![]() What they did was extract the update from the BootCamp version of a Mac, and slightly modified it to run on non-Apple hardware. First make sure you update the Magic Mouse driver along with Apple’s Bluetooth Update and if the notorious scrolling still doesn't work, it's worth checking out is the discussion on the Apple forum for any updates : Īlso, some gleeful geeks have had some success by using a program called Katmouse ( ) or even a "tweaked" Bluetooth driver over at UnEasySilence ( ). Some have found a few workarounds to mimic the experience. UPDATE : For those who have tried and failed to make it also work on the Windows side, all is not lost. It’s great to see that such a great and sleek product not going unnoticed, and proving that it’s worth edging its way into your workflow. The middle axis stripe does need some time to get used to if you’re used to the feel of scroll wheel panning, but it soon becomes second nature. I actually remember trying MagicPrefs after the Magic Mouse first came out, and it really does help because you can customise to such depth. Mind you there are different gestures - as there’s no point in moving the cursor with your finger - but it allows you to scroll in all directions and also swipe left or right to move forwards and backwards within the Safari or Chrome browsers as well as in Finder windows. It’s a bit awkward to get used to at first, but soon it feels quite natural, especially if you’re used to the multi-touch trackpad on the Macbooks and Macbook Pros. The Magic Mouse doesn't have anything on its surface, it’s an aluminium base topped off with a smooth white polycarbonate multitouch panel, one seamless surface, and obviously with no Mighty Mouse scroll nipple. In the past Apple hasn’t been very successful with its mice, if you recall the round “hockey puck” in ’98 and the deceivingly useless Mighty Mouse with its dirt-gatherer scroll ball, but many are starting to come around now that the company has seemed to have nailed it. Tracking Speed adds the ability to increase the maximum mouse speed by an extra 200%.Īlso featured is a real-time display of the fingers touching the surface of the mouse that you can enable to test and monitor the way the mouse sees your input.Back in October 2009, Apple surprised us with a new introduction to the mac peripherals, the Apple Magic Mouse, the world’s first multi-touch mouse. Touch Sensitivity implements a single point control for a number of factors impacting the algorithms of the taps, swipes, pinch and other gestures. It features the ability to bind a variable number of finger clicks, taps, swipes, pinch and other gestures to functions like Middle Click, Hold Down Both Mouse Buttons, Spaces, Expose, Dashboard, Recent Applications, Tweet, Read Tweets, Google Reader etc. ![]() ![]() MagicPrefs is a free application for OS X which aims to improve the functionality and configuration options of the Apple Magic Mouse, Magic Trackpad and the MacBook glass trackpad. It's not as simple as middle-clicking, but it looks like it can be done with one hand on a typical MacBook Touchpad. I would verify this for you, but I don't have a Mac handy. Meanwhile, Command-Shift-Click opens and focuses on a new tab. TLDR if it doesn't work anymore thats it, if it still works then its just a matter of time until it won't. According to Safari 5.1 (Lion)'s Keyboard Shortcut knowledge-base article, Command-Click will do the trick. Apple is not likely to replace the deprecated Api's nor provide access to the underlying multitouch technology so that's the end of the line for MagicPrefs and similar software. MagicPrefs is more than 5 years old now and is no longer mantained, the functionality it provided was made possible by Api's that are now deprecated and reverse engineered private Apple frameworks. ![]()
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