Ha, I bought a thrift store Dymo with loads of tape about a week ago, knew I'd find a use for it. The Dymo tape cut to fit the bottom of the sliders has worked a treat! I made sure to clean off the sliders with lighter fluid before attaching. Will see how it goes after use, but currently sliding like a dream. So thanks for the tip!
I have the same exact problem. The black pads are a little worn which I'm sure is what is causing it. The scraping sound drives me CRAZY!
This is nothing to do with the battery cover because it still occurs when you take the cover off. Mine is a new mouse (with my first iMac) and therefore no worn down pads,
The material for the two slides seems entirely inappropriate.
Apple as the leader in design aesthetics? Forget it - this is a very bad design and they choose to do nothing about it.I have had many other mice over the years but never one that is so completely spoilt by this horrible scraping.
Same problem here, I HATE this mouse with a bloodied passion! This is truly awful work by a world leading manufacturer. In addition to the scaping, the whole 'iPhone-esque' scrolling is a complete joke for a power user.
For those who can't stand this anymore and yet are reluctant to chuck the **** thing away, I offer this as a partial solution. Take a craft knife and carefully scrape the sliders in the middle 40mm in such a way as to leave a high spot approximately 5-10mm at each corner. Cover the aluminium body with masking tape and then carefully rub down the slides with very fine wet and dry abrasive paper. I suggest not coarser than 600 grit.
The aim is to let the mouse "skate' on 4 short pads (like every other mouse I have ever seen) and not on the full length of the skids.
Now, why couldn't some of Steve Job's whiz kids think of that?
fliders just stick onto the bottom of the sliders...like tape. its a ten dollar thin strip of tape...
just get some scotch tape and cut it (carefully) to fit to the slider and align it correctly
I had the same issue. My battery cover was scaping the desk and getting worn, and this after only six months of use! I agree that this is a design flaw.
I looked around on the web and found a company selling teflon tape for any mouse. It was cheap. I cut stips to size and installed them. Very simple, and it has held up wonderfully. It makes the mouse slide just a bit easier, but not so easy that it becomes difficult to use as a trackpad. The reason Apple created a mouse that doesn't glide like others relates to the trackpad/gestures features. If it can't stick in place a bit, it's hard to swipe around on the top. The MM takes getting used to, but I love mine now. It's especially impressive to others who watch what I am able to do with very little effort. On the other hand, my PC-using kids just hate the mouse. On the other other hand, they don't "borrow" it from me. And this is no small advantage.
I'm having the same issue. General use has scraped off all the metallic paint just below the apple logo on the bottom. Has anyone sought to have their mouse replaced? I've barely had this thing for 4 months.
I have the same issue as well, where the metallic paint is coming off and discoloring the desk. I took the metal battery plate off and bent the plate upwards in the middle to eliminate the skid. At least this might buy more time at work before I get a resolution with IT.
I took the black sliders off (they come out, just take the battery cover off, take the batteries out, and you can gently pop the black sliders out and save them if you want to replace them later). Then cut two felt pieces that are the same length but a little wider than the black sliders. But the batteries back in, put the cover back on, and place them in the spaces where the original sliders were. This works perfectly on desks and is quiet, fast, smooth, and accurate =)
I have used Fliders on worn magic mouse rails and they were not very long lasting before they wore away. I split a half inch Dymo label tape in half lengthwise and applied the appropriate length of the tape to the magic mouse rails, and the difficulties caused by worn rails are fixed. I think this fix will be longer lasting than using Fliders, and easier than cutting scotch tape to fit. If necessary 2 layers of tape on each rail could be used. Perhaps different widths of label tape would work better, but this works well.
I used the non-permanent type label tape. I have not tested the permanent variety. Use a fresh utility blade for this.
Magic Mouse scraping on bottom, marking counter
