The best Magic Mouse software
If you’ve got yourself a spanking new Magic Mouse for your Mac, you may be more than just a little bit disappointed with some of its functionality.
Fortunately, a mini-cottage industry of Magic Mouse software is already developing to fill the gap left by Apple. There still isn’t much out there at the moment but here are a few essential software downloads to get the best out of your Magic Mouse. Note that all of these work for Trackpads too:
BetterTouchTool
This is completely free to use and amazingly simple. BetterTouchTool is the work of a single German developer who has produced an easy way to customize Mighty Mouse actions. These include the all important pinch in/out (zoom), single finger taps and even three finger swipes. Note that it only works with Snow Leopard.
MouseWizard
A more polished Mighty Mouse enhancer software which adds three extra buttons, namely, ‘pinch’, ‘bloat’, and ‘tap to click’ gestures and allows you to customize almost every aspect of your Mighty Mouse. You can even put your Magic Mouse to sleep using it. The main interface is very easy to use, allowing you to configure which type of clicks do what such as configuring a middle-click for Exposé or a fourth click to open Spotlight etc. If you get stuck, a handy wizard takes you through the configuration process by telling you where to place your hands on the Magic Mouse. The disadvantage is that it’s not free (although only costs a modest $2.50).
MouseZoom
If it’s just the speed of your Magic Mouse cursor that is annoying you, MouseZoom is a simple solution that speeds it up even if your Mac OS X native mouse speed slider is set at maximum. Simply use the slider to set the speed you want. Although this isn’t designed specifically for the Magic Mouse, it does work with it.
These are the main tools that should cover most of your Mighty Mouse needs. However, if you haven’t updated it, you should download Wireless Mouse Software Update from Apple which allows you to use all of the Multi-Touch features in your Magic Mouse. The download also features lots of useful tutorial videos to help you get started.
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Posted at 10:28 pm on Dec 21st
tsk , tsk , you forgot MagicPrefs
Posted at 2:56 am on Dec 25th
Awesome review, I quite enjoy using BTT.
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Posted at 4:25 am on Mar 21st
WOW! Better Touch Tool really proves the potential of the Magic Mouse. I just removed my old app Magicprefs and replaced it with BTT. Within minutes I was finally happy with the Magic mouse.
There are a few things that could be simplified, such as the menu selection of functions but all and all this is far superior to a few other similar apps I’ve tried.
I would definitely recommend this to anyone that has a Magic mouse.
Posted at 5:10 pm on Jul 1st
Magic prefs is not ready for prime time… I can’t get it to do anything useful. Good idea.. needs work. Either it has bugs or the proper way to use the interface is very obscure.
Posted at 3:27 am on Jul 29th
BBT is the only one that lets you drag with taps and thus eliminating the need to click completely!!!
It still doesn’t work everywhere like axure pro, but works just about everywhere like magic. BBT is definitely the most powerful of the 3 available so far.