Magic Mouse Right Click

There is only one button on the MagicMouse, it knows whether one wants a right click only if it senses a single finger on the right of the mouse. Anything else is considered a primary click.

This is disappointing oversight.

It's quite difficult to find a hand position on the mouse where you don't have 2 fingers touching the surface - which means it assumes every click is a right click. Having to lift the index (right) finger every time you click is a pain, literally.

I've gone back to my old mouse it was so annoying. Unless they fix this, I'm ditching the magic mouse altogether.

I discovered the same issue and it took about an hour, maybe two, before it felt normal. I also struggled with the scrolling for about as long. Since there is only one button I don't see any other way for the mouse to know to pay attention to a sensor on the right over a sensor on the left when both are activated unless you can measure and meter the pressure through the plastic skin.

It's certainly a limitation, but one I will live with as I'm pretty tired of cleaning the ball on the Mighty Mouse. I've been cleaning the balls and spoke wheel sensors on mice since my IIci, this includes Kensington Turbo Trackballs, Logitech mouse-of-the-month, and many other brands of mice. The mouse I'm using right now will scroll down, but not up. It seems like the time between cleanings is getting shorter all the time.

Since it doesn't cause a physical problem for me to lift my left finger while pressing down with by right finger, I will gladly switch to a mouse that will work for years without having to worry that dust, cat hair, finger oil, etc will eventually cause tracking issues. It's my biggest complaint for the Mighty mouse and I've had several clients call me to get a new Mighty Mouse because they believe theirs is broken.

I turned on a hot corner to replace the button I'd set for Dashboard and I never used the side buttons for Exposé.

Not a perfect device, but I'm going to be getting them for several machines. Meanwhile, I will trade any of my clients a Mighty Mouse for a Magic Mouse, and even offer a few bucks or discount a repair. 🙂

The button clicks of my magic mouse was inverted (left was the right, right was the
left), this in a brand new macbook pro. So I plugged my old Migthy Mouse and reconfigured the buttons.

I don't know why, but now when I connect the Magic Mouse, this works like a charm.