If you’re an Apple fan, you’d be pleased to hear that both the original Magic Mouse and Magic Mouse 2 works near perfectly in Windows 10 with help from some free drivers. Here’s how you can set it up! The Magic Mouse is Apple’s flagship mouse device. It is the input device of choice for Mac users who use it with their iMac and even their MacBooks! It was initially released in 2009, stayed in the market for almost six complete years before being replaced by the taller, replaceable-battery Magic Mouse 2. Now, the thing with Apple in general, and both original Magic Mouse and Magic Mouse 2 in particular is that they don’t really design their products to play well with others. Case in point: neither mice come with good, built-in support for Windows over Bluetooth.
In fact, I would say Apple goes above and beyond in ensuring their devices don’t work well with others. They really just don’t give a hoot. The Magic Mouse works perfectly fine when you run Windows on your Mac through BootCamp, but if you try to connect it with any other Windows laptop or desktop, it refuses to work properly. While on OS X, the Magic Mouse 1 and 2 let you use multi-finger gestures for different actions like scrolling, opening Mission Control, switching between full-screen apps and more, on Windows it is pretty much a simple Bluetooth mouse. Thankfully, we’ve come across free Windows drivers for Magic Mouse that bring much of its functionality to Microsoft’s operating system. It’s called Trackpad Magic, and now we’ll show you how to set it up!
This goes without saying but it works equally well for Magic Mouse 2, too! Also read: Setting up Trackpad Magic to use Magic Mouse in Windows 10 Step 1: Visit Trackpad Magic’s downloads page , and download the particular drivers for your specific model – Magic Mouse 1 or 2. You will get an EXE file which we’ll work with to set things up. Step 2: Open the EXE file.
The mouse stopped working after a month of using. Other customers have said the same about their mouse, although it ranges from 2 weeks to 2 months. People have been returning this item 'with ease', so I will most likely do the same. Sep 20, 2018 - Havit Download Center provides downloads for drivers, manual, and other software. HV-MS709 Programmable High Precision Gaming Mouse, 1.0. Click the eagle icon on the system tray to open the configuration software.
This will launch a setup wizard for installing the driver utilities for your Magic Mouse. Follow the on-screen instructions to set it up.
Step 3: In an odd little move, the setup wizard will download some additional utilities for your particular Magic Mouse. I expected it would already do this when you had to choose which model you’re downloading the wizard for, but okay, not a big issue. Step 4: Run the installed utilities from the final page in the setup wizard.
If you didn’t do so, search for Magic Mouse utilities from the taskbar. Chances are, however, you can also access the installed drivers from the. Step 5: Pair your Magic Mouse 1 or 2 with your Windows computer via Bluetooth and enjoy. Be sure to keep the utility open while pairing and during its use. This has been confirmed to be working on Windows 10 on an HP laptop, and we’ve seen reports of it working well for a lot of other users too. Let us know if you come across any issues with TrackPad Magic.
We’ll try fixing them for you! For those of you who are complaining about the software cost, it’s no different than an app developer for an app store, or game developer for video games, or even necessities that you purchase. They would like to be compensated in some way rather than doing their hard work for free. Let’s be glad there is at least an option out there, that’s it, an option. Some examples would be: -Going to a restaurant, eat the food, and leave without paying.Try on clothes at a store and walk out of it, again without paying. I know these examples could very well be done, but it’s illegal and most people do not do the aforementioned examples as someone has to cook the food, make the clothes, ship all the material, etc.
Nobody is forcing you to purchase it, let alone use it. It’s nice that they at least give you a 28 day trial to know if you want to purchase it or not. The software cost isn’t expensive either. The only thing I would recommend is a bundle deal for all of the products, mix and match discount, or a bundle for all + future products (to an extent). My point is, after you read all of this, have more respect for people trying to make your life easier instead of complaining about trying to make money off of it, when that is the world we live in. This is an independent application that an individual worked on.
It’s fair that he ask for compensation for doing what apple didn’t. It’s better than there being nothing at all. Also, while frustrating, apple is under no obligation to provide driver support for their mouse on a platform which they do not own, as nice as it would be to have it, and your car analogy makes no sense in that the car manufacturer provides a full product. It’d be like you being upset a mechanic is charging you for a tool that allows you to use a new Jeep engine in an older Jeep body and transmission.
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