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Al Loper Author

Level 1

64 points

Magic Mouse Guide for Windows 7 and Vista,,,

Hello All,

I recieved my Magic Mouse and it works great under OSX but I couldn't get it working under Windows at all. Searching here and around the web, I've compiled a guide on how I got it working. Hopefully, Apple will release proper drivers in the future but for now, here is what I did:

Turn mouse off...if you have already tried installing, remove the device and then turn the mouse off. To remove it, open Start, type "Devices" and press enter. Select "remove device"...Now let's get started:

1) Update the Bluetooth Driver.
Open Device Manager.
Start > (Right Click Computer) > Properties. Click Device Manager in upper left of this window. Double click (Bluetooth Radios), Right click on "Generic Bluetooth" and select "Properties". Open the Driver tab and then select "Update Driver". Click "Browse my computer for driver software". On the next screen, towards the bottom, click on "Let me pick from a list of device drivers...". Uncheck "Show compatible hardware". Select "Apple" and then "Apple built in bluetooth". Done

2)In the notification area of the task bar, right click on Bluetooth icon and select "Add a device". Turn on your mouse. It will show up on screen. Right click on the mouse icon. Select Properties. Select the "Services" tab and check the "Drivers for keyboard, mice, etc". The mouse may disappear from the screen since it's been added. Windows is still looking for other devices so click "Cancel".

3) Disable power management for Bluetooth Radio. Open device manager, open Bluetooth Radios and right click on "Apple Bluetooth". Select the "Power Management". Uncheck "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power".

4) Reboot computer. Mouse should be working in Windows 7/Vista now.

* If you reboot and your mouse is still not working, click on the mouse two or three times. On my system, the mouse will not begin working until I do this, every time I boot my system. *

Hope this helps,

Al

Macbook Pro 13", Mac OS X (10.6.1)

Posted on Nov 3, 2009 4:13 PM

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Sascha H-K

Level 2

330 points

Posted on Nov 5, 2009 1:42 AM

i have connected magic mouse on the first attempt to my mbp with win7 32bit bc.

left/right click ok, but no scrolling ..

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MickRoss

Level 1

0 points

Aug 6, 2010 8:08 AM in response to theotherkiwi

Yep that has worked now. I was using Bluesolei software to manage bluetooth. deleted the mouse. removed the software, back to HP / windows 7 bluetooth management software and restarted. Then found everything okay. vertical scroll working brilliantly. thank you

Aug 6, 2010 3:21 PM in response to MickRoss

Cool. You may also want to lower the sensitivity of the mouse otherwise it can feel a bit out of control.

By default, my machine was set to move 3 lines for each scroll wheel movement. With this mouse, only 1 or 2 lines are required because you have a fairly large surface area to use the scroll finger gesture on.

Aug 10, 2010 5:52 PM in response to smitty25

That link and the links on uneasysilence are down now. I can't find the drivers anywhere.

Aug 10, 2010 6:02 PM in response to Tobstar007

I found them on download.com but I hate to say it but it goes without saying, just google it!

You can either get the drivers themselves or the BT update exe file and use RAR tools to extract the driver exe files from it.

Aug 13, 2010 8:17 AM in response to theotherkiwi

Right. Not being funny, but I literally cannot find the Windows 7 32bit Magic Mouse drivers ANYWHERE on the internet. I've been on download.com, I've googled up to my eyeballs. Could someone please link me to the drivers download?

Thanks

Aug 13, 2010 5:01 PM in response to TimEdwins7

Good god man...you mean, this one:

http://drivers.softpedia.com/progDownload/Apple-Bluetooth-Driver-10-for-Windows- Download-86084.html

ew5371

Level 1

9 points

Aug 15, 2010 1:10 PM in response to Al Loper

I could not get my Magic Mouse to pair with Windows 7 after upgrading in BootCamp from Windows XP.

I read all sorts of "solutions" online that did not work. Then, I went through several hours of talking to support people at Mac, then they referred me to Microsoft, and the support person there could not help either.

I was directed to call back to Mac support by Microsoft, and while I was on the phone waiting to connect with the Mac Tech support once again, I tried again to pair my Magic Mouse with Windows 7. I right-clicked this time on the mouse in the add-a-device window and found a properties option. I clicked on it, and lo and behold a little box was on the next page. That box asked if I wanted to add the driver for my device. Even though the driver was already there as verified by the Mac tech support the first time I called them. When I clicked on the box a dialog window popped up immediately and added the driver, and bingo my mouse is now magic again. No reinstalling Windows 7 as suggested, no adding and removing the mouse on the mac side, etc. Try it, it is easy and it works

Aug 16, 2010 2:22 AM in response to ew5371

That's how the "Add a device" window works. It shows the detected hardware then allows you to add a driver. The driver loaded previously would have been the HID driver that Windows 7 adds for any generic mouse connection.

ew5371

Level 1

9 points

Aug 26, 2010 8:02 AM in response to theotherkiwi

Exactly, but the tier 1 and 2 support at Windows didn't know how to make the generic driver quit loading instead of the Boot Camp driver. They kept referring me back to Mac support, and yet it's their software?

Aug 26, 2010 12:13 PM in response to ew5371

Thanks! The steps you outlined work perfectly. I right-clicked on the "Add A Device" button, clicked the checkbox for the BlueTooth services support driver, and now my magic mouse works perfectly in Windows 7. 🙂

mcaffer

Level 1

0 points

Sep 11, 2010 10:38 AM in response to Al Loper

I've followed the information here and successfully installed a Magic Mouse on an Acer 64 bit Win 7 machine. Horizontal and vertical scrolling works. I ended up using the AppleBcUpdate.exe download as it seems the most recent (version 3.0.0.6 of the mouse driver). Thanks to all.

Unfortunately, there are a few things that don't work. I'm not sure if they should work of it they are just not supported in Windows or outside of Bootcamp. In particular,

- horizontal scrolling in IE 8.0.7600 (does work in Firefox 3.6.9 and many other apps)
- two finger swipe (e.g., navigate back in a browser) does not work anywhere that I can see
- tap to click. To do left or right mouse click I have to physically click the mouse as opposed to just tapping the surface

Reading over the posts here, there does not seem to be definitive information about what is and is not supported in NON-BOOTCAMP installs of Windows and some people say they have various of the above working. Can someone in the know clarify?

I do wonder about the drivers. When I look in the control panel under Mouse and pointing devices the driver there is a Microsoft driver from some time ago (though it is "located of Apple Wireless Mouse"). Under the HID section there is the Apple Wireless Mouse that appears to have the 3.0.0.6 drivers. Not sure if this setup is right. Note I did also install the broadcomm drivers that are part of the AppleBcUpdate.exe but that did not seem to change anything.

Thanks for any help.
Jeff

Sep 25, 2010 1:43 AM in response to mister klippel

http://support.apple.com/kb/DL952

Dead Link.

However, I got the mouse fully working , but when I restart Windows7x64 the Mouse is not found automatically. To make it work again I have to remove the Device(uninstall it) and research for it, which is a quite tedious process which takes ages.

How to make Windows 7x64 find the Magic mouse after booting automatically ?

An up-to-date step-by-step guide would clarify things.

This is the Driver Driver I tried:
http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2009/11/14588/

Sep 29, 2010 5:16 AM in response to theotherkiwi

Hey,

I love my Magic Mouse so much that I decided to buy one for my mum, for her new Windows 7 Asus laptop (I tried.. believe me I tried)

It works for a little while and then stops.
I can bring it back by disabling the bluetooth and then reenabling it, and reconnecting the device (actually I think I have to delete it as a known device and then re-pair)

It looks like the Asus forgets it after a period of inactivity, but I can't be sure because I don't use it

I'd love to get this sorted out for her, once she realised how good it all is maybe we can finally ditch her Asus and buy a nice MBP for her, until then though, I'd greatly appreciate your help!

Cheers

adshun

Level 1

8 points

Oct 9, 2010 7:29 AM in response to Lee Cardan

Not sure if this link will help but sounds like it may address your problem. I am still trying to just get it to pair with my windows 7.

http://www.narkeeso.com/technology/connecting-magic-mouse/

Oct 10, 2010 12:08 PM in response to Community User

@ das licht

easy, that one.......drove me mad for ages installing, re-installing at every boot in windows

answer for me found on another forum was....left and right click AT THE SAME TIME once booted into windows "switches the mouse on"....you have to do it every time you log on but it has never failed to work

good luck

Magic Mouse Guide for Windows 7 and Vista,,,