Mac users deserve a better mouse

hey Mark you use a mac oh hi yes I do what do you think of the Magic Mouse do you use a Magic Mouse do you use the magic mouse do you use the magic mouse do you use a Magic Mouse oh the Magic Mouse no I hate it no absolutely not what kind of question is that I don't mind it I don't mind it I really like it it's nice and small which is comfortable for my hand and then I just like the the touch options at the top I'm used to it because I've been using it for so long I don't like it but I don't hate it that's the thing why don't you use it no tactility to it there's buttons there's doesn't work for me oh so it appears that despite Apple being the company that brought the mouse to the mainstream many Mac users don't use their magic mouse where have we been having a mouse problem I'm trying to catch them I mean I'm not surprised just look at how you have to charge the thing and it's really too bad because it is a technically Advanced Mouse when it was released in 2009 it brought all the great multi-touch scrolling gestures from the iPhone and MacBook to the desktop [Music] there were a lot of mice when I sat here clearly though that's not enough it's true the only Macs that come with it now are the Aged and expensive Mac Pro and M1 iMac and so it's easy these days for a Mac User to avoid ever having to use one but if you do that are you missing out on any Apple only magic or does this thing just suck [Music] to find out I gave it to Antoine laforge he's the guy who's currently developing the mouse tests for lmg labs and he has some thoughts uh what do you think of the Magic Mouse it's bad really yeah what's so bad about it have you used it it's I've used it a lot for a long time but I haven't I guess I haven't used anything else yeah that might be it was anyways why is it bad mainly the shape that's my main gripe is it the shape is very uncomfortable and inargonomic how do you measure ergonomics like you get way too cramped and the hotages why why would you have sharp edges on the mouse that you have to hold all day it doesn't make sense to me yeah I mean I guess the sharp edges are a little hard to live with it's it's not just the shape oh it's the feet as well they just don't Glide oh yeah okay the hot plastic everybody else uses Teflon or glass even nowadays especially especially if you use a mouse pad it's even more noticeable it is yeah the economics are better the feet are bad they can't that's it right yeah the sensor is not great either the sensor yeah you might notice that the sensor is not that accurate and you're not able to click exactly where you want it to clip it's not precise at all okay so how bad is the accuracy so if you look at the screen on the left you have the MX master from Logistics and the magic matters on the on the right while they are both supposed to be 1600 DPI the Magic Mouse is really not doing 1600 every time meaning that if you do twice the exact same move the cursor might not end up in the same place every time so that could mean that when I feel like I'm clumsy on the computer it might not be me it could be the mouse like but that's 26 is a higher number yeah and that's what makes it bad it has a bad shape it has a bad feet it has bad sensors is there anything good about the Magic Mouse the magic belt it's the only mouse that do that almost so what could they do to make it better move away from design for the sake of design while I'm not 100 against having a narrow Mouse but if you're using eight hours a day you'll get cramped so make it a little bit larger a little bit taller a little bit rounder kind of they don't look dissimilar but this feels so much better that's the old one yeah doesn't look athletic but it it feels nice better so would you use a magic mouse on PC never this isn't the first time Apple has shipped a compromised Mouse famously the hockey puck mouse that came with the original iMac was derided for being too small and hard to hold and uh some people don't like it the promos that replaced it was a huge Improvement yeah but it still took Apple 21 years before they added extras like scrolling and right click to the Mighty Mouse I think scrolling is the best part of the Magic Mouse it really does Channel The Experience found on iOS touch screens in that magical way that Apple integrates hardware and software together though I always turn off Natural scrolling because I find it to be very unnatural they're on different planes okay look vertical horizontal what did you do you've ruined the trackpad what do you think it's the it's a wiper I can't believe you've ruined it listen it wasn't a great trackpad to begin it's this beautifully etched glass they they spent years just dialing the perfect surface for your finger it's also the perfect surface for permanent dry erase Jake thought this was a dryery a little dry erase board on his chest I was using screen cleaning solution oh yeah hey a miracle wow like the name we bought it contrary to what Belle thinks this is not a small white board it's Apple's less compromised magic track what do you think about a trackpad versus a Magic Mouse I would go Track by that it offers more gestures and can be used while charging there are people who swear by the magic Trackpad if you're someone who prefers a trackpad over a mouse then you probably already have one of these it does cost 130 dollars making it a 50 upgrade from the Magic Mouse but it is an upgrade I'm not surprised considering that Apple has largely focused its Mac efforts towards the laptop for the past 20 years and that's what most people buy even today there's still a class above in that space so when Apple added Force touch to the MacBook in 2015 this trackpad got it too while the mouse was left to languish even still I'm not a trackpad convert I find the claw shape my hand has to contort to to use it a little too uncomfortable after a while with the trackpad you have to go into claw shape too to use it that's what I feel no like it's like I'm like this so that you know I'm doing that you can do it relaxed yeah especially with Mike that they have really good tripod I'm holding it wrong I will say this the one place where the Magic Mouse really works is in video editing the ability to scrub through video clips by swiping across the multi-touch surface is really convenient I used it a lot in a past life and going to a regular Mouse always felt like a step down for everyone else though there are a lot of Great Mouse options if the magic isn't worth the sacrifice Antoine did give me a couple of recommendations I should go out and catch and before I show you what they are let's hear from this video sponsor delete me just do a Google search of yourself and see all the results that lead to annoying robocalls and scam emails delete me software and team of experts can remove this information in just minutes instead of the hours it takes to do it manually yourself on average the limey removes 2 000 pieces of data for a customer in their first two years so if you want to get your personal information removed from search results on the web sign up at deleteme.com MAC address and use the code Mac address for 20 off what should people look for when they're buying a mouse for themselves first of all shape so I would advise to try it don't worry too much about the sensor if you do stuff more intensive like Photoshop and stuff like that just go online and ask around if you are looking for a wireless mouse and I think you should make sure it has Bluetooth because if it doesn't you'll need to deal with a wireless mouse dongle and most dongles still stubbornly use the old USB a plug which your iMac doesn't have oh what is this I got a is this like a jackpot sitting at the top of the Heap is the legendary MX Master 3s it's an incredibly full featured highly regarded ergonomic Mouse by Logitech it does cost 20 more than the Magic Mouse but it's far more accurate and while it doesn't have the multi-touch gestures like the Magic Mouse there are enough shortcut buttons to make up for it it even has a smooth scroll wheel like wait what this isn't scrolling like I was expecting it to I thought the smooth scroll wheel would scroll like the Magic Mouse does but despite logitech's best efforts it appears that the inertial Reel scrolling isn't available to third-party Maps they have to use the old scrolling mechanic see how it doesn't do that elastic bounce at the end of a list means that it can't scroll up to refresh on the Twitter app like I can with the magic mouse though maybe I should just get rid of Twitter it's a real shame that third-party mice can't take advantage of Apple's decade old scrolling Innovations Logitech is trying something really interesting here with their smooth scroll and I feel like they're getting really really close to being perfect if Apple let them if you are looking at the MX Master you might notice that there's a version for Mac you don't need to buy that what makes this for Mac is that it has a space gray color option and it doesn't come with the Logie bolt encrypted wireless dongle it is the same price though if you do get one of these or any other Logitech mouse I'll give you a quick tip when adjusting your mouse cursor tracking speed leave Mac OS at the default 50 level and use the Logitech options Plus app to dial in the mouse Logitech tells me this is because Mac OS tracking applies a multiplier whereas Logitech is changing the DPI reported to the system this will help your mouse be more accurate with faster tracking the closest analog to the Magic Mouse would be the Microsoft Surface mobile Mouse it's just as thin and portable but lacking any extra functionality it is however much cheaper costing only forty dollars Thirty if it's on sale yeah Antoine recommended this but I don't know about it I think feels worse than the magic mouse for a portable MacBook Mouse on the go I actually like the simple Microsoft Bluetooth mouse this one is twenty dollars and is made up of a modicum of ocean plastic but if you don't care about that you can get one that's not yet ocean plastic for as little as ten dollars if ergonomics are important to you you could get a vertical Mouse like this Logitech lift there is an argument to be made about how much more natural holding your wrist like this is however when I tried it for a bit a while back I found that it was a bit too far angled remember trackball mice in the 90s well they never left oh whoa this is weird I don't have to move it is this what people liked back in the 90s how do I oh my gosh but they might make a difference when Nicole injured her wrist a while back she switched to using one of these to Aid in her recovery and says it helped a bit so is there an all-arounder that does it all at a price point far less than the Magic Mouse yes the Logitech m720 Triathlon it only costs fifty dollars and for half of the price of the MX Master you only lose the second scroll wheel it's really inexpensive it works well it Glides it's a great middle of the road yeah it still has an ergonomic shape but is small enough to take anywhere with you it'll last two years on its double A battery and can easily switch between three different devices now it's not as beautiful as any Apple Mouse this charcoal color kind of reminds me of Adele from 2003 but it is better than a Magic Mouse it's really too bad that this is the case I feel like Apple's become so distracted by the homepod and TV shows that the input device that is core to the computers has become subpar true technology has evolved so much since this came out people are using iPads their phones even for general computing but I don't think Apple should abandon the mouse we're absolutely due for a new interpretation of the mouse for the Mac I mean look how much money they put into a great stylus [Music] thanks for catching this Mac address if you love The Magic Mouse give this video a like and if you don't well you might as well subscribe I'm curious in the comments what mouse you use for the Mac that we haven't listed let me know

Channel: Mac Address

Views: 603,874

Keywords: Mac, Macintosh, Apple, Tech, Review

Id: 5XAh1nDOI6c

Length: 12min 54sec (774 seconds)

Published: Sat Apr 29 2023