This mouse is the best mouse I have ever used, hands down. The touch functionality works flawlessly, and makes switching between OS X Spaces effortless and extremely convenient. Scrolling also smooth and implemented nicely. I prefer using the touch surface to scroll over using the "wheel" common on mouses for last couple decades. This mouse is a huge improvement in a tech space that definitely saw some stagnation with regards to innovation. It's going to be hard to beat this mouse outside of someone inventing a way to make air gestures work as well and remove the mouse form the picture altogether.
One of the main complaints about this mouse you will read, is that the charging port is on the bottom of the mouse therefore making it unusable while being charged. For anyone concerned about this, it is a complete non-issue. First off, the battery life is excellent. After over a month of fairly heavy, daily use, my mouse 's battery is at 69% as I type this. However, the most important feature in terms of the battery and charging is that this mouse has a quick charge feature. In just two minutes charging time, the mouse will have enough battery life to last 8 hours. That's less time then it takes to get up and go to the restroom, or to get a glass of water. To see your current battery life in OS X, click the bluetooth symbol on the menu bar, select your Mouse, and the current battery strength percentage will be displayed. I would much rather have the rechargeable battery than to have to by batteries for my mouse.
The tracking on a variety of surfaces works excellent. I currently use my mouse on a black wooden desktop with no mouse pad, and it glides smoothly and tracks smoothly as well. It also works nicely on my tan couch, on my pants legs, and a leather ottoman.
The "clicking" is positive and provides good feedback. Tapping on the surface instead of using a "full click" also works very well.
There are a number of settings you change for the mouse in the OS X Settings. For example, I have the touch surface set to Zoom In on whatever I am viewing if I double tap the right side of the touch surface, which is great when reading the news (or reviews). Zoom out by double tapping again.
The mouse comes packaged in typical apple fashion, in a nice compact box. The mouse comes with a brief getting started manual, a lighting charging cord, and two apple stickers.
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Great mouse despite the odd charging port.
Pros:- Charge lasts a very long time. In my experience, going from a 100% charge to completely dead takes several months of daily use (~40hrs/week).- No replaceable batteries means I save a decent chunk of money each year. AA batteries are not cheap when you're burning through at least 2/month, in my case. It was like a small subscription fee for using the mouse. I hate subscription fees.- Performs at least as well as its wireless predecessor in regards to regular mouse functionality. Honestly, not much difference in this area.- Connectivity is far easier in my opinion. I work in a large office with 100s of Macbooks looking for Bluetooth devices to latch on to. Disconnecting a device with the intent to reconnect to a different device nearby was tricky. With this rechargeable mouse, just plug it directly into the new device like you would an IPhone and it connects to the hardwired device regardless of previous wireless connections. Huge time and frustration saver for me.Cons:- Placement of the charging port. It's under the mouse. Why? I have a feeling the design team was a bit too involved in functionality decisions for this mouse. I get that Apple likes their stuff to be aesthetically pleasing, but I'd be willing to bet any user testing feedback included the poor placement of this charging port. It literally makes the mouse unusable while charging. Fortunately, charging is a relatively quick process (~30 mins from 0% to 100%).Conclusion:Great mouse despite the odd placement of it's charging port. I have 2, 1 for the office and 1 for home. The one I bought for my home was referbished. Saved like $30 and is just like new, so I recommend going that route (find a highly rated seller) if you're trying to save money on top of the savings you accumulate from no longer replacing mouse batteries.
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Thomas Hally
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Reviewed in Mexico on March 26, 2018
Hugo Lemos
Mouse é satisfatório, mas pelo preço esperava um pouco mais!
Reviewed in Brazil on October 7, 2021