![]() (it's slowly improving, but right-click context menus are not really in the Apple culture). Option-Shift-Command-Delete really, so I'm modifying a modification or a modifier key? Wow, that's totally discoverable. Unusable and unpredictable acceleration curve with no exposed configuration to tune it, and decades of trying everything possible to avoid having a second button has created all kinds of nonstandard ways of handling right mouse clicks and all kinds of legacy keyboard gyrations for simple actions that could just be handled through a right-click context menu. To make matters worse, the way mouse inputs are handled is similarly bad. ![]() Problems with their pointer devices are noticeable to anybody withing the first 5 minutes of using the device. They're practically unusable, poorly tested, unreliable, overly expensive garbage. If Apple starts designing mice we all want to use - it is a sign their engineering practices have turned upside down and their products will not have the same minimalistic qualities that make them incredibly popular.Īpple mice suck. ![]() > Apple mice seem to be the canary in the coal mine. If they ever add gestures for copy / paste I won't know what to do with myself. It is also nice in an IDE where I spend most of my time because you can navigate select and modify all in single hand stroke. And for Photoshop it is a huge productivity booster. I do 3D work as a hobby from my old simulation days, and now days I use Blender, the pan, room, rotate is so natural with a trackpad it is unbelievable. I really think Apple has done a poor job of marketing this one, as I think most that have used it would agree, it is a mouse killer. One day I realized that I just never pulled my mouse out of my bag anymore. If I used a desktop, I would use the peripheral trackpad no doubt, I could no go back to a mouse now.Īnother poster mentioned above that they slowly realized that they stopped using their mouse, that is what happened to me as well. The point being, it is nothing like a traditional trackpad experience and for me personally it is superior to a mouse. 2 finger click to right click, the list goes on. You swipe two fingers to scroll up/down click the pad to click. There are no buttons the whole thing is a button. It is a multi-touch device similar to the iphone but without the display. ![]() Using MagicPrefs' realtime graphical display as a guide, find the settings you feel most comfortable with.Apple's trackpad is vastly different from a traditional trackpad. The slider bars control Tracking Speed and Touch Sensitivity. How to configure your Magic Mouse using MagicPrefs When you've configured the mouse to your requirements, you can save your settings as a preset, enabling you to store different custom settings for different tasks. It's incredibly comprehensive, and easy to set up. The really exciting news is that the very latest version of MagicPrefs adds support for swipe gestures, as well as two-and three fingered pinches, both inwards and outwards. You don't have to enable them all, of course – if a specific gesture is getting in the way by being activated accidentally, simply uncheck it. A tap has you touching the device without pressing the button. According to the program's website, the Tap Sensitivity bar 'implements an advanced algorithm that impacts a number of factors used to determine taps.' The Clicks & Taps panel offers pulldown options that you can activate using your single-or multiple fingered gestures.Ī click involves pressing the mouse button with the required number of fingers touching the surface of the device.
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