This happened to me as well, and it turned out to be that my mouse battery was low. Issue 4: Magic Mouse Keeps Disconnecting or Freezing on Mac The solution? Upgrade to a newer macOS version. To check what macOS your Mac is running, click the Apple logo on the top left corner and select About This Mac. Well, the culprit turned out to be OS X Yosemite, which contains the worst bugs related to Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Apple Mail. I couldn’t scroll up, down, left or right with one finger. My Magic Mouse 2 was successfully connected to my Mac, and I could move the mouse cursor with no problem, but the scrolling function didn’t work at all. Issue 3: Magic Mouse One Finger Scroll Doesn’t Work Quite a few times, when I turned on the switch at an inappropriate time, I couldn’t locate or use the mouse at all and had to restart my Mac. Note: If you are like me, and tend to slide the mouse switch to “off” after shutting down my Mac for the sake of saving battery, be sure to slide the switch to “on” first before you start your Mac machine. Charge it for several minutes (or replace the AA batteries with new ones if you are using a traditional Magic Mouse 1) and retry. If that still doesn’t help, your mouse battery could be low. Also, make sure your Mac Bluetooth is turned on.
Video can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: How To Connect Apple Magic Mouse To Mac () Issue 2: Magic Mouse Won’t Connect or Pairįirst of all, make sure your wireless mouse is switched. Watch this 1-minute youtube video made by Dan. Magic Mouse Issues on macOS Issue 1: How to Connect Magic Mouse to Mac for the Very First Time In this guide, I share those issues and solutions with Magic Mouse. I’ve faced quite a few other issues, especially when I used Magic Mouse on my PC (HP Pavilion, Windows 10). This is just one of the problems I encountered with my magic mouse 2. The issue was resolved after I spent a few hours updating the Mac to a newer macOS. The reason? Long story short: the device wasn’t compatible with the macOS version that my MacBook Pro was running. I opened it excitedly, turned it on and paired it to my Mac, only to find that it wouldn’t scroll up and down! But that was not the case when I first received it over a year ago. I use a Magic Mouse 2, and never have a problem with it. I’ve tried but always ended up feeling like something was missing. It may be a bad habit I just find it hard to change.
Our ultimate goal is to turn the ExtraMagic into a feature-complete, macOS-like Magic Trackpad driver for Windows.I have to admit it: I rely heavily on a mouse when I’m working on my computer.Įven now, when I write this article, the only tool I use is the Mac keyboard - but I’m still used to moving my finger to touch my Apple mouse now and then.
The ExtraMagic provides convenient shortcuts for changing the Boot Camp driver settings, as well as helps to install the proper Boot Camp driver for your PC.ĮxtraMagic software can be used infinitely with no need to pay for (although the donations are highly appreciated, as they would give us an ability to dedicate more time and effort towards improving the ExtraMagic). These ExtraMagic gestures are highly configurable: now you get more customizations in Windows than in macOS!įor the maximum compatibility and reliability, ExtraMagic is designed so that all of the basic 1-finger and 2-finger operations are handled with the native (Apple-provided) Boot Camp driver. * 4-finger tap, 4-finger horizontal and vertical swipes. * 3-finger dragging, 3-finger tap, 3-finger horizontal and vertical swipes. To PC or Boot Camp, and, most importantly, enables 3-finger / 4-finger gestures in Windows 8 / 10, as following:
ExtraMagic :: Control Panel, Driver Installer, and Gesture Enabler for Magic Trackpad on a Windows platform (for PC and Boot Camp)Īn Apple Magic Trackpad / Magic Trackpad 2 connected to a PC (or to a Mac running Windows 8 / 10 via Boot Camp) supports only the basic features for 1 and 2 fingers, just enough to operate as 2-button mouse with a scroll wheel.Īn ExtraMagic is the long-awaited solution which serves as Control Panel for both Magic Trackpads, puts the drivers