Magic Mouse 1 not scrolling

I have a Magic Mouse 1 which I purchased in December 2009 and I can still scroll. With your finger drag your finger in a downward motion to scroll it towards the bottom and to scroll upwards then push your finger upward to scroll up. Also when replacing your AA batteries with new ones. Open the back cover and take out the old AA batteries. Be sure to use a q-tip to rub the (+) and the (-) where the AA battery sits in the battery slots. All AA battery leaves a battery residue so when you rid of the battery residue then your mouse is good to go. If you don't clean of the AA battery residue then your magic mouse will be sluggish.

Apple I love. And for God’s sake, please add scrolling support for the Magic Mouse 1. I wouldn’t curse you for missing out on this obvious and required feature, but giving pointer navigation and cutting out on scrolling kinda feels like a joke played upon us lesser mortals who may not have the funds to purchase MM2 now.

Shame on you Apple, this is really ridiculous!!

Just absurd. Shame on you!

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Well, it was so long ago that I had clearly forgotten its provenance. It must have appeared well after my first professional foray into the world of Mac, with my Mac Plus and SE, used for early CAD work.

Your sarcasm does you little credit. Save it for the playground.

I started my Mac life on one of the first “Pizza box” Macs in the late 1980’s, early 1990’s.

Used it for DTP and multimedia work when PageMaker was NOT yet owned by Adobe.

I believe PageMaker was designed, developed and owned by a company called Claris, back then.

For multimedia work way back on that Mac, I was using a Mac program called Authorware

Ooops! The “Yup” reply was supposed to go to another post.

The reply here is...

Just FYI...we do not know if this feature (Magic Mouse 1) will work with iPad in the future. 

We really should not have discussions of Apple policies or procedures or speculation on Apple decisions...we might be proven very wrong!  😉

You’re making it sound like the Magic Mouse 1 is an ancient technology and hence, not compatible with the new iPad OS because the new OS is a technological breakthrough that cannot simply be compatible with an inferior ancient technology of the past.

As a skeptical consumer, the incompatibility issue seems more in line with a strategy to get consumers to buy Magic Mouse 2. If I buy the Magic Mouse 2, I am only enabling the consume and trash behavior that many corporates use to get buyers to buy more.

Yes, but as someone who spends money on Apple products each year I think it's fair to question the 'fact' and even disagree with the 'fact.' You can accept this, but don't tell someone to buy a different product when the MM1 is still relevant and functions quite well.

Hah! No apology needed, and I hope I am not getting you riled. Suggestion - read the following 📝 with this recent untouched photo of me in mind: 🤓 Yes, I know I am slightly jaundiced. No need to point it out.

**Again...we do not know if this feature (Magic Mouse 1) will work with iPad in the future. That is up to 🍎 

You really should not speculate on Apple’s decisions (TOU 2. (1.) (2.))...you might be proven wrong...like some were when they were outspoken about the iPad mouse/trackpad support not ever going to happen...and of course...it is here. 

Not only do people want and use this new functionality they want to improve upon it. 

I understand your perspective...(abridged) “old technology, move on”. Got it. Everyone gets it. You have been very clear with personal anecdotes and factoids that support your position in an attempt to educate people to reality and your personal biases. I hope you can understand other perspectives which do not align with yours. They are simply advocating for more utility that suits them. Of course you can debate the value of that utility...and you have, albeit from a biased perspective. 

You truly are a help to so many people on these forums (including me). Can you please let others share their frustrations without dismissing or attempting to invalidate their thoughts. Maybe even try to empathize with them/their frustrations. Their frustrations are a valid form of constructive criticism. 

Something like...”I honestly do not know what Apple’s reasoning to not support the Magic Mouse 1 yet. Many people share your frustration and hopefully Apple will support the Magic Mouse 1 and Magic Trackpad 1 in the near future. In the meantime maybe you could take the time to leave feedback for Apple here... https://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html “

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100% agree. What’s the point of using the mouse if I have to tap on my iPad just to scroll up or down. Basically makes the mouse obsolete. In fact tapping with the ipad is easier than clicking with the mouse! So scrolling should be the #1 feature used by the mouse! I want to be able to scroll from home page to home page (left/right between my apps) with the iPad too.

Also, the double tap feature that normally puts you in expose on the MacBook is just absent. Why??? I suspect a new Apple mouse being released soon they as always they want to make our current products out of use and requiring an update.

I mean seriously, as we speak I’m trying to scroll with my mouse to the top of this very page and nothing happens. If they want to make the iPad Pro really PRO then they should allow this > 5 year old mouse to work with it. Seems like a pretty easy thing to integrate but somehow they refuse.

Apple cannot force you to do anything. We have the power of choice over which technology we upgrade and which we don't, but logically, because technology itself is not static, at some point there will be limitations, and that's where choice -- and personal responsibility -- comes in.

I am making the choice to stick with my older magic mouse first gen while using my iPad Pro. I'm just using modifications to scroll. It's not Apple's responsibility to cater to my choices, nor is it the world's responsibility to stop the progression of technological innovation because I want them to figure out how to make my magic mouse 1st gen, something created 11 years ago, to do everything a 2nd gen can do with my iPad. It's my responsibility to either find solutions and workarounds or choose to upgrade or whatever.

I choose to drive an older car. Is it the car dealer's fault that I don't have built-in GPS or other next-gen tech in my car? No, it's just reality. When the car manufacturer designed my car, did they have some foresight that it would be lacking in certain features that would become available in the future? Maybe in a Sci-Fi novel, but likely not reality.

I use my technology until it starts using me. It's just how I'm wired. Until Feb of 2019 I was using a 27" 2011 iMac that couldn't upgrade. The graphics card finally died and I got a 2015 27" from my local premium provider that runs flawlessly. I fail to see how my using the life out of a 27" 2011 iMac is planned obsolescence or somehow Apple's fault, in the same way that I fail to see how using a mouse designed for 11yo technology is planned obsolescence or irresponsibility or forcing of anything.

We all have the choice to go through life assuming that everyone else is "going out of their way to cut off users" or "not wanting to do additional work" or we could exercise some measure of personal responsibility and find a healthy balance. And that is probably the most important choice of all.

Talk to the third party app developers.

They are the ones who do not want to support 8 and 9-year old Apple mobile devices, any longer.

Not just Apple.

AND, how long do you think Apple should support their older mobile devices for?

Apple supports new iPad models for up to 5-6 years with third party app developers supporting these unsupported iPads for another, additional 2-3 years after!

So, that is a total of between 7-9 years of iPad/iOS support!

Other device maker and other mobile operating systems and their app developers offer a whole lot less support time than Apple!

Older iPad models, like the iPad 2, 3, 4 and 1st gen iPad Mini have ALL reached this support limit!

I have been telling users here this inevitabilty was coming for the past 4 years that older iPad models were going to come to an end after Apple introduced its new 64-bit code iOS versions back in 2016, with the introduction of iOS 11.

But everyone who had older iPads then decided to keep using them until the final, bitter end.

Well, the end of these old iPad 1, 2, 3, 4 and 1st gen iPad Mini models is now here!

All support has ended.

If these old iPad models all still have apps older apps on them, then these old iPads should still be able to be used and function at some level.

If these device try and get used as a new or reset device, these old iPads ard done!

No Personal technology maker and app developer is going to support their devices forever! Not gonna happen!