Magic Mouse

The Magic Mouse

One of Apple's lesser known devices is their Magic Mouse. This device is small, powerful, and probably my favourite accessory with my Mac. Since OS X Lion, Apple has included many different gestures to achieve a myriad of different tasks. 

With a Mac's trackpad, you can achieve all these different tasks - zooming, scrolling, switching between different full screen apps, launching Mission Control and Launchpad, to name a few - however, you're still limited to a small workspace area: Mac trackpads are big (when compared to other notebooks), but they're still not as easy to use as a mouse. 

Cue the Magic Mouse. This device really is amazing, so much so that I can't find anything bad to report about it.

Gestures on the Multi-Touch mouse

The touch-top of the mouse makes performing all the above gestures so much easier. You can do almost everything the trackpad can do; without the limitations. Scrolling is as easy as moving your finger up and down the top of the mouse - no annoying click-wheels -, it's smooth and fast. The design (although I was skeptical at first) really feels nice to hold. It's very different to the average mouse, and that's good. Rather than attempting to mould your hand around it, it appears to be designed in such a way that it gets out of the way and just lets you do what you want it to do. 

Magic Mouse with iMac

Magic Mouse battery compartment

As with most Bluetooth devices, battery life is always a problem. From what I've experienced with this mouse, battery life really isn't a problem. With a standard lithium ion battery, I manage to get about 3 months use, that's with having it on almost all day, every day. 

The laser sensor on the mouse works really well, too. I've tried it on almost every surface in my house, and I'm yet to find a surface that it won't work on, or at least partly work on. 


Concluding, this mouse is a must for anyone with a Mac, it works really well (as you'd expect) with everything on a Mac computer and for AUD$79.99, it's definitely a good investment.