Magic mouse: no 3rd button?

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Magic mouse: no 3rd button?

I helped a friend with his new iMac. It came with the Magic Mouse and OSX 10.6.1. I upgraded to 10.6.2 and made the right click working. Still, isn't there any 3rd button? I liked the mouse, so I was considering to buy it myself, but without the 3rd button it's a no go for me. I always assign the 3rd button to Space which I've found very handy. Any way to configure it?

White MacBook 2,1 (Intel), Mac OS X (10.6.2), 2,5GB RAM

Posted on Nov 28, 2009 8:12 AM

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Answer 1

K T

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Nov 28, 2009 8:57 AM in response to Michelasso

I tend to think of the Magic Mouse more as a touchpad that senses finger strokes and multiple touches at one time, rather than a mouse with buttons....with over 130 sensors available on the top surface it is quite a leap in mousing.

I can also imagine 3rd party apps taking advantage of all that tech soon, perhaps with more overt specialization, etc.

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mdoan7

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Dec 9, 2009 2:03 PM in response to Michelasso

You can enable the middle click and swipes with this free app.

BetterTouchTool

I've been running it for a while and it's very stable. I use the middle click/touch all the time in my unix/mac environment and cut/paste works very well going between the systems. The added bonus is that you can set the click to be a "touch" to mimic the touchpad behavior. Sweet.

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