HOW TO HOLD THE APPLE MAGIC MOUSE | Tutorial Tuesday #1
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 มิ.ย. 2024
- Hey everyone!
Welcome back to the channel. In today's video we will dive into the Apple Magic Mouse 2. We'll take a look at certain settings you might want to change, and some practical tips on how to hold the mouse to make it feel more comfortable!
Little disclaimer: Please excuse the artifacts seen in the screenrecordings. I don't know how that happened, will try to fix that next time I record my screen.
Some time stamps to navigate to the part you need:
0:00 Opening
0:31 Intro
3:03 Why would you use the Apple Magic Mouse?
3:38 The problems the mouse has
4:30 How to fix the problems
5:07 Settings to change
8:55 How to hold the mouse
11:55 Summary
12:51 Outro
Thanks again for watching! I will see you all coming Thursday for another Thoughts on Thursday where we will discuss the question: What is Quality?
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You saved this mouse from flying out my window at a high rate speed with many curse words in front and right behind it ...Thank you!
Hahaha, I’m glad we prevented any windows or Magic Mice from getting hurt!
How's it going with your Magic Mouse nowadays? I like mine, but I admit it was a little uncomfortable at first.
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Wow, I got 3 quarters of the way through this video before I even noticed you only had 82 subscribers, this felt like it could go toe to toe with a lot of tech youtubers with millions of subs. Nice work man, and your tips actually helped me a lot so thanks
Thanks a lot man, realy appreciate that! I’m glad the tips helped, thanks for watching 🙏🏼
I tried using it how I used a regular mouse, this vid honestly got me to understand it. it's awesome!
That’s so good to hear, glad the video helped! Thanks for watching man! 😁
Hi, im having a war with my magic mouse and your tutorial have solved all my problems, thank you!
Good to hear man! Thanks for watching! 🙏🏼
Just the video I needed that has restored my faith in the Magic Mouse! Great video!
Good to hear! Thanks man!
loved it - thought I had stuffed up my settings as I was unable to scroll. thanks to you I can now scroll
Good to hear! A mouse without scrolling is like a pen with no ink haha! Thanks for watching 🙏🏼
Thanks for sharing mate!! Great video
Thanks for watching mate!! 🙏🏼
This has been the best video I've watched so far on tips for using the Magic Mouse. It has been a bit of a struggle, but I am going to stick with it after learning these tips. Thanks Sa!
Thanks Lynn, for watching and commenting your kind words! Has sticking with the mouse payed off for you yet?
Best video on this subject!
I just bought a Magic Mouse and I was a bit “scared” after all I saw/heard!
Thanks for the advices!!!
Haha yeah the mouse had a pretty bad reputation. Glad the video helped, and thanks for the kind words!
This is by far the best and most practical video i’ve watched on Magic Mouse on TH-cam !! Great job buddy 👍🏻
Thanks so much for the kind words Ashar!
This information was exactly what I needed. Thank you!!
You are very welcome!
This was really useful and I’m glad I found this video now my Magic Mouse is much more comfortable to use, thank you
Ah so glad to hear! Thanks for watching man! 🙏🏼
Thank you for the tips, My GF bought me one for my MBP but I didn't liked the slowness for scrolling and moving, with your help those issues are gone. Keep the good work!
Good to hear man! Amazing gift to receive! Haha :)
This video really helped me feel out my brand new mouse. thanks man
Good to hear man! Thanks for watching! 🙏🏼
I was definitely going to send this thing back! Thanks
Awesome! Hopefully you won’t need to now :)
this was super helpful - thanks x
Great to hear! Thanks for watching 🙏🏼
Thank you!! It really helped me decide to buy the Apple Magic Mouse.
Nice stuff! Hope you enjoy the mouse 😁
Hello, do you enjoy your magic mouse?
This video was SOOO helpful! I was struggling with that mouse.
Thanks so much Shelly! Glad the video was helpful.
Great information. Thanks you very much
Thanks for watching!
Very informative..thanks for these tutorial!
Thank you for watching!
Thank you for the best explanation that I have found!!!
Good to hear man! Thank you for watching! 😁
Awesome! Excellent explantion
Thanks so much man! 🙏🏼
This is very well done. You're certainly a natural at providing insight and instruction. Thanks!
Thanks so much Bill! 🙏🏼
thank you...really usefull tips..
You’re welcome! Thank you for watching! 🙏🏼
Helpful video - I have been using the m-mouse for yonks - now i am using it better.
Glad the video helped! Thanksfor watching!
This was an amazing video, everything was extremely on point. Way to go and thank you!
Woohoo! Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching!
I enjoyed this video. Thank you.
Thank you for watching!
Well crafted video....One of the most unbiased reviews I have ever seen which also incorporates simplicity.......No wonder this video attracted 21K views and zero dislikes i.e. the point in time in which it I looked at it.
Thanks so much Darren! Really appreciate your comment. I am really proud of the amount of views and lack of dislikes on this video, so thank you for mentioning it. And thanks for watching of course!
It's painful to watch such an informative channel has sooooo less subscribers. Wish you success man. Great video 💪🏼
Thanks man, really appreciate that! Thank you for watching! 🙏🏼❤️
thank you..
nice review! it helps a lot.
Glad it helped! Thank you for watching!
I am subscribing because you HELPed me so much!
Glad I could help Kevin! Thanks for subscribing and watching!
Excellent video, I have been struggling with the magic mouse as I too have switched from PC to Mac. Must try making the changes you have suggested.
I'm with you on that I recently got the magic mouse and I've had my Mac for a about a year now and I was having problems on holding the mouse. I wanted to use my middle finger where the scroll wheel would be but I get how to use it now.
Yeah, the switch from PC to Mac can be a little difficult at times! Glad to hear these tips helped!
saved me so much time and money! thank you so much
Love that! Thank you for watching!
Helpful. 👍
Grateful!
Thanks :) I need to watch this first before getting it. 😅
Sorry for my super late response, I really thought I already responded. Anyways, thanks for watching Rian! I hope these tips help out 😁
Thank you so much!!! Saludos desde Colombia
Thanks for watching! Groetjes uit Nederland!
Thank you!!! ❤❤❤
Thank you!!
Thanks brother!
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
What a great video. I've been suffering from a sore hand and wrist the last 2 days from switching to a Magic Mouse. Thanks man.
Awesome! I'm glad this video was able to help! Thank you for watching!
Great vid thanks!
Thank you for watching! 🙌🏼
im glad you put this vid out there. granted I'm 2 years late lol. but not having used a Magic Mouse before and learning all the gestures from scratch made me thing its a very well thought out mouse. Ive heard about all the other guys here on TH-cam but I have to say its not the most ergonomic but it freakin works and since it don't spend 8-10hrs a day using it I don't get the fatigue everyone suffers from. I know mine is a small opinion but I like the damn thing. like a lot.
Agreed! It might not be the most ergonomical for longer use, but I can't live without it now haha
I agree with most in here.. Great tutorial man.
Thanks for the kind words Hector! What part didn't you agree with? I am open to any feedback 😁
@@SalimHarinck what I meant is that i agree with most people in here regarding the good content of the video. No negative feedback from my end.
Now i am more convinced to love my magic mouse…used to love using magic touch pad in my macbook…thank you for this learning!❤
You are very welcome! I am glad the video helped you out 😁
Thanks Mate! It changed my life 😀
Thanks so much for taking the time to explain all this, it's amazingly helpful! I've always loved the idea of the MM but as you say, there have been so many strange negative reviews that have put me off. Anyway, I've just ordered one and look forward to employing the methods you've outlined here. Cheers!
Hi Thormusique! You are more than welcome! I’m glad the video helped. Thanks so much for watching! 🙏🏼
What's your opinion on the magic mouse 1 year later?
@@jayhepta I still really love it, although I would add that it really pays to put in some time up front to understand exactly how it works. Otherwise, you occasionally end up wondering 'WTF just happened?', as happened to me a few times. That thing is truly more sensitive than I originally gave it credit for, so learning the ins and outs of it really helps to avoid unexpected weirdness. I guess I would also add that the Magic Mouse is probably not very good for Heavy-Handed Mousers or Those of Little Subtlety (two distinct species of human). Good luck! 🙂
Jees...
WHAT A NICE SURPRISE! A very good, mature, honest review... CONGRATULATION!
Like a guy before me said... this video should have WAY MORE views... I wish you the best!
Hey! Thanks so much, appreciate the kind words! 😁
This video is so useful. It was easy to get used to the magic mouse on Day 1, thanks to you. And I am loving it already on Day 2.
Great to hear that! Thanks for watching 🙏🏼
Hey, how is it after a month? I’m planning to get a MBP this week (moving from Windows), and I can’t decide if I want the Logitech or Magic Mouse.
@@u-bum I would highly recommend it. I love it. I would ignore all the sceptics.
Can't believe you've only got 100 subs. This is really high-quality content. Keep it up and I genuinely think you'll go places.
Thanks so much man! Definitely motivates me to keep going! 💪🏼
@@SalimHarinck keep going man! u can do it!
Really deciding in getting the magic mouse,, but a great video to watch before deciding on anything. Thank you for explaining not only the bad side of the mouse but also the good side of the mouse. ☺️
Thank you for watching man! Hope you can enjoy the mouse a little more now 😁
Hello, did you bought the magic mouse? if yes how it works? Do you like it?
This tip is also super useful for other really flat mice, like my Logitech Pebble that I use while on the go! If your mouse is on the smaller side lengthwise too (again, like my Logitech Pebble), move it forward in your grip until your index and middle fingers are bent to an angle you like while they're in their resting position. At first you may be instinctively inclined to make sure some part of the mouse contacts your palm, but doing so often forces your index and middle fingers to curl in a carpal tunnel-inducing manner.
Basically, start with a grip as if you were holding a traditional ergonomically sized mouse, then without changing that grip, position the mouse within it until you can use all of the functions properly!
Fully agree! Thanks for sharing this tip!
really well polished video! you earned a subscriber.
Thank you!!
I just bought a Mac mini and the Apple keyboard and mouse to go with it. This video was very helpful because I felt like I had to contort my wrist around to move the mouse. I didn't realize it was a simple as changing the tracking speed. I am so used to having a MacBook with a trackpad so the mouse was a bit a of a learning curve.
Glad to hear the video helped! What kind of Mac Mini did you go for? 😁
thanks bro.
Thank you!
Good video, very useful
Thanks! 🙏🏼
Good review!
Thanks so much!
Best video, I was watching videos about how to make the mouse move fast ..
Glad I could help! How's the mouse now that it moves faster?
Hey man, thank you for the tips. I was about to get rid of the mouse because it was really frustrating to use. Keep going!
Hey! Glad to hear the mouse is working better for you now. And thanks for the motivation, I will keep going!
This is very informative & necessary video, which really helped me from throwing away my mouse. I wonder why you have just 55 subscribers with over 3500 view of the video!! I subscribed as 56th subscriber & I hope you get more subscribers soon.
Hey Nihas! I hope so too! 🤞 Thanks for watching 😁
Really great tips! - I also bought a 303 Shroud mouse and that one was horrible the first few weeks but now it feels natural. Magic Mouse 2 is my latest addition, I feel like I will get used to the size though right now my wrist is not happy. It is annoying that scrolling is 1 finger instead of 2, I'm used to using 2 on the trackpad. Please keep making videos, this was very useful!
Nice one! If you keep trying the mouse, I'll keep making videos how about that? Haha, thanks for watching!
@@SalimHarinck I've given up on this mouse, I just could not find it comfortable to use, now back to the trackpad and the Logitech G303 - but you should keep making videos :)
I subscribed you! You help me a lot! I'm starting love this "annoying" mouse already.
Good to hear Susan! I'm glad the video helped you out! Thanks so much for subscribing.
So with that, I subscribed!
Thanks so much Jimmy! Welcome to the club!
Thanks for the tips! Switching from Windows to Mac and got the magic mouse just assuming every product Apple makes is always amazing - then started trying to use it and was like "what the hell is this flat thing?!?" But I'm gonna try your methods to see if that makes it more usable.
Haha same here, you expect great ergonomics and design from a company like Apple, not something "you have to get used to". Did my tips make it better for you? Thanks for watching 😁
@@SalimHarinck Yeah, definitely some good tips. Still getting used to it - it's just less intuitive since we're all used to using a "normal" mouse, but I also installed BetterTouchControl which adds a lot of functionality to the mouse using the touch surface so that kinda makes up for the lame ergonomics...
just bought the magic mouse. the setting was a game-changer
but man! The ergonomy on this thing is a tournament!!!!
Haha yeah it’s definitely an “acquired taste” if you will 😂
wow that wrist resting suggestion is really awesome. Thank you . Like you I also switched (Would not say switch, more like in addition to PC) to Mac, and this Magic Mouse experience was not that great. Until I saw your video. Good Analytical skills that you have.
Hi Khaled, thanks so much for these kind words! I am glad the video helped to make your experience with the mouse better 😁
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Excellent video. This video changed my perspective on Magic Mouse completely! Everything make sense once you realise Magic Mouse is actually a "movable Magic Trackpad" rather than a conventional mouse. Magic Mouse is great for scrolling gesture, so you should position your hand like using a trackpad when scrolling. Also you have to hold Magic Mouse very differently. And the best way to hold Magic Mouse I found is .. DO NOT HOLD IT while your hand is at rest! Why it is so? Magic Mouse has flat weird shape that is very uncomfortable to hold for sustained period of time. But it also has an exceptionally flat shape that can sit/hide below your hand. You have to practise a bit to get used to the new habit: after moving the mouse cursor, release the hold of the mouse, reset your hand on the table as if you are holding nothing. Rest your thumb and pinky on the desk and relax your hand completely. When you need to move the mouse, grab the mouse again. This habit is unintuitive at first because your brain tell you it's slower to grab the mouse each time when you move to mouse. But after a few trial you will find this posture very comfortable.
I like your comparison to a moving trackpad! Thanks for your insightful comment, and for watching of course!
This video was really useful, cause I was about to return my magic mouse, but thanks to your tips I'm giving it a chance ;)
Nice one Wendy! I hope you don’t regret giving the mouse a chance 😁
@@SalimHarinck Best mouse ever now that I'm used to it. No kidding. So thanks again :)
dope got my girlfriends mouse and i use a gaming mouse normally with my mac and god you changed my life bro
Glad the video was helpful dude! Thanks for watching!
This is a great video
This is a great comment! Thanks for watching Luke
Thanks for the video., I was looking for just this. I am wondering if a tap to click option is available that I am not able to figure, so instead of going for a "click" could just tap like on the trackpad because its touch sensitive anyways?
Hi Jagan! So sorry for my late response. To my knowledge there unfortunately is no way to get the mouse to respond to a tap instead of a click. This seems to be a deliberate choice from Apple though, seeing as the mouse is able to distinguish between a click and a tap. Like you said, it's already touch sensitive. Maybe there's a third party program that makes this possible? Thanks for watching!
Hey !! thanks for making this informative video . Can u explain how to zoom in on iPad using Magic Mouse 2 .Magic track pad 2 or apple Magic Mouse 2 which is better for iPad ?Please reply.
Hi Nishita! Thanks for commenting on the video. I would definitely recommend the Magic Trackpad for the iPad. The trackpad is more suited for iOS in my opinion, because it ressembles touch input more so than the mouse. To zoom in, just pinch your fingers like you would on the touchscreen of the iPad.
You can use a command in the terminal to set the tracking speed even higher. The fastest setting in the Preferences is '3'. For my 43" 4k screen I set the mouse to '15'. If you decide to do this and find the command, don't go back to Preferences and touch the Tracking Speed slider. It'll reset the speed to 3 again. lol
Awesome tip! Thanks for sharing!
MAN YOU ROCK!!!!!!
Please walk me through this. The mouse is way to unresponsive. I’m used to my brother in laws gaming pc lol -if you breathe you’re across all 3 screens 😂
The mx3 is just comfortable to me and I like the tactile feedback. Gestures are nice, but I'm not letting all that just to get a gesture to make macs weird fullscreen behavior led annoying 😂. I'd rather just use alt when I fullscreen to get the Windows-style behavior you described. I wish that was a default behavior... having an app take over the entire display and not let me pop other things over it is what I want maybe 3% of the time.
I hold every mouse with my fingertips as you described here and am used to keeping my wrist stationary and just using my fingers to move the mouse.
I got the magic mouse for work and found it very inaccurate and very difficult to click on small things. After some frustration, i found the reason - the sensor is at the front and not in the middle. The front is also the heavier part of the mouse. This makes it so that when you hold the mouse in the middle and make fine movements, it rotates and the sensor doesn't follow the movement properly. This makes it necessary to either hold the mouse at the front, which feels unnatural and uncomfortable, or take extra care not to rotate it when moving it. Because of this single dumb design decision, this mouse is completely unusable for me
great video, it really helped me!
which mouse pad are u using?
Hi Priya, glad the video helped! In this video I am using the Razer Gigantus mouse pad. Thanks for watching!
@@SalimHarinck could you suggest some mouse pads in less price?
Nice video brother
Thank you brother!
Thank you so much for this. Now I can use a Magic Mouse without effort, haha.
Haha nice one! I'm glad the video helped! Thank you for watching!
Thanks for the tips. I'm going to give my magic mouse a second chance
Nice one! I hope it worked out for you. Thanks for watching!
I’m lefty and have really small hands so I consider change to Magic Mouse honestly…typical mice are already needed adopting, why not trying to learn new one if that fits me better? Thank you for the video.
Yes, very true! I hope you like the mouse! Thanks for watching! 🙏🏼
You did it right
Thanks man! You did it right by watching haha! 😁
Honestly the biggest game changer for this thing is better touch tools. It unlocks a TON of potential. Tap to click instead of having to click is nice, tapping or clicking on the right side of the mouse to right click, having 2 finger swipe down to minimize a window and 2 fingers swipe up to maximize but not full screen a window, two finger tap to right click, etc.
You can even specify which areas of the mouse register touches, how much touch is required to register as an actionable touch and tons of other advanced options.
You really have to think of this thing as a small touchpad you move around to control the mouse and use the surface of the mouse for everything else you'd normally use a touchpad for.
I agree! I definitely think that the mouse has potential to do so much more with the touch area. It's long overdue for an upgrade... or at least a "pro" version. Thanks for watching!
Instead of suspending your fingers over it, another option is to have your middle finger on the upper right edge as well, and leave your pointer resting on the surface. Then you just have to move your middle finger over (to "join the party") for the occasional gestures. (Well, I guess my pointer does tend to hover, so I'm with you there.)
Good one! Thanks for the comment, and for watching of course!
@@SalimHarinck Yeah, keep up the good work buddy!
Speed to the max for both tracking and scrolling + I personally turned off all gestures - this helped me not to begin hate Apple.
Haha whatever works for you man! I definitely had to up the tracking speed as well, the vanilla setting is sooo slow haha. Thanks for watching!
very informative video, don't know why you don't have more subscribers, but you won me, I'll give a try for the magic mouse, so far I'm not liking it at all, but with your tutorial it started to feel better
Thanks so much! And yeah, the Magic Mouse is one of those products that just needs some time to get used to. I'm glad the video helps! Hopefully Apple will release a proper first-party mouse soon.
@@SalimHarinck I have to reply you again, because in the end, I felt in love with the magic mouse, it was hard to love it at the beginning, but now I'm planning on even using on Windows with some app that makes all the features of the magic mouse works on windows, so yeah, time won in the end :p
Good to hear man! I had the same experience, hated it at first, then kinda liked it, and now it's the only mouse I use. However I still believe Apple can do better. I would love to see them create a mouse that supports the gestures, but has a more ergonomic design and maybe some pro-features like extra customisable buttons.
Thanks for the intro. The left click button is so hard, and hurt the figure after a full day work.
I know, can't deny that this mouse's design leaves some stuff to be desired... but after a while it gets better 😁
Man apple should include a link to this video for everyone who purchased the mouse
Appreciate the kind words man! I’ll send them an e-mail! Haha, thanks fot watching 😁
Great video. Very helpful content. Only suggestion is to lower background music since it competes w/ your voice.
Hey Tony! Thanks for the feedback, I think it sounds better in my latest video :) Thanks for watching this one 😁
This is really helpful but I still have a problem and I really want this mouse to work for me: when I have to click and drag something very precisely the cursor jumps slightly up and down. This makes it very very hard to work with it. Any solution for this?
So sorry for the late reply! This sounds like an issue with the Bluetooth. Do other bluetooth devices show similar "laggy-ness" on your mac?
Warning: resting on your wrist, or keeping your fingers suspended like that, may cause a lot of strain, and eventually repetitive stress injuries. I lost feelings in my hand after using this mouse heavily (at a startup). It took me 6 months to rehab back to normal. Obviously, I no longer use this mouse.
Oof, sorry to hear that! The mouse definitely needs some work design-wise.
6:17 You actually is able to go to the fullscreen with menubar and dock visible by double clicking on window corner while holding "opt" key.
Very true! However, I think going into "actual" full screen is a nicer workflow on Mac. By using those gestures showed in the video, you can actually manoeuvre between apps really fast! Thanks for watching!
Continue what you're doing - not sacrificing quality with quantity. Kudos! You'll have more subscribers and likes in the near future. I have learned a lot from you.
I really appreciate that, thank you!
Awesome! Thanks, I was about to throw this shit away ....
Haha, well I am glad I got to save a Magic Mouse! Thank you for watching!
I guess i'll get used to using it after few days lol
people say to use thumb and middle finger as side grip, and use index fingers to click the mouse
I agree though! Everyone has their own way of holding the mouse, in this video I tell you my preferred way, hoping to give some tips 😁
I am actually switching from Mac to PC. I was working on a google slide deck and if you google this it'll come up: the slides change even with the most delicate touch on a magic mouse. After some frustrating 30 ish minutes I started to just use my track pad but noticed the back of my hand was strained from having to suspend my fingers in the air to avoid touching the magic mouse. Any tips?
Hi Omar! Hmm, that sounds super annoying. When you say the slides change with the most delicate touch, do you mean a touch, or a full on click of the mouse? If it's the first one, then there must be something off with the settings of Google Slide Deck. That program is only supposed to respond to actual clicks, not touching the mouse. Or maybe the program switches slides because it registers your touch as a scrolling gesture. If so, again something should be changed in Google Slide Deck's settings.
@@SalimHarinck Yes it's a google slides gesture thing that registers a magic mouse touch as a switch to the previous slide gesture. Started mousing with my left and a regular Dell mouse, nothing fancy but it does the job. Letting go of the magic mouse was not easy lol
Many people say the magic mouse isn’t ergonomic but they use the wrong fingertip. I’ve been using the magic mouse for ages without a single problem.
I agree! I must say that I was one of those people haha, but after some research and practice it’s actually pretty good! I love the features it has for MacOS :) thanks for watching and commenting 😁
I'm having this thing myself - I can't find the perfect mouse for Mac. The scrolling on Magic Mouse is as great as it can be - super precise and smooth, helps to navigate much faster. But due to the shape, hand really gets tired. The opposite is with a Logitech mouse - feels great and relaxed in the hand, but the scrolling is just f***ing awkward, not precise at all.
Can’t agree more man! I feel like the magic mouse is like an “Air” version of a mouse. I hope one day Apple will release a Magic Mouse Pro, with like more buttons and a more ergonomic shape, but also with the amazing touch area for scrolling.
Quick fix: don't scroll
LOL how could you only have 199subs? Heres the 200th
Appreciate it Nguyen! Thanks for subscribing! 🙏🏼
The middle finger can join the party 😅
Ghehehehe
i have an apple magic mouse!
Nice! Hope these tips help in using it!