Mouse 2. This differs from its predecessor essentially in that it is lighter and is operated with a non-replaceable battery instead of replaceable batteries. This is charged via a Lightning interface on the underside of the mouse. The functions of the Magic Mouse remained largely unchanged.
The positioning of the Lightning interface on the bottom led to an unusually strong criticism of Apple's product design after the market launch. The users complained that the mouse certainly looks “nice”, but when the battery is empty, you cannot continue working by plugging in the charging cable, as is usual with mice with a battery.
Naming
The Apple Magic Mouse is the successor to the Wireless Mighty Mouse. The name change is based on a trademark dispute. Originally there was a compromise with the television broadcaster CBS , which holds the naming rights to a comic character of the same name , that the Apple product could still be called that. In 2009, in a dispute with the company Man & Machine, it turned out that a year before Apple released the Mighty Mouse, they released a washable mouse under the same name. So the successor was called Magic Mouse.
System requirements
- Bluetooth compatibility
- Mac OS X 10.5.8 (or newer) with Wireless Mouse Software Update 1.0 (From Mac OS X 10.6.2 the Magic Mouse is directly supported).
- iOS / iPadOS 13
- With special drivers it can also be used under Windows XP / Vista / 7
- experimental Linux support (not from Apple)
Comparable mice
Since 2011 there have been comparable devices especially for Windows-based computers from Microsoft (Touch Mouse) and Logitech .
Web links
- Magic Mouse at Apple
- Temporary article online for the publication of the Magic Mouse
- Apple Magic Mouse on Ubuntu Lucid Lynx 10.04
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Article at engadget.com from October 20, 2009
- ↑ a b MagicMouse on apple.com , accessed November 7, 2009
- ↑ http://www.apple.com/de/magicmouse/