Magic Mouse

The Apple Magic Mouse is an optical, wireless mouse from Apple. She was introduced to the public on 20 October 2009 and is the direct successor of the Wireless Apple Mighty Mouse. It can be operated as a one- or two- button mouse. A third mouse button, as yet in the Mighty Mouse, not applicable. Apple advertises the particular multi-touch surface of the mouse, which enables the use of gestures.

Operation

The Magic Mouse has a multi-touch surface that the trackpad of the MacBook series or that of the iPhone and iPod touch screen is similar in its functioning. Through up / down movements as well as by horizontal movements with the fingers of the user scrolls. Also available are 360 degree rotations ( like its predecessor, the Mighty Mouse). With two fingers you can to the right or left " wipe ", and thereby perform other actions. In browsers (Safari ) by, for example, the previous or next page visited is called. Due to the multi-touch surface detect the mouse, if you scroll, a left - or right-clicking does or his hand stores only on the mouse. The wireless connection to the computer via Bluetooth. The Magic Mouse is powered by two AA batteries, but can not, unlike the Mighty Mouse, be operated with only one cell. Magic Mouse uses a laser tracking engine that reacts to different surfaces even without a mouse pad. It can be used up to a distance of 10 meters. Should they not be temporarily used, they can be turned off. If not used and not turned off, the mouse automatically turns off.

Naming

The Apple Magic Mouse is the successor to the Wireless Mighty Mouse. The name change is due to a trademark dispute. Originally a compromise with the CBS television, which holds the naming rights to an eponymous comic book character that the Apple product could still called that. In 2009, in a dispute with the company Man & Machine out that this is already a year before Apple released the Mighty Mouse, published a washable mouse under the same name. Thus, the successor Magic Mouse was called.

System

  • Bluetooth - enabled Mac / PC
  • Mac OS X 10.5.8 ( or later ) with Wireless Mouse Software Update 1.0 ( Mac OS X 10.6.2 From the Magic Mouse is directly supported).
  • Use with special drivers under Windows XP/Vista/7
  • Experimental Linux support

Comparable mice

Since 2011 there are similar devices designed for Windows-based computers from Microsoft (Touch Mouse) and Logitech.

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