Checking further, I also found, as is the case with so many devices including those made by Logitech, that it also works on a Linux machine, though the manufacturer does not support it. It is explicitly a replacement for the Magic Mouse, but officially also runs on a Windows machine. In considering replacing it with a new Magic Mouse, I looked into alternatives and found the Logitech Ultrathin Touch Mouse t631 (not to be confused with the t630). That Magic Mouse is a great piece of design and innovated in being a device that could handle gestures as well as act like a normal mouse.īut eventually my Magic Mouse started to get old, started burning through batteries more quickly, and most importantly, started disconnecting or otherwise giving problems. I think I was spending at least $50 a year on batteries. The Magic Mouse will run on any AA batteries but if you don’t want to change the batteries a lot and have other problems, you need to use super-duper electronic device batteries. I figured the former was related to the mouse but assumed the latter was related to the OS.

Also, selecting and dragging files in Finder, or the Finder replacement I use (PathFinder) often failed. The right click often didn’t work properly.

I had been using the stock Apple Magic Mouse on an iMac.

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