You charge it like that for 15 minutes, and then you get a month of battery life. Odd design choice tho
Or get a normal mouse you can use while charging for 15 mins and then have a month of battery. Or charge for 2hrs while using and have six months of battery.
Or buy two of these mice, so you always have a charged one waiting. (This comment was sponsored by Apple)
Here’s the thing about that though. The one thing the Magic Mouse does really well, is smooth scrolling. Apple makes it so no other mouse can do that since they control the software. So despite all the other issues it has, if you want their buttery smooth scrolling you have to use the Magic Mouse. And Apple shills will refuse to go without it, thus Apple makes bank off their otherwise shitty mouse.
The only solution to this is a sea change where people stop buying apple products purely out of brand loyalty, which will probably never happen because they do make enough genuinely good products to keep people from losing faith, like the M1/2/3 laptops.
Actually, there is software for OSX to do that, works quite well.
People would leave them plugged in damaging the port.
It’s a design to prevent stupid people damaging their products than having to deal with warranty claims that they can’t just tell you “you’re a fucking moron, unplug it to use it and it won’t get damaged”.
I have a Logitech MX Master with the charging port in the front. It looks like this. I can plug it in and use it just like a wired mouse while it charges. It’s great.
Stop making excuses for Apple. They’re a megacorp, they don’t care about you. They overcharge users for gimmicks and compatibility lock-in every chance they get.
Or you could have a port that’s not garbage like every wired mouse with a removable cable…
If that were the case, every other computer peripheral manufacturer would use a similar design or face similar warranty claim issues. Which they don’t. So nah, that ain’t it, chief.
Dragging the mouse cord across the desk is annoying though, and mouse bungees don’t fix the problem entirely
Or get a wireless mouse that charges through the mousepad and it works forever while not having wires connect to your mouse.
Have been using that mouse for almost a decade and this literally never has been an issue.
If you really somehow manage to drain the battery to zero you can just plug it in for 5 minutes and it will work for the rest of the day. Fully charged it lasts for months.
Complaining about the design it is a purley manufactured issue by people that never used one.
So because of a dumb design decision that they could have easily avoided if they designed a good product, you lose 5 minutes of your time waiting on your peripheral to charge.
You could just have bought a decent mouse and never had that issue, with no drawbacks in any other way, shape or form.
Good thing there is plenty of other mice available for people that can’t handle a simple charging routine.
You mean literally every single other wireless mouse that you can buy.
I’ve also used this mouse for many years, and it is infuriating when it dies and I have to stop what I’m doing and just… wait.
No other mouse requires that I adhere to a “charging routine.” With other mice, I can just leave my desk. I don’t have to make sure I plug my mouse in before I leave work, otherwise risking getting out of the habit and then having my work interrupted by a hilarious (I know it’s hilarious because my coworkers laugh at me when it happens) design flaw.
I fixed the problem though. I had a wired mouse tucked away that I could use for a day rather than do the 2 minute charging shuffle when my magic mouse died.
I think it’s probably totally usable once it finishes charging and you unplug the cord.
Meh. Would make a lot more sense to have the cord plugged in a way that a user can use it while charging
But you are forced to wait until it is done charging.
A feature no other mouse has.
IDK, I’ve used one and it really sucks. It’s awkward to hold and the finger gestures are awkward to perform.
Just get a regular mouse or a big trackpad. I have an MX Master 3 at work and Triathlon M720 at home (I prefer the M720). I’m not a fan of Apple products generally, but the Logitech mice make it way more pleasant imo.
I pretty much only use Logitech mice. The few times I’ve used Apple stuff it felt like I was going to break it
You laugh now, but let me see you find a better spot for a cable!
I’m assuming it can hold a charge long enough that you can just charge it while you’re sleeping, and this won’t interrupt your work. On the other hand, if they had placed the socket in the front, you could work while you charge.
