Who didn’t see this coming? Apple’s latest multi-touch capable Magic Mouse now works on Windows. Yes you heard it right, from Windows XP to Windows 7, it can work on them all. But this is not an official update from Apple, rather it was done by hacking the Apple’s Bluetooth Update.
Thanks Dan, now I can’t wait to get my hands on the Magic Mouse. Download links for both 32-bit and 64-bit versions are given below.
Download Apple Magic Mouse Driver (32-bit)
Download Apple Magic Mouse Driver (64-bit)
Enjoy!
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Thanks My Dear, this mouse I thought I had wasted my money…
But wow, now it works…
Mannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnny thanks to that gentelman who wrote this driver….Thannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnks my buddy
it works but have to download by using firefox. so scrolling up down work well, but cannot zoom in and out or left or right scrolling don't work
well..it’s nice to have it work, but…using a Mac Mini running Windows 7 64 bit, the mouse use is sporatic at best. It’s not consistent in flow across the screen when moving the arrow, in fact it will stop and my hand is still moving, which is not good. but the zoom does work with control key in web browsers that support that like chrome, and the mouse does function a little bit. Hope there’s a tuneup at some point. Thanks for the effort.
After Installing a USB Bluetooth Receiver And the 32 Bit Apple Drivers. I turned on the Magic Mouse and everything worked like a dream. The only thing is that the mouse takes few seconds to activate when windows 7 starts. It takes a bit of getting use to not having a wheel. but other then that 2 thumbs Up.
Does this mouse only work on apple computer? Dose this work on any computer in any system or only works on apple?
The only functionality I felt was missing was middle click. I compiled an AutoHotKey script (Win7 64 bit, although it probably works on 32 also) to emulate middle click.
You must right click, then tap on the left side of the mouse. It takes some finesse (to avoid right-clicking also), but it works fairly well.
Here is the script: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5131732/MiddleClick.exe
Enjoy!
-Sam
My story… windows xp sp3.
No problem installing Bluetooth. Other windows product are harder to install.
Then the UnEasySilence drive. But windows do not allow me to use the modified aple drive…
Now I have installed the sidwinder drives… but still not able to scroll….
I don’t know why you guys are crowing about this. I bought it, installed it and it’s great except that it’s unusable because it locks up every so often for about 3-4 secs. I’ve tried it with two machines, a laptop with built-in bluetooth and a PC with a bluetooth dongle, both on 32bit Windows 7 and they both have the same problem. I tried several work arounds from different forum suggestions and none of them help. I’ll reluctantly have to return it…
Greg, I had the exact same problem but was ableto solve it by replacing my Microsoft dongle Bluetooth dongle with a generic Hama model and that part worked out well. Now that I replaced the dongle however, I somehow lost the scroll feature that worked B4. Once I figure that piece out, it will be golden.
It works..click on the bluetooth icon (down right of your screen) then click add device. Apple magic mouse will be appeared. But it won’t be connected directly (keep spinning around). Right click on the mouse image and Tick on the HID bluetooth box and bingoooo it will be connected smoothly.
However scrolling function not yet work. If you want your magic mouse work, go to
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL996
and download update drive boot camp 3.1. It’s preety big (380MB)….so sit nicely while you’re downloading….try this and your expensive magic mouse will be worked perfectly..if dont just let me know and I’ll be happily to help you…
These drivers do NOT solve the whole issue. It seems that only a superficial layer of drivers has been provided by Apple and no-one is looking for a full solution.
While the Apple drivers do add multi-touch support, this is pointless as it also makes the standard mouse functions almost unusable. Unless you are careful to place the correct combination of fingers on the mouse at all times, the cursor movements are jittery and frustrating.
I can reproduce this type of behavior simply by resting the edge of my palm on the mouse and attempting to move the cursor. The movement becomes erratic until I place my index and middle finger in the “right” spots.
To further complicate things, it seems that if you do attempt to use the scroll features the mouse commands quickly become “overloaded” and the mouse cursor freezes for a few seconds and then spits out the commands as they were input.
What seems to be lacking are proper drivers to fine tune the device and prevent accidental input. Perhaps the Apple bluetooth drivers sorts this out on Mac hardware, but any Windows user will find themselves very disappointed.
why dont apple computers use windows.
you’re special aren’t you
To those of you who are having lags, disconnection, and scrolling problems, use the following link:
http://shaheel.net/upload/tmp/AppleWirelessMouseUpdate2010.exe
I’ve repackaged the bootcamp 3.1 Wireless Mouse Update that corrects all these.
Enjoy!++
Can you extract/convert the 64 bit drivers as well?
Shaheel. Is there a 64bit version of 3.1?
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