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Apple Introduces Magic Mouse
Apple Introduces Magic Mouse
Today Apple introduced the new wireless Magic Mouse, the first mouse to use Apple’s revolutionary Multi-Touch technology. Pioneered on iPhone, iPod touch and Mac notebook trackpads, Multi-Touch allows customers to navigate using intuitive finger gestures. Instead of mechanical buttons, scroll ...
Wireless Mouse Software Update 1.0 for Snow Leopard
Wireless Mouse Software Update 1.0 for Snow Leopard
support.apple.com — Download icon About Wireless Mouse Software Update 1.0 for Snow Leopard Install this software to take advantage... of your Magic Mouse special features. Mac OS X 10.6.1 is required before installing this update. Download Version: 1.0 Post Date: October ... (more) Wireless Mouse Software Update 1.0 for Snow Leopard
Wireless Mouse Software Update 1.0 for Leopard
Wireless Mouse Software Update 1.0 for Leopard
support.apple.com — Download icon About Wireless Mouse Software Update 1.0 for Leopard Install this software to take advantage of... your Magic Mouse special features. Mac OS X 10.5.8 is required before installing this update. Download Version: 1.0 Post Date: October 27, ... (more) Wireless Mouse Software Update 1.0 for Leopard
Magic Mouse Teardown
Magic Mouse Teardown
ifixit.com — We're wondering what's so magical about Apple's Magic Mouse... so we're going to look inside to find... out! Want up-to-the-minute updates? Follow @ifixit on twitter. Wired and iFixit are hosting a Sony Teardown contest. Take apart anything made by ... (more) Magic Mouse Teardown

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New Macs! Redesigned White MacBook, LED iMacs, Mac mini Refresh, and a Magic Mouse
Mac|Life — ... The new iMacs come with a funky new mouse, Apple's Magic Mouse, "the world's first Multi-Touch mouse." Apple mouse haters who remember "the world's first crappy hockey puck mouse!" can be forgiven for rolling their eyes, but this thing actually does look pretty interesting.  ...

Apple Introduces New 27″ iMac, MacBook, Mightier Mini, Magic Mouse
The iPhone Blog — Apple today announced new 21 and 27″ iMacs, a new line of MacBooks, mightier Mac Minis, and a Magic Mouse (with iPhone-like multi-touch). More as this develops! This is a story by the iPhone Blog. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store. Apple Introduces New 27″ iMac, MacBook, Mightier Mini, Magic Mouse ...

Apple Introduces New 27″ iMac, MacBook, Mightier Mini, Magic Mouse, Remote
The iPhone Blog — Apple today announced new 21.5″ and 27″ iMacs, a new line of MacBooks, mightier Mac Minis, and a Magic Mouse (with iPhone-like multi-touch), and new Apple Remote. The new iMacs [PR link] include cinematic 16×9 displays, quad-core option, The new MacBooks [PR link] have plastic unibody construction, 7-hour non-changeable batteries, LED backlights, and glass multi-touch trackpads (basically like the pros but without the aluminum) The new Mac Minis [PR link pending] ...

Apple Intros "World's First" Multi-Touch Mouse
Gearlog — ... can scroll and flip through Web pages and photos, and can click or double-click anywhere on the mouse's surface. The mouse also utilizes laser-tracking for increased efficiency without the need of a mousepad. The Magic Mouse is Bluetooth-enabled and is customizable via Apple System Preferences. Users must have Mac OS X 10.5.8 or later and the Wireless Mouse Software Update 1.0. The new mouse ships with new versions of the iMac or can be purchased separately for $69 from the Apple Store. It's available now.

Hurrah, it’s the MultiTouch Magic Mouse
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence — ... In a wave of announcements which saw the term Apple shoot into the top ten trend topics on Twitter as Apple Stores worldwide shut down in a synchronised tease, Apple today introduced its all-new wireless Magic Mouse, the first mouse to use MultiTouch technology, the same tech used on the iPhone, iPod touch and MacBook range. ...

Apple Announces New iMacs, Plastic Unibody MacBook and “Magic Mouse”
Cult of Mac — ... and the Magic Mouse , a stunningly proportioned wireless multitouch mouse. The iMacs include an awesome-looking 27-inch widescreen model; the high-end machine comes with quad-core processors, which Apple says boosts performance 2x over the previous generation. The unibody MacBook is a nice consumer take on the new design language first established by the MacBook Air and then refined in the unibody aluminum MacBook Pro. The Magic Mouse is…interesting. Will have to use one to get a sense for how well it handles gestures. I’ll be back with more analysis once the store’s back and ...

Magic Mouse, iMacs, Mac minis lead Tuesday Apple update bomb
Infinite Loop — Apple dropped a hardware update bomb Tuesday morning with a brand-new desktop mouse, new iMacs, new low-end MacBooks, a new Mac mini. All of the above had been rumored for some time, but a new mouse was the first to captivate Apple fans' attention due to its multi-touch makeover. Named the "Apple Magic Mouse" (please, reserve your snickers for the comments), the Mighty Mouse replacement has no buttons at all and sports a "seamless multi-touch surface." According to Apple, the multi-touch ...

New iMacs Feature 21.5 and 27-inch Displays and Available Quad-Core Processors
TheAppleBlog — ... New iMac owners get a nice bonus when it comes to input devices, as wireless keyboards and the new Magic Mouse, which only comes in a wireless (Bluetooth) variety, are now standard with every machine. Apple is clearly doing its best to de-clutter your workspace, or at least to add to the perceived value of its machines, since the price points of the new models have not changed as some had suspected. The base models are priced at $1,199, $1,499, $1,699 and $1,999 respectively. ...

A Bevy of New Macs: More For Less, But No Major Surprises
Technologizer — ... iMac line also got an upgrade, with new 21.5″ and 27″ models (starting at $1199 and $1699), both of which have 16-by-9 widescreen displays with LED lighting, SD slots, and the ability to connect external video sources such as a game console or Blu-Ray player via an adapter. (Some models of HP’s latest TouchSmart have a similar feature.) Processors now go up to a quad-core Intel Core i7. The new iMacs come with a new wireless mouse called the Magic Mouse (sorry, Little Roquefort) with a multi-touch surface that lets you perform ...

New iMac, Mac mini, Magic Mouse, more
MacFixIt — Multi-Touch is the future. Today, Apple took yet another step in that direction, introducing the Magic Mouse , now shipping with the new iMac and available on its own ($69). Also included in Apple's announcement today were enhancements to the iMac (now available in 21.5-inch and 27-inch widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio displays and the optional quad-core Intel Core i5 or Core i7 processors). ...

Apple Unveils the Magic Mouse
TheAppleBlog — ... Today Apple revealed the Magic Mouse — the world’s first multi-touch mouse. Inspired by the multi touch technology in the iPhone and trackpad on modern MacBooks, Magic Mouse is the zero-button, gesture-sensing, wireless pointing-device of your dreams. ...

Apple Conjures Magic Mouse and New Apple Remote, Soups Up Base Stations
TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us — ... Here I Come to Save the...Wait a Magic Minute -- And a great cheer went up from the crowd as the terrible reign of the Mighty Mouse came to end! If you've ever had your Mighty Mouse's scroll wheel clog up on you, you will likely revere Apple's decision to forego the scroll wheel altogether in its new wireless mouse, the Magic Mouse. (The ...

New iMacs and Magic Mouse Trump Windows 7 Launch
UKMac.net — In an expceptionally shrewd move Apple today launched a raft of new kit only 2 days before Microsofts release of Windows 7 including new iMacs, a new entry level Macbook, a new multi-touch wireless mouse and redesigned Mac Mini’s including one with Snow Leopard server ! Of most interest to the majority of people will be the Magic Mouse and the astounding new 27″ LED iMac. The Magic Mouse extends Apples multi-touch technology to the mouse, disposing of the roller ball for scrolling in favour of a mouse surface that is a ...

Apple releases new Mac mini and Magic Mouse
MacCentre701 — ... touch-sensitive enclosure that allows it to be a single or multi-button mouse with advanced gesture support. Using intuitive gestures, users can easily scroll through long documents, pan across large images or swipe to move forward or backward through a collection of web pages or photos. Magic Mouse works for left or right handed users and multi-button or gesture commands can be easily configured from within System Preferences. For more detail about the new Magic Mouse, please visit www.apple.com/magicmouse . Join our discussion - “ ...

Brief 648 | Apple Updates: Magic Mouse, iMacs, Mac Mini, MacBook
GeekBrief.TV — ... Apple pre-empted the Windows 7 Launch with update announcements of their own. The thing I’m excited about the most is the Magic Mouse. It looks kind of like a Mighty Mouse, but it’s multi-touch. It’ll be available at the end of October. ...

Apple Magic Mouse Trapped on Video
jkOnTheRun — Apple refreshed their computer line recently, but the new product in the line that got my attention was the new Magic Mouse. It’s not the fancy slim design that gets my mousing juices going, it’s the multitouch top that is used for all sorts of neat things. I have long hated the little trackball on my Mighty Mouse, due to the frequent cleaning sessions needed to keep it scrolling. That will be a thing of the past with the touch scrolling on the new Magic Mouse. Our sister blog, TheAppleBlog, has posted a video of the Magic Mouse ...

Hands on with the new Magic Mouse
Apple Gazette — ... Yesterday, I found myself in an Apple store and I decided to play around with the mouse a bit to see how I liked it. First off, it’s small. I’m a big guy with big hands, and it didn’t sit vertically as nice in my hand as my Logitech at home does. That said, after a few minutes of mousing around I realized that I could get used to the size pretty easily. The site for the Magic Mouse says that you have to click specifically in the top right corner to activate the right click, so I wasn’t too optimistic that it would work as advertised. In ...

Apple's Mac Mini Server More Cost Effective Than PC Servers
The Mac Lawyer — ... Did you know that Apple has released a new, compact, inexpensive server that runs Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server?  With the splash created by Apple's new Magic Mouse and upgraded widescreen ...

Apple rolls out software updates for Magic Mouse
MacBytes.com — Own a Magic Mouse ?. Waiting for a Magic Mouse software update from Apple . Well your waiting days are over. Apple has made available for its users the much awaited Magic Mouse software updates. ...

Magic Mouse Giveaway: Send Us Your Best Workspace Pic
Cult of Mac — ... and post a pic of your workspace at its best on our wall? On Sunday, we’ll pick our favorite pic and send them a brand new Magic Mouse. Pro Tip: We’ll also be doing another giveaway exclusively on Facebook next week so if you don’t pick up the Magic Mouse, you still could win some other cool stuff. Posted by ...

Magic Mouse lands at many local Apple stores
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... ) today for a quick look around and saw many people playing with the new Magic Mouse. I tried a few 'moves' with in and it seemed a bit nicer and more responsive than I expected. My old Apple wired mouse was starting to wear out so I asked one of the Apple guys when they were coming in. He said "20 minutes ago," so I was snared. ...

Review: I Want To Love The Magic Mouse, But I Can’t
Cult of Mac — ... 1:20 am, October 30th, 2009, Leander Kahney P1040341 I’m a multitouch junkie. Everything I touch has to be multitouch, or it just ain’t right. I can no longer use a regular laptop trackpad — there’s no two-finger scrolling. It irritates me no end if I can’t point, scroll and double-click with my fingers. How long will it take then, to get used to the Apple’s new Magic Mouse ? So far, it’s been frustrating. It seems like the Magic Mouse would be perfectly natural to use, but it isn’t. P1040377 P1040365 The big problem is that the Magic Mouse doesn’t operate completely like a ...

Video: Up close with the Magic Mouse
Macworld — ... that come with the new Magic Mouse . The Magic Mouse has a striking design and supports Multi-Touch gestures. A retail version of the Magic Mouse will be available soon for $69. In the video below, I take a close look at Apple's new mouse. I'll show you what I liked and disliked, and I’ll also show how the Multi-Touch gestures work. Macworld’s ...

Is the Magic Mouse a dog?
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... I liked the Magic Mouse when I saw it at my local Apple Store, so I took one home for my Mac Pro. It seemed to work for awhile, but now it is very erratic at tracking and speed, even when ...

Mice buying guide
Macworld — ... ); Apple ] [ Rik Myslewski has been writing about the Mac since 1989. He has been the editor in chief of MacAddict (now Mac|Life), the executive editor of MacUser (Ziff-Davis) and the director of MacUser Labs, and the executive producer of Macworld Live. His blog can be found on ...

Magic Mouse Acquires Windows Drivers, Extra Mac Capabilities
Mac|Life — ... Apple’s swanky new Magic Mouse was the talk of the tech world when it was introduced last month, but when it started arriving in users’ hands, the dialogue turned more to what it couldn’t do. But thanks to some ingenious hackers and shareware authors, your mouse is about to acquire a lot more in the way of magical skills. ...

Use a Magic Mouse on a Windows PC [Mouse]
Lifehacker — [image] If you've been intrigued by Apple's pricey Magic Mouse but run Windows, or want its multi-touch scrolling powers to work in a Windows installation in Boot Camp, you're in luck. Windows-compatible drivers have been extracted to install at your leisure. From the comments found at the Uneasy Silence blog and our sibling Gizmodo, it seems that installing these drivers extracted from a Bluetooth update for Macs brings finger-controlled scrolling and all basic functionality to Windows. Some of the more complex maneuvers aren't quite working, however, in XP, Vista, or 7. So ...

Magic Mouse Has Landed!
MacNews — ... through long documents, moving back and forth between web pages, was as good or better than with the touchpad/trackpad on my MacBook when it worked. The problem for me with the Bamboo is that it is too sensitive when my skin is very dry. Hello. Winter. Even with the humidifier cranked up, my fingers still get very dry. I think the problem is that the circuitry that allows for both pen and galvanic response is just way too sensitive, at least for my type of skin. Enter the new Magic Mouse ! Now, I've read various complaints about this mouse, but frankly, I haven't seen any of ...

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