Magic Mouse and Middle Click

After upgrading to Mountain Lion (10.8) on my MacBook Pro (mid-2011), my MagicPrefs app doesn't work anymore, and their server does not seem to be able to connect for an update (are they defunct?). My problem is that I installed XQuartz (as recommended by Apple) but many X-Windows functions require a middle mouse button (most notoriously for "paste" - there simply seems to be NO way to copy and paste something within an xterm without the middle button). No dice? Apple's own preferences only allow for one "secondary click", which of course should translate as "right-click" to make context-sensitive menus available. Help?

After more people recommended it, I decided to give Better Touch Tool a try. It does reasonably well, but I still wish Apple would allow more customization directly in their preferences (e.g., how SENSITIVE the mouse is, and whether one needs 1 or 2 fingers to scroll, etc.). For now, I had to disable ALL of Apples "helpful" gestures and replace them with the best approximation to what I really want from BetterTouchTool. (For some reason, BTT does NOT seem to offer ANY scrolling gestures, just "page up" and "page down" which only works when a window is selected, and only at most on one pane of that window).

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Magic mouse - Windows middle click?

Yet another topic on so called magic mouse, which seems not so magic now. Though I'd still love to buy it!
Anyway, I've been looking into it for days, and once MagicPrefs became available middle click issue for OS X was solved. However, both my work and studies require frequent use of Windows CAD applications (hope remains it will feature Mac versions one day), where navigating with middle button is essential.
I've tried to look through discussion boards, but didn't find anything similar to this. Thanks in advance!

<rant> This is a big deal, but not really being taken seriously. Apple hasn't even bothered to work it out in their own OS yet. Thanks @vladalexa [MagicPrefs], a developer from Romania, for the final decision on the 70$ purchase )@steve(. Otherwise, the native software cannibalizes too much of the hardware's built-in functionality to justify the investment. Virtual machines would solve this issue, but I just don't have the free hardware resources to accommodate the kind of software I run. </rant>
i don't care how )magicprefs for windows / other manufacturer's driver / whatever works!(, there needs to be support for middle click in windows )native, not virtual(. it's like have a scroll wheel that doesn't work on a 70$ mouse...
fingers crossed

Right-click on Magic Mouse and Volume Controls on Wireless keyboard suddenly stopped working

I am running Mavericks 10.9.2 on an Late 2012 iMac.
One morning the right click on my Magic Mouse and the volume controls on the wireless keyboard stopped working.
These mouse and keyboard themselves seem fine; they work okay ehn used on a MacBook.
Everything else about the mouse and keyboard is fine.
This seems to be a problem what has been around for a whole, with a wide variety of solutions.
I have read
https://discussions.apple.com/message/16799039#16799039
https://discussions.apple.com/message/23474052#23474052
https://discussions.apple.com/message/19660884#19660884
and have tried
Clicking on and off the 'right click' checkbox in the Mouse System Preferences - No effect
Deleting /Library/Preferences/com.apple.Bluetooth.plist - No effect
Restarting in Safe Mode - When starting in safe mode, the computer crashes out and restarted
Resetting NVRAM / PRAM - Is it CTRL+CMD+P+R or CMD+OPT+P+R ? Neither work for me (I do try it using a wired keyboard, but never get the double chime)
Upgraded to 10.9.2 - no effect
Moved the /System/Library/Extensions/AppleHIDMouse.kext and AppleHIDKeyboard.kext and and back in (and re-authenticate) - No joy
Moved the /System/Library/Extensions/AppleHIDMouse.kext and AppleHIDKeyboard.kext from a working MacBook on same OS - Made the keyboard misbehave even more
Has anyone got any other cures for this?
Thanks in advance.

Here is what worked for me. My scrolling on the mighty mouse and a few buttons on my wireless keyboard weren't working properly. I reset the SMC, a link explaining the process is below. Hope it helps you too!
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964

Magic Mouse and Employing Pinch to Open and Close Feature

I have purchased a magic mouse and would like to employ the "pinch to open & close" features (option on multi-touch trackpad) with the magic mouse. This is not the same as zoom (e.g. hold control key with mouse wheel).
I have tried using bettertouchtool and magicprefs, but it appears that neither accommodates this feature easily. If there were a keyboard shortcut to employ this feature then I think I can assign it to a magic mouse gesture via BTT or Magic Prefs, but I cannot find such a keyboard shortcut.
Does anyone have any ideas?

It could be you are approaching it incorrectly.   It can be a tricky little gadget that actually works with minimal pressure.
Try turning over the mouse so the compartment panel faces you, optical sensor topmost. Then holding the mouse at each side but not on the panel itself, flick the small, black rectangular panel downwards.   The top of the panel should spring out, though it may require you to manipulate it fully away from the mouse.
Once you have replaced the batteries, starting at the bottom reverse the procedure then clip into place.   Remember to move the small switch next to the optical sensor upwards which should turn on the green light.   Then click twice to connect.

How I got the Bluetooth Magic mouse and Aluminum keyboard to work in XP

NOTE: The following steps fixed my issue. I thought I would share what worked for me but I really don't ever visit these discussion groups. I used a combination of Sysinternal tools to isolate what was causing my issue and rectified it.
I couldn't for the life of me get the bluetooth magic mouse and keyboard working in a bootcamp'd windows xp. Here are the steps that I performed to finally get it to work. The assumptions are that you are running a clean XP build with SP3 and all windows updates installed.
1. Using a USB mouse and keyboard. Insert the OS X install disc into the drive and run through the bootcamp drivers install. (These steps are outlined at Page 12 in the Apple Boot Camp Installation Guide: http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/bootcampinstall-setup.pdf). Let the installers run per apple instructions in the bootcamp installation guide. At the end it will want to reboot. Reboot the system.
2. After the system reboots login and run the Apple Software Update utility to update from bootcamp 3.1 to 3.2. It will run through a bunch of installers and ask to reboot at the end. Reboot.
3. After the system reboots login and go to start=>run and type "services.msc" to bring up the services control panel.
4. Double-click the "Bluetooth Support Service" to open the properties.
5. Go to the "log on" tab and look to see what is set. If it is set to "NT Authority\LocalService" then click above it to change to "Local System account." Then click "OK." It will tell you the changes won't take effect until the service is restarted. No worries.
6. You will be back in the main services control panel. Make sure the "Bluetooth Support Service" is highlighted and look up to the left and select "restart the service."
7. Close all the open windows and then go to start=>run and type "control panel" and hit enter.
8. Double-click the "Bluetooth devices" control panel applet and follow the Apple instructions provided on Page 18 of the guide referred to earlier. Start with the mouse first. Stop when done with the mouse and don't continue on to the keyboard yet.
9. At this point my mouse was "installed" but did not show "connected" in the bluetooth devices applet. I then highlighted the mouse and clicked the "properties" button down to the right.
10. Once in the properties of the mouse I selected the "services" tab. My issue before making the switch to "Local System" account for the Bluetooth services was then when I tried to click the check box to enable "Drivers for keyboard, mice, etc (HID)" I would get an "access denied" error. Now that the switch has been made you should be able to click that check box without error. Click OK after enabling.
11. You will suddenly see systray (lower right of the screen where the clock is) saying that new hardware has been detected and enabled. Once this is all done you will see "connected" below the device in the Bluetooth applet. Give your mouse a go. It should be working now. Sweet!
12. Follow the steps in the Apple guide for your keyboard. This should work too now. Sweet!
Best of luck.

It depends on how far it is and how thick your walls are. If there plasterboard partitions and only 10 feet apart then probably.
If you have a mobile phone with bluetooth, then try sending the computer a picture of file from similar distances to that you intend using the keyboard, if it works then a bluetooth keyboard and mouse should.

I bought apple magic mouse and trying to pare it with mac book pro but it says the devise doesn't have necessary services also when if I try to pare it again in 5 mins it says error in connecting ...please help

please help

It sounds like you have assigned the primary click on the trackpad to something else, perhaps a gesture.
Use your mouse, login and then open the Trackpad preference pane and see how you have the interface configured.
Oh and you can have both the Magic Mouse and Magic Trackpad powered up and working at the same time. No need to keep moving batteries around.
Tom

Corded Mighty Mouse only middle-clicks in bootcamped Win7

... whereas in OSX, middle click ceased to function.
So let me explain this further:
I have a corded Mighty Mouse, model number: A 1152
In OSX Snow Leopard, it is only capable of left clicking. I don't know why right and middle click won't work (the wheel also only goes up). In System preferences I have set Left and Middle buttons to Left click; right button to right click. But I use ctrl+click because right click won't work. So, I'm pretty much used to this setup although the Mighty Mouse is only a year or two old.
Then I installed Win7 via boot camp. Clicking was weird during installation so I managed to get over it with the keyboard (which works fine btw). But then, after installing all the updates and the windows support software it still only middle clicks. Sometimes, maybe depending on certain pressure angles on the mouse, it will do a normal Left click, but the next click is mostly middle.
So how come middle click doesn't exist while in Snow Leopard but in Win7 there is only middle click?

did you use osx bootcamp to make a windows driver disc ? if not do so

Magic Mouse - Should It Click At The Back?

I have a brand new Magic Mouse and I believe it's broken.
Should the top shell move up and down at the back of the mouse, beyond the Apple logo? And should the top shell rock from side to side?
I'm pretty certain the top shell of the Magic Mouse is only supposed to physically move up and down at the front, to provide the mechanical click.
I'd really appreciate it if any of you could check yours for me.

I called apple and they didnt have a magic mouse at hand to do a full sound diagnostics as my mouse had different sound on each side.
I took it into an apple store, did not book a genius, and told the person at the back that it was broken and the button was not smooth. The person played with the button a bit and went to the back and got me a new one.
This new one i can confirm to you that the shell does not move around, there is only little movement at the back, and both sides click the same way; nice and smoothly.
There is a difference.
So if you've got a mouse similar to what I described in my previous post, you should take it in because there is something wrong with your $69 investment.

Magic Mouse and Parallels Desktop

I would like to get the Magic Mouse for my iMac, but I run some Windows apps in XP under Parallels Desktop. Is the mouse going to function at all in this mode? From other threads, it looks as though it might work with reduced functionality, but those discussions pertained to Boot Camp. I want to figure this out before buying the new mouse.

My Magic Mouse does left-click and scroll only in Windows XP Pro (SP3) running on Parallels Desktop 4.03846. I'm on a 2.8 GHz MacBook Pro with OS 10.5.8.
For what it's worth, I do love the mouse and its design, but no right-click prevents me from using it at work (where I primarily use Windows). It really hurts to plug in my USB Microsoft mouse!
If you have any tips to get the three basic functions working (left-click/right-click/scroll), I'm listening...
Rick

Problems with magic mouse and wireless keyboard at the same time

I have a Macbook pro 15" mid 2009, with lion 10.7.3, i bought a magic mouse and small wireless keyboard Apple, but when i'm working with both devices at the same time, the magic mouse begin to do something wrong, the left click work as left click, and i have to turn off the keyboard, wait for a while and then the mouse work good, the keyboard work good alone and mouse too, but at the same time no.
What do you think about rarely issue?
Thanks.

Hello:
Try trashing a preference file (com.apple.bluetooth.plist) and restarting.
Barry

T540p and Middle-Click not working

So, I just got my T540p 2 days ago, and while getting everything set up, I realize that a few things are off with the clickpad. For a while, most clicks were not being registered: left, right, or middle. It could take some furious clicking just to get one click registered. Next, no matter what settings I set, I could not get middle click to register as a middle-click - they were always taken as left clicks. And finally, I could not get right-click to register unless I set button size to either Large or Full. At standard, right-clicks were seen as left-clicks.
Here's the rub - I think I've narrowed it down to the driver. After submitting a warranty request yesterday, I started playing with it some more, and here is what I've found:
After a few full shutdowns and reboots, responses got better: Clicks were more reliably registered, and right-clicks worked, even on Standard button size in the settings. However, middle-clicks were still impossible. Any attempt at a middle-click was registered as a left-click. This was with the Lenovo driver installed.
After uninstalling the Lenovo driver, middle clicks started working. Unfortunately, mouse speed is painfully slow without the Lenovo driver installed, so this is not much of an option. I tried downloading a driver directly from Synaptics, and that did not seem to help the mouse speed - this driver doesn't seem to add the UltraNav tab to the mouse settings which allows me to increase the speed of the TrackPoint. However the Synaptics driver (which claims to be older than the Lenovo driver) did allow middle-clicks.
Next, I re-installed the Lenovo driver and after the first reboot clicks were back to being unreliable and middle-clicks vanished again. After a 2nd reboot, left and right- clicks became better, but still no middle clicks.
So, I've determined that it's not a hardware issue anymore, but a driver issue. I now have a box on the way to ship my laptop back - but since it's not a hardware problem, I don't see the need to send the laptop back.
Does anyone have any insight on what I should do? Send it back and let Lenovo attempt to change settings/etc. to get my middle-click working? Or patiently wait for a driver update that may or may not fix the middle-click?
I will say that I am very impressed at the speed of getting the 'warranty fix' box, so THANK YOU to Lenovo for an amazing response there. I'm just getting frustrated with the clickpad issues.

I have the exact same question, prior to UltraNav driver installation, you can simply Tap-to-click while using the Trackpoint. After installing the driver, you MUST click down on the Clickpad to send a click while using the Trackpoint. This is such a simple software solution that has seriously made me regret my decision to by a newer Thinkpad. The new xx50 series Clickpad is interchangeable with the xx40 series but I am not spending nearly 70$ to solve a simple software problem!
I recall that back in the days of the X200/X201 there were a decent amount of tips/tricks we could do via the registry to enable "hidden" features of the Synaptics touchpad/trackpoint combo. Is there a similar "hack" we could do to enable the tap-to-click functionality while using the Trackpoint?

Magic Mouse and Apple Wireless Keyboard with Bootcamp and Win XP Pro 32-bit

Does the Apple Magic Mouse and Apple Wireless Keyboard work with Boot Camp running Windows XP Pro (32-Bit)... I read something leading me to believe there maybe a problem and you need to use a wired USB mouse/Keyboard.
Is this true?

Apple Wireless Keyboard is able to work in Boot Camp via Window XP Pro, it's good enough.
but the Magic Mouse, it's not able to work completely in Window XP Pro,
it's just work like a normal bluetooth wireless mouse,
all the Multi-Touch features like scroll, rotate, swipe, pinch and tap click are not gonna work,
even you are configure via the snow leopard, so please be reconsider.
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Magic mouse and trackpad not working

All of a sudden my magic mouse and trackpad stopped working.
I tried everything, preferences, bluetooth config, but nothing works.
Sometimes in the mouse prefpane, I get the message that the mouse is connected, then after a few seconds it shows disconnected.
In Bluetooth config I get the message that the mouse is connected but the wheel keeps spinning and then it says "connection failed. software configuration and bluetooth may be invalid or are not supported".
Same for the trackpad.
My second mac is also seen, and "connected ?" , but when I try to open the connection it fails also.
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Found out myself how to solve the problem.
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Barry, thanks, still not working. I've tried every thing I can think of or have read, what I'm concluding is that there is either a problem with Mavericks or something has changed on how bluetooth works in Mavericks. Did not have this problem for the last 4 years. I can reproduce the problem when I close the laptop. I had the Bluetooth and wireless card checked out and replaced about 3 weeks ago. Problem has continued.

WiFi, Magic Mouse and a MacBook...

Hi All,
I have a weird issue. I'm using my Magic Mouse and Aluminum MacBook 13" for months now. I'm also using TIme Capsule as my Wifi-N router.
I got myself external display couple of weeks ago, and am using my MacBook in close clamshell mode since. Also from that time I noticed, that as soon as my laptop performs some sort of heavy network operation (Time Capsule backup, copying files over local network) my mouse starts being unresponsive and rather unpleasant to work with. As soon as the heavy wi-fi job is done - mouse comes back to regular performance.
I read a bit about issue (altough no one mentioned working in close clamshell mode) and tried to reset all the settings (SBM or whatever it's called in macbook), change wi-fi channels etc... with no luck
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