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Magic Mouse not so magic

I purchased the not s magic mouse. I have Mac Book Pro, Imac and Mac Book all are up to date but my magic doesn't do any magic. It is working like a regular mouse( worst that mighty mouse.
Any ideas please.

macbookpro 15-4GbRAM/iMac20-4GBRAM/ATV40GB/iPOD touch /Airport Extreme/iPhone 3G, Mac OS X (10.6), 1.5TB TimeMachine

Posted on Oct 30, 2009 6:33 PM

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Oct 31, 2009 6:48 AM in response to Rick Prather

Yep exact same problem here, running 10.6.1 already had installed magic mouse software update (64mb), unpaired my old mighty mouse, restarted an paired my brand new Magic Mouse successfully, restarted again, went to system preferences only to be presented with no Scrolling, no "Magic" anywhere. just "tracking speed", "double click speed", "scrolling speed" and "primary button".

What on earth is going on here? Please don't say we have to wait until 10.6.2 comes out, that could be weeks away!
This not like Apple!

Simon

Nov 1, 2009 7:04 AM in response to rootdr

Magic Mouse Wireless update does not need OS 10.6.2, I loaded it on top of 10.6.1 At this point all features have worked for me except the one where you can swirl around within a zoomed in photo. I can scroll vertically and horizontally, and do the click features, and the control zoom features without a problem. I think I just need to read somewhere what the circumstances need to be for me to "move around within a photo or screen.

Nov 1, 2009 10:41 AM in response to agiamiul

I did not have any problems installing the new mouse driver and getting it to work, mostly by dumb luck AKA read the instructions last. Everything seems to work except the two finger scrolling through iPhoto and the rotating photos. Any ideas how to get that working or do you need a newer version of iPhoto?

In the pictures on the Apple site, I noticed that the thumbnails in iPhoto were on the right. I could not find a way of doing that with iPhoto 6. Is that another feature that only comes with the newer versions?

Like some of the other commenters, I would like to see more functionality, like a two finger click or tap on the mouse to activate an additional selectable feature.

Nov 3, 2009 5:34 PM in response to agiamiul

Let me add my voice to the growing chorus of puzzled "Magic" Mouse buyers.

I've got 10.6.1 (the latest available update) installed on my late 2008 MacBook Pro. I followed the directions re pairing the mouse and installing the software, yet no "magic". Found the USB Overdrive thread, went so far as to trash the uninstaller for that program. I've searched for any and all other mouse software and deleted it. My Logitech Connection software has now been trashed and all preferences have been removed. I've removed preferences that in any way might be related to mousing, yet still no magic. It's just a standard mouse, no scrolling, swiping, etc.

The Mouse system preferences option contains for Tracking Speed and Scrolling Speed (on the left half of the window) and Double-Click Speed and Primary Mouse Button (on the right). There's also an option for Zoom Scrolling below. No mention of Momentum Scrolling anywhere. I've trashed the System Preferences preference file too.

I've trashed preference files, restarted, downloaded and installed the Magic Mouse software update (1.0) no less than 4 times. I'm at a complete loss about this and I can't seem to find any answers anywhere.

What gives?

Interesting, on my one month old iMac running 10.6.1, the software update won't even install. Instead, the error message referring to the need for 10.6.2 shows up.

Again, what gives?

This is ridiculous.

Magic Mouse not so magic

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