Apple @lemmy.world cantankerous_cashew @lemmy.world 1mo ago

Apple is redesigning the Magic Mouse

9to5mac.com Apple is redesigning the Magic Mouse next year: What to expect - 9to5Mac

Mark Gurman from Bloomberg recently reported that Apple will be redesigning the Magic Mouse – for the first time since...

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I still think the Apple car project was abandoned because they couldn't figure out a way to flip the car over for charging.
- Oh, they'd definitely figure it out: How about an optional ramp accessory, of course cryptographically coupled to the car for security reasons. And while we're at it, why not place the engine start/stop button at the bottom? After all, if you're trying to stop the engine you're driving it wrong.
  
  I'm thinking a dongle of some kind.
  
  There would be only one physical port. The same port would be used for the physical key to open the car, the hood/trunk release and the charging connection. You'd need a separate dongle for each function.
I still think apple users should have to strap the mouse to their head to charge for ever even considering this initial design acceptable and consuming it.
- magic mouse
  
  magic keyboard
  
  im selling hardware to emotional children i guess
  
  magic flatbed scanner
  
  Don't forget the magic desk chair, only $1499. Wheels sold seperately.
  
  (I love Apple stuff usually, but their peripherials have been pretty awful since, well, forever.)
Having used Apple computers since the Apple II+, I think I'm allowed to say that the vast majority of Apple's mouse designs have been utter trash. The one that I might give a pass to is the ADB Mouse 2. I'm not expecting Apple to change the habit of a lifetime by designing a comfortable mouse.
- I love the Magic Trackpad and I use it with Linux. Not sure that counts.
  
  Totally valid, I love Apple trackpads, makes PC laptop trackpads pale in comparison
- Apple IIe>Macintosh SE>Performa>iMac (dumb hockey puck mouse)>G3>G4>…(a bunch of PowerBooks & Macbooks)
  
  The SE mouse felt good to hold and click, but don’t forget cleaning out hand goo from the mouse ball. Optical mice were a game changer, so much better, that I used an MS Intellimouse as soon as it was USB. Had the AA powered Magic Mouse with my last iMac Once the trackpad in the MacBooks got glass and big, I mostly stopped using mice.
  
  Touchpads are now a necessity for my work (as a graphics/3D cad/lite full-stack dev).
The one thing I can say about the old port placement is that if it had been on the front, 3/5 of my mac using relatives would have plugged it in out of the box and never unplugged it.
- Cool. Let them use their hardware the way they want.
  
  I think they'd much rather have a wireless mouse.
  
  They just wouldn't know they had one
- Which is why they put the plug on the bottom.
- And?
  
  And they'd have gone forever not knowing they had a wireless mouse. That's all.
I would put money down it will still be worse than the community 3d printed fixes.

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/apple-magic-mouse-issues-fixed-by-hardware-hacker
- That looks like those sports cars in Back to the Future II with fake paneling and jacked rear tires that sticks their butts way in the air.
Legitimately if they fix the ergonomics and the charging port it might actually not be a terrible choice. I keep the magic trackpad around for gestures whilst using my regular mouse
- The charging port does not bother me in the least. But it is uncomfortable to use for a long time.
- Well, to be honest it’s a terrible, terrible mouse on it’s own.
- I use the Magic Mouse in my left hand and the Magic Trackpad with my right. Makes all gestures and control possible.
  
  There’s no way you use windows in a gesture only mode VS just a mouse/trackpad and keyboard, I don’t believe it for a second
Alternatively:

https://macmousefix.com/

Edit - someone care to explain the down votes? Why buy an expensive apple mouse when you could just use a normal mouse with gestures?
Finally!

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