Microsoft’s new mouse has bendable tail
You can snap Microsoft’s new wireless mouse into a curved position to power it up or flatten it when it needs powering down. How cool is that?
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How to make your Mac’s mouse cursor bigger
macOS provides a nifty little feature to make the cursor larger temporarily when you quickly move your finger on the trackpad or quickly move the mouse. If you’d like to permanently make the cursor bigger so that it’s easier to see, you can do that, too, as explained in this quick tutorial.
10 great mice under $20
Did you know that you could score a great computer mouse for under $20? Whether you’re looking for one without wires, or one built specifically for gaming, there are some good options for everyone in this seemingly limited price range.
For this accessory roundup, we attempted to track down the 10 best mice under $20. As usual, we looked at a variety of things when making our selections such as customer feedback, reviewer feedback, our own experience, and features.
How to disable inertial scrolling on your Mac
Also known as inertial scrolling, this feature made its way into Mac computers with a multi-touch trackpad or Magic Mouse. Since this behavior may not appeal to everyone, we’ve put together a tutorial to teach you how to disable inertial scrolling with just a few clicks.
How to use your iPhone as a mouse or trackpad
Your iOS devices have some of the best touch screens out there and Mobile Mouse Remote is a great app that provides this functionality with ease of use in mind.
My 5 favorite accessories to use with my MacBook Pro
Whenever I’m using my MacBook Pro, there are a number of third-party accessories I like to use to glorify my user experience based on what I may be using it for. In this piece, I’ll share with you my five favorite accessories that I use with my 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display regularly.
With this time-saving shortcut, you can quickly set some Mac display options
In addition to adjusting the screen resolution and choosing between the available display modes on your Mac, OS X’s System Preferences application gives you additional display options to play with.
If you use display zoom, a great feature for people with less than perfect eyesight who find themselves squinting at the screen all the time, or you want to quickly access common features related to making items on the screen easier to see and the display easier to read, use the following time-saving shortcut to quickly adjust these options.
Teardown analysis of Magic accessories finds chips from other Apple products and more tidbits
Repair experts over at iFixit have performed an interesting triple teardown of Apple’s latest Magic accessories—the Magic Mouse 2, Magic Trackpad 2 and Magic Keyboard—and found that all three devices are outfitted with many of the same chips also found in other Apple products.
On the downside, Apple’s unified approach to engineering the new Magic devices has resulted in just 3 out of 10 in iFixit’s Repairability ratings due to high level of integration and excessive amount of adhesive.
Magic Mouse 2 review: rechargeable and sturdier, but is it worth the upgrade?
I’ve been a huge proponent of the Magic Mouse ever since it first debuted. I use this mouse almost daily, even though I have a MacBook with a trackpad.
When editing video in Final Cut Pro X, a mouse is pretty much a necessity due to the precision required. With this in mind, the Magic Mouse is one of my most cherished companions when it comes to my daily workflow.
As you know, Apple just updated its Magic Mouse with several new features. The headlining feature of the new Magic Mouse is its built-in rechargeable battery. The new mouse is also lighter with a sturdier build and features an optimized foot design for better movement. But for existing Magic Mouse users, is it worth the upgrade?
10 things I dislike about Apple’s new Magic gadgets
I’m a huge fan of Apple’s wireless keyboard, mouse and trackpad. My daily driver is a 2014 MacBook Air model and I also own a 27-inch Apple Thunderbolt Display which gets hooked up to the Air when I’m tied to my desk.
And of course, I also own a Magic Mouse, Magic Trackpad and Apple’s Wireless Keyboard. These accessories soup up my desktop computing with precision input, wireless design and small footprint.
That being said, I’m currently on the fence of upgrading to Apple’s new Magic Mouse 2, Magic Trackpad 2 and Magic Keyboard. I’m sure I’ll eventually purchase them just because I’m sick and tired of buying new alkaline batteries every few weeks.
But right not, I’m having second thoughts because not everything about the new Magic devices is as rosy as Apple paints it.
Apple’s refreshed Magic accessories have introduced a new Bluetooth pairing process
Apple’s just announced Magic accessories—the $99 Magic Keyboard, $79 Magic Mouse 2 and $129 Magic Trackpad 2—don’t just feature a refreshed design with an integrated litium-ion battery, Bluetooth 4.0 and a built-Lightning port for recharging, but a new way to pair them with your computer.
The previous-generation mouse, keyboard and trackpad had to be paired to your Mac using the standard wireless pairing process for Bluetooth-compatible peripherals: you would go through the Bluetooth pane of OS X’s System Preferences to scan for Bluetooth device and pair one to your computer.
With the Magic Trackpad 2, Magic Mouse 2 and Magic Keyboard, the pairing process has been vastly simplified, however.
Meet Apple’s new Magic Mouse 2, Magic Trackpad 2 and Magic Keyboard
In addition to refreshing its iMac lineup with enhanced screen technology and faster chips across all models, giving the 21.5-inch iMac a brand new Retina 4K display and removing non-5K Retina models from the 27-inch lineup, Apple has also introduced a trio of new accessories today.
As rumored before, the second-generation Magic Mouse and Magic Trackpad have been announced, as well as an all-new aluminum keyboard marketed under the Magic Keyboard moniker.