Magic Mouse needs multiple clicks to respond

My Magic Mouse has been having issues today: about 20% of the time, the computer doesn't respond when I click, but if I click again right after that, it works. Changed the batteries, but that didn't help. Anyone else notice this, or have any ideas on how to fix it?

Hi captfred:
I wasn't - honest!!!! I have not posted a new thread in awhile. You used to be able to mark a thread "solved" without awarding points - I have more than I need!
Barry

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Magic mouse - certain items don't respond to click!

I've had no problem with my Magic Mouse ever - Model MB829/LLA
Am running Imac with OS 10.5.8.
Today I saw a Magic Mouse Software update listed in Software Updates and innocently
enough I chose to install it.
Upon restart the Mouse will click and select items, but there is no response to the
command invoked by that 'click' - ON CERTAIN ITEMS. Also it will click on and
allow drag and scroll down say, a pop up menu, but for example when i click on the
minimize or close button on a window, it may or may not respond - The wired mouse
operates fine doing the same event. The new "Mouse" preferences pane also gives
no option - at least that I can see- for choosing which "side" of the front end of the
mouse, if that makes any sense...-per screenshot. THe wired old Gateway mouse
i'm using right now still works normally btw. Any help or idea of what i'm missing here?
Thus far, not an improvement. Thanks!
Mike

Just adding another weird anomaly going on with it. If I simply click on the finder window it displays this(screenshot below) dialogue box.
Now if i select one of the items it will perform the action of opening a new window but...for example, i can't DRAG anything to/from the
new window it opened... or click/select certain items in this dialogue box. There's no response...well it's varying with different commands.
Very very strange

Magic Mouse stopped right clicking right after 10.8.4 update

My computer just performed the latest update to OS 10.8.4 and now my "Magic Mouse" won't right click, even though right click says it's enabled. Please help!

Try deleting the .plist.
You need to look in your user Library/Preferences for the .plist. Hold down the option key while using the Finder “Go To Folder” command. Enter ~/Library/Preferences. Move the .plist to your desktop.
Restart
If it works, delete the .plist on your desktop. If not, put it back.
If you prefer to make your user library permanently visible, use the Terminal command found below.
http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/04/show-library-directory-in-mac-os-x-lion/
You might want to bookmark the command. I had to use it again after I installed 10.8.4. I have also been informed that if you drag the user library to Finder it will remain visible.

More preferences for magic mouse needed.

The magic mouse is really a nice piece of hardware, but the software is lacking. Here are a couple of problems I have and suggestions that would make my life a lot easier.
There scrolling feature is nearly useless in text editors. It is always causing undesired scrolls of the text windows and various list boxes. I end up turning off the scroll feature when using a text editor. I would like to see application specific preferences for the mouse scroll. Allow user to enable mouse scroll on an application by application basis and set various scroll options on an application basis allowing me to disable scrolling for desired applications. This would eliminate the need to open system preferences every time I switch apps.
For text editing applications, I tend to disable scrolling, but I would like to retain the scroll feature, but restrict it to a center portion of the mouse so it must be activated using the middle finger as one would do with a wheel mouse. To accomplish this, the mouse surface could be treated as three separate zones, left, center and right. New mouse preferences would allow user to specify if the mouse surface was treated as a single zone, or as multiple zones. User should be able to configure the mouse for individual applications to enable the multi-zone feature.
Michael

Think back. Was your mouse turned off at the point when you downloaded Mavericks.

Magic Mouse can't click

Recently my iMac (Intel, with Lion) won't react to mouse clicks. I can move the cursor but there is no reaction when I click. I have a Magic Mouse but I get the same result with a Logitech wireless mouse. Could it be related to my new metal and glass computer desk? I have a password on starting the iMac so I can't even get in past that.

Probably not the new desk. Try a
PRAM RESET
Zap the PRAM
Shut down the computer.
Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command, Option, P, and R. You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously in step 4.
Turn on the computer.
Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys. You must press this key combination before the gray screen appears.
Hold the keys down until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for the second time.
Release the keys.

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

Can the Magic Mouse work without clicking?

I thought it would have the same options as the Magic Trackpad on my Macbook Pro, but see no way to open/close programs, etc. without clicking. I have an injury that makes the clicking action painful, so have been grateful for the tapping option on the trackpad, and bought the Magic Mouse thinking it would have the same features. I get the swiping between pages, scrolling etc. Anyone know if I'm missing something on this? The demos on the settings didn't give the option, so I'm thinking the Magic Mouse isn't as talented as the Magic Trackpad.

If you want to, 'er, "teach" it more tricks you will need a third party utility like MagicPrefs.
Other mouse utilities:
BetterTouchTool
SteerMouse
MagicDriver
I don't know if any of these guys will do exactly what you want but it may be worth looking at them.

Magic Mouse need view all open applications....

is it possible to have the same option to view the open applications in the new magic mouse, im a programer and always in need to haver several applications and run between them ... just bought the magic mouse its great loving it , but please insert a command to view all the open applications PLEASE
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A few hours later…
I just found Mouse Wizard:
http://www.samuco.net/web/node/23
I will say that when I downloaded the demo the center button didn't work, but a very quick & courteous reply from their tech support suggested:
In terminal, can you try entering this command: "rm ~/Library/Preferences/.MagicalWizard.plist". Then, relaunch MouseWizard.
I did this & now I have center button nirvana! (Mouse Wizard also supports a version of the squeeze button (they call it fourth button) and squeeze/bloat gestures.)
So far so good--it's made me much happier with my magic mouse.

Magic Mouse No Right Click and 10.10.1

Updated to the latest version of OS X, and now both of my Magic Mice won't register a right (contextual) click. Is this a known bug? it's obviously not a device problem, given that neither of my mice have a problem. I'll have to look and see if my laptop is on the previous version and is exhibiting the same problem.

Got imac 27" i7 yesterday loaded , migrated among other things clicked mouse preferences under system prefs and also clicked to enable right click on new magic mouse. Ran fine until next day, got a hole bunch of keychain authorization accesses requests for icloud and it's products, everyone I had clicked the day earlier for the initial setup on this new imac, but also more to the point the right click on the new magic mouse was now not functioning. So I check the mouse perfs again, and the right click was checked so unchecked and re-checked, but no fixes , still right click not functioning, right click was acting like normal left click on any browser links. So I simply shut down, ( the iconic fix all solution no one wants to believe in ) and upon reboot functionality of right click on magic mouse came back. So I'll call it a fluke, if it comes back randomly I'll assume it's a possible bug in osx 10.10.2 as well as possibly 10.10.1? Anyway that's it so far.

Magic mouse can't click, swipe or scroll?

hi, yesterday i bought my new magic mouse. it's installed and bluetooth connection works. also i've downloaded the upgrade for the magic mouse on the applesite.
when i move the mouse, it's also moving in the display. But i can't click, swipe, scroll or anything.
Anyone a solution or is this mouse just broken? thanks
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deleted the file in /library/preferences reboot my imac en installed the mouse again and it didn't worked. I also went to an apple shop today and they told me the same (delete bluetooth.plist, reboot and install the mouse again)
They also told me that when this solution not works I will become a new mouse, so tomorrow I will go to the appleshop again to receive my new magicmouse!
Tanks barry.

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: Tap to Click?

One feature I love on my MacBook Pro trackpad is tap-to-click.
Any recommendations on *how to achieve tap-to-click on a Magic Mouse?*

Penman61,
Try: BetterTouchTool.
;~)

Magic mouse needs restart to connect

iMac with 10.7.5. Magic mouse loses bluetooth connection after sleep. All indicators show that the mouse is still connected. Nothing I do will make it respond (connect) until I do a restart of the computer, then it's good till the next sleep. Good batteries, good contacts for batteries.
This started suddenly. The mouse has been good for over a year.

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Magic Mouse doesn't click sometimes

Heyho,
vor kurzem habe ich mir den neuen iMac zusammen mit der Magic Mouse und dem Wireless Keyboard gekauft - so schön der Computer anzuschauen ist, so gut arbeitet er auch. Top!
Meine eigentliche Frage bezieht sich aber leider auf ein Problem mit der Magic Mouse; sie klickt manchmal einfach nicht. Ich möchte beispielsweise in Safari ein Tab schließen, klicke auf das x - aber es klappt nicht. Gut, wenn ich dann 2, 3, 4 Mal klicke, irgendwann klappt's dann - aber das kann nicht die Lösung sein.
Wie lässt sich dieses Problem denn lösen?
Oh, und wenn ich schon diese eMail schreibe; Macs, die am oder nach dem 6. Juni gekauft wurden, sind ja für ein kostenloses Upgrade auf OS X Lion qualifiziert. Was muss ich hierzu aber tun, damit der Mac App Store "erkennt", dass das bei mir der Fall ist?
Ich hoffe, man kann mir helfen
Schöne Grüße aus Bayern,
Manuel Rankl

Kennt niemand eine Lösung oder teilt denn niemand das gleiche Leid?
Was das Upgrade mit Mac OS X Lion anbelangt, hat sich natürlich schon erledigt.

Magic mouse not double clicking

Ever since I upgrade my iMac to Lion OS my mouse will not double click consistantly. I tried purchasing a new mouse thinking that my other mouse had a click problem but that didn't fix my problem. Anybody else having this problem? Any work arounds?

I tried this, too, thinking it would solve the problem. It didn't. In fac, it may have made it worse. So weird. I can click to select, right click and choose open, but I cannot double click to open a file or folder. This started AFTER I rebuild a Mac with a new hard drive and fresh install of Lion et al. Anybody have an ideas?

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