Just updated my iPad Pro to iPadOS 13.4, and was able to pair my Magic Mouse 1 to it. Point and click work just fine, however can't get scrolling gesture to work. Is this a known bug or is it just me ?
iPad Pro 10.5-inch, Wi-Fi
Apple documentation is very clear as to the user interface devices supported by the iPadOS 13.4 update. The Apple Magic Keyboard, Magic Mouse 2 and Magic Trackpad 2 all have full support - plus generic support is added for third-party input devices.
The original Magic Mouse and Trackpad were not designed or intended to operate with iPadOS - and whilst not supported by iPadOS, remain fully operable with the Mac computers for which they were designed to operate.
Generic device support provides basic input functionality. For example, many Mice require a manufacturer-supplied “driver” to be installed to enable additional “buttons” (beyond the basic/generic left/right mouse-buttons) and any proprietary “touch” functionality. Additional device driver installation is not (and never has been) supported on iOS platforms. For this reason, basic devices, such as a “basic” mouse seem to have full OS support - whereas a feature-rich Mouse (with many bells-and-whistles) only provides its basic functions when connected to iPad.
Many here are clearly disappointed in that the older-generation Magic Mouse/Trackpad, expressly designed for Mac, are not supported by iPadOS - however, all computing systems have limits as to the type of devices that it can support. Older hardware and devices are often not forward-compatible with new operating systems.
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.
It specifically says it's not supported for the magic mouse 1. Different technology from the magic mouse 2:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211008 under Navigate Your Mouse in a standalone box. (Screenshot attached.)
Yes, it is. The context of the quote though is that Apple went out of their way to cut off MM1 owners while supporting MM2, which from the software (drivers) perspective are totally the same. I understand well that this logic doesn’t stretch to smartphones and iPads as the performance across span of 11 years differs greatly (and there’s a need to adapt to different resolutions and so on).
PS Sorry to you and mj_ali for the tone of my last comments. I was in a bit of a bad mood.
That is correct. Your initial comment was, at best, misleading.
Yes kinda B.S considering the mouse supports this function.
How is it b.s?
Magic Mouse 1 not scrolling
