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Magic mouse middle button???

Hi there,

got this mouse for Christmas, but to my amazement it doesn't have a middle button which I miss a lot... I have read other posts with suggestions about code written by other folks, but would like to know if there is anything new-reliable-stable around. Also, any chance of getting Apple to do it? I must confess I would not have bought it had I known it didn't have a middle button. I could always return it I suppose...

Thanks.

iMac 20", Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Dec 25, 2009 2:19 AM

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arkadian Author

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Jan 4, 2010 4:24 AM in response to lakeshore

MagicRefs is very good for the middle button, but I agree that the other functionality are far too awkward.
However, as I said before, I cannot recommend enough BetterThanTouch. I expect that in a short while I will be able to make jam as well with my MM.

Alas, I do not think any of these apps work on Windows.

Dah•veed

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Jan 4, 2010 6:44 AM in response to arkadian

Are you actually speaking of the BetterTouchTool? There is no BetterThanTouch for the Magic Mouse that I can locate.

Dah•veed

arkadian Author

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Jan 4, 2010 6:48 AM in response to arkadian

Apologies, my mistake, yes, BetterTouchTool (BTT) (I was about to make the same mistake 🙂

Jan 8, 2010 9:01 PM in response to Dah•veed

You said you were able to rotate pictures on the MM using BTT. Howdya do that? I've been trying to figure out to get to rotate stuff....

arkadian Author

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Jan 9, 2010 8:37 AM in response to thechilibuddy

Hi,

all you have to do is link the appropriate shortcut (I have it defined in Preview and iPhoto) with a gesture of your liking. I don't think that a "rotate" gesture, like the one in the track pad, is defined; I use two finger tiptap right and left for Preview and tap right and left for iPhoto (planning to change that, but haven't done it yet).

If in doubt, ask on the BTT forum:)

Cheers.

Mar 16, 2010 1:45 PM in response to arkadian

In case Apple is watching, I put another vote out for updated software giving us that middle mouse button.

It's such a pretty mouse I would hate to have to junk it simply because I'm lacking that last button. I'll check out the 3rd party software in the meantime.

lol - as a PC user I go, "I love 3rd party software it's always exactly what you need. You scale up your usability by adding the components you need as you need them." whenever I look at a mac though I've got expectations that "Mac should have gotten it right the first time because they're targeting us to be ready out of the box. They should even have extra features that I didn't think about." That's a tough bar they've set for themselves.

Magic mouse middle button???