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Apple Magic Mouse 2


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Product Summary

  • Magic Mouse 2 is completely rechargeable, so youll eliminate the use of traditional batteries.
  • Its lighter, has fewer moving parts thanks to its built-in battery and continuous bottom shell, and has an optimised foot design all helping Magic Mouse 2 track easier and move with less resistance across your desk.
  • And the Multi-Touch surface allows you to perform simple gestures such as swiping between web pages and scrolling through documents.
  • Magic Mouse 2 is ready to go straight out of the box and pairs automatically with your Mac.
  • Bluetooth, wireless. Lightning port connection for re-charging.
  • Compatibility iPad models: iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd and 4th generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (1st and 2nd generation), iPad Pro 10.5-inch, iPad Pro 9.7-inch, iPad (5th, 6th and 7th generation), iPad Air (2nd & 3rd generation), iPad mini (4th & 5th generation)
  • Compatibility MacBook Air models: M1, 2020; Retina, 13-inch, 2020; Retina, 13-inch, 20182019; 13-inch, Early 20152017; 11-inch, Early 2015
  • Compatibility MacBook Pro models: 13-inch, M1, 2020; 13-inch, 2020, Four Thunderbolt 3 ports; 16-inch, 2019; 13-inch, 20162019; 15-inch, 20162019; Retina, 13-inch, Late 20122015; Retina, 15-inch, Mid 20122015
  • Compatibility iMac models: Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2020; Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, 2019; Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2019; Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, 2017; Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2017; Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, Late 2015; Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 20142015; iMac Pro 2017 and later
  • Compatibility Mac models: Mac Pro (2019), Mac Pro (Late 2013), Mac mini (M1, 2020), Mac mini (2018 and later), Mac mini (Late 2014)

Product Attributes

  • Width: 2.9 inches,
  • Height: 1.4 inches,
  • Weight: 0.5 Pounds,
  • Length: 5.1 inches,
  • Size: One Size

Brand

Apple


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Product Review Analysis*

Positives

Neutrals

Negatives

58.7% 14.0% 27.3%

Senti score  [72.7%]

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Pros & Cons

excellent product

"excellent product just make sure you have a spare lightning cable since this doesn't come with one"
100.0%

excellent experience

"excellent experience"
100.0%

excellent piece

"excellent piece of kit"
99.9%

super hero

"v pleased thank u apple for being a super hero"
99.9%

great improvement

"being rechargeable is a great improvement"
99.9%

worked splendidly

"during the brief time i used it it worked splendidly the top is like a curved mobile phone screen so one scrolls with a two finger stroke for instance"
99.7%

highly recommend

"highly recommend"
99.6%

lovely improvement

"sleek and a lovely improvement on my husbands previous one"
99.5%

brilliant more

"brilliant more than doe's the job"
99.4%

really good

"really good value"
99.3%

exceptional quality

"exceptional quality"
99.3%

absolutely amazing

"this apple magic mouse 2 is a brilliant little mouse it looks amazing stylish and modern it works perfectly and the battery life is absolutely amazing i’ve had mine a week and used at least 5 days of that week and all day it came with 85% charge and nows it on 83% its easy and comfortable to use on a daily basis and now apple has updated there ios 13"
99.0%

works perfectly

"however the mouse works perfectly with a macbook and connects instantly"
98.6%

amazing product

"amazing product by far the easier and performance wise reliable mouse on the market"
98.5%

wonderful accessory

"a wonderful accessory"
97.9%

totally satisfied

"totally satisfied"
97.9%

really fast

"and the delevery was really fast"
93.7%

fantastic improvement

"this is a fantastic improvement over the first version of this mouse"
93.6%

battery life is excellent

"battery life is excellent"
93.1%

very neat and cool

"very quick to set up looks very neat and cool"
93.1%

beautiful and high

"sure is beautiful and high quality doesn't mean usable"
93.0%

smart and brilliant

"smart and brilliant!"
92.9%

it's brilliant

"had never used an apple mouse so wasn't sure what to expect but it's brilliant!"
92.7%

very satisfied

"overall very satisfied"
91.8%

best tech company

"an amazing product from the best tech company"
91.0%

sleek and beautiful

"sleek and beautiful"
89.7%

slide across it perfectly

"one fault i can find is that my fingers don't slide across it perfectly all the time so it can be a pain to use"
89.3%

perfect and very high

"perfect and very high quality product easy to set up"
89.1%

very sleek

"looks good too very sleek design"
89.0%

which is excellent

"the mouse itself is very sensitive and responds well to the touch which is excellent"
88.9%

lovely asstecically

"its a lovely asstecically "
88.9%

good comms

"good comms with the company a replacement sent out with the expressed promise that it would be checked over prior to dispatch"
88.8%

great and cheaper

"granted doesn't get much use about 8 hours over every 2 days but it's still great and cheaper than buying a new one from apple!"
88.6%

just brilliant

"it looks just brilliant!"
88.5%

glossy and smart

"two stars deducted for a the poorly designed location of the charging port and b this is a beautifully manufactured mouse glossy and smart and it definitely needs a soft case to protect it"
88.5%

great addition

"great addition to my macbook"
75.0%

looks amazing

"this apple magic mouse 2 is a brilliant little mouse it looks amazing stylish and modern it works perfectly and the battery life is absolutely amazing i’ve had mine a week and used at least 5 days of that week and all day it came with 85% charge and nows it on 83% its easy and comfortable to use on a daily basis and now apple has updated there ios 13"
75.0%

works well

"works well"
75.0%

good works

"looks good feels good works good!"
75.0%

good price

"great product for a good price"
75.0%

best price

"best price"
75.0%

great simple mouse

"great simple mouse just silly that it was designed so the charge put was underneath so renders it useless when you need to charge it"
75.0%

great price

"great design product and at great price"
75.0%

nice package

"on time delivery nice package perfect quality"
75.0%

pleased works

"really pleased works great"
75.0%

very handy

"the gesture control is very handy for navigating between your open windows a nice overall replacement for your laptop trackpad too!"
75.0%

good looking

"the mouse is good looking good material etc"
75.0%

love these

"love these"
75.0%

looks good

"looks good too very sleek design"
75.0%

great features

"exceptionally well built and ergonomic with great features"
75.0%

great mouse

"great mouse for my 2017 macbook air works well and the charging facility is an added bonus the charge socket is at the bottom but no problem as you only need to charge it once in a blue moon for a few mins so im sure it wont ever have needed to be plugged in on charge when using like some complain about brought a used one from gadcet scratched all over and kept dropping out so returned it for refund"
75.0%

perfect mouse

"pretty much the perfect mouse really"
74.9%

light comfortable

"light comfortable and very responsive"
74.9%

pretty quick

"major advance on the original magic mouse that liked some batteries better than others mine didn't like duracell batteries and ran out of juice pretty quick"
74.9%

fast delivery

"fast delivery"
74.9%

nice mouse

"nice mouse"
74.9%

looks excellent

"as a refurbished item this looks excellent and would be difficult to tell from a brand new mouse"
74.9%

reliable mouse

"amazing product by far the easier and performance wise reliable mouse on the market"
74.9%

much comfortable

"i spend nearly 8 10 hours on laptop on weekdays and feel much comfortable and good grip with high rise mouse"
74.9%

better position

"i would also agree with other reviews that the charging connection should have been placed in a better position than underneath the mouse not rocket science!"
74.9%

great device

"a great device that is super easy to use with your apple laptop or pc"
74.9%

massive improvement

"massive improvement with no batteries needed and a full charge lasts ages"
74.9%

looks great

"it's apple so looks great and works fine"
74.8%

feels great

"i really like the magic mouse 2 it feels great under my hand it adds a lot of control that cannot be accessed using the touch pad and the box it comes in is very portable so no need to buy a new case for it"
74.8%

very comfortable

"however it is very comfortable portable and the charge is great"
74.8%

smart mouse

"this is one smart mouse and look ultra cool"
74.8%

looks perfect

"i've had it for about 2 weeks and it's my first mac so i'm still getting used to it but it works and looks perfect!"
74.8%

very smooth

"the product is very smooth and is well worth the price tag that comes with it"
74.6%

lovely things

"these mice are lovely things"
74.6%

helps remedy this

"this new version helps remedy this but i was surprised to find out that unfortunately you cannot use the mouse whilst its charging as the port is on the base !"
74.6%

works fine

"it's apple so looks great and works fine"
74.6%

pretty nice

"as a former pc user it takes a while to adjust to it and the price is a bit over the top but overall it's functions are pretty nice!"
74.5%

good choice

"good choice"
74.5%

with macbook

"works perfectly with macbook pro"
74.5%

great new features

"great tech with some great new features"
74.5%

beautiful design

"sometimes things can just get too 'simple' and 'clean' in pursuit of a beautiful design"
74.5%

excellent delivery

"excellent delivery more than happy with product"
74.4%

pretty good

"but it's pretty good"
74.4%

level quality

"prefect apple level quality"
74.4%

good contacts

"the mouse 2 retains the excellent handling of the earlier device with no constant battery changing and trying to get good contacts "
74.4%

high quality

"a high quality and easy to use product"
74.4%

very useful

"the recharging function is very useful"
74.3%

added bonus

"great mouse for my 2017 macbook air works well and the charging facility is an added bonus the charge socket is at the bottom but no problem as you only need to charge it once in a blue moon for a few mins so im sure it wont ever have needed to be plugged in on charge when using like some complain about brought a used one from gadcet scratched all over and kept dropping out so returned it for refund"
74.3%

nice optical mouse

"nice optical mouse very easy to set up and connect to my macbook pro"
74.3%

seems good

"battery life seems good"
74.3%

really smooth

"perfect amazing design and really smooth"
74.3%

delivered quickly

"delivered quickly love it"
74.2%

amazing design

"perfect amazing design and really smooth"
74.2%

more comfortable

"50 mouse is more comfortable and better to use"
74.2%

quality product

"what more would you expect than a great quality product"
74.2%

very portable

"i really like the magic mouse 2 it feels great under my hand it adds a lot of control that cannot be accessed using the touch pad and the box it comes in is very portable so no need to buy a new case for it"
74.2%

clean works

"nice clean works perfectly"
74.2%

perfectly well

"so easy to setup and connect nice and light and works perfectly well in my large hands"
74.2%

nice and sturdy

"it's nice and sturdy well made and feels good to use and quite a novelty with having no buttons or scroller it uses touch to achieve this which is a new thing for me"
74.1%

beautiful product

"as with all apple products they have given more time to designing a beautiful product compromising a little on comfort"
74.1%

lovely mouse

"lovely mouse allows all the swipe gestures i use with my touchpad and it looks great which is what you expect from apple"
74.1%

very responsive

"light comfortable and very responsive"
74.0%

very happy

"grandaughter very happy"
74.0%

nice and light

"so easy to setup and connect nice and light and works perfectly well in my large hands"
74.0%

good thing

"i guess it's a good thing that it comes with its own lightning cable"
73.9%

apple goodies

"i am an apple user since 20 years so mostly own all the apple goodies"
73.8%

best mouse

"the best mouse for the mac"
73.8%

works lovely

"it’s beautiful and works lovely"
73.8%

smart things

"good product can't fault build does many smart things as you would expect down side a bit small for my hand size track pad is easier to use"
73.8%

apple premium

"when buying an apple product you'll be paying for the apple premium"
73.8%

comfortable working

"because i spend 8 hours a day maybe a little less since the hot weather :d sitting in front of my computer it's important for me to be comfortable working"
73.7%

great tech

"great tech with some great new features"
73.7%

good product

"good product better than the old mouse"
73.7%

lasting experience

"battery life is great it lasts for a very long time and there is also a power switch underneath the mouse to conserve while not using which sometimes i forget to do but still leaves me with a long lasting experience"
73.7%

going strong

"after charging for first time the mouse is still going strong five months later!"
73.6%

excellent mouse

"excellent mouse with built in rechargeable battery"
73.6%

pretty smooth

"i was using the office mouse with a dongle until and it worked pretty smooth until very recently"
73.5%

pairing mouse

"here you will find the apples logo and the serial number along with other information charging port and the off button pairing mouse: the mouse works by switching on from the bottom of the mouse"
73.5%

fantastic product

"fantastic product and makes using my laptop so much easier"
73.4%

apple products

"as with all apple products they have given more time to designing a beautiful product compromising a little on comfort"
73.4%

good quality

"good quality and long battery life although it does take a bit longer than you would like to charge when it does run out"
73.3%

works super

"it's made navigating so much easier and works super well"
73.3%

good and comfortable

"very good and comfortable mouse"
73.2%

really magic

"really magic"
73.2%

other respects

"in all other respects it is first class as you would expect from an apple product"
73.1%

incredibly precise

"incredibly precise and gets the job done"
73.1%

lovely product

"lovely product"
72.9%

ultra cool

"this is one smart mouse and look ultra cool"
72.9%

incredibly comfortable

"nevertheless i'm happy i bought it because regardless of the issue the mouse might be small but incredibly comfortable"
72.9%

lasts ages

"a full charge lasts ages with the new one and i can live with the charging port being on the bottom"
72.8%

very unique

"a little pricey however does some very unique things battery life and charging time is exceptional"
72.8%

will automatically

"then you simply plug the mouse into the usb port on the adaptor and the macbook will automatically pair the mouse via bluetooth"
72.7%

responds well

"the mouse itself is very sensitive and responds well to the touch which is excellent"
72.6%

well worth

"expensive but well worth it"
72.6%

highly recommended

"highly recommended!"
72.6%

perfectly fine

"whilst the trackpad works perfectly fine i don't get on with it and it's going on ebay"
72.6%

high price

"4 it can be used on a ipad too which also works perfectly the technology of this mouse spot on and it actually feels and looks worth the high price paid i highly recommend it i love mine so much"
72.5%

would recommend

"would recommend"
72.4%

great piece

"great piece of kit last one lasted 10 years"
72.4%

remarkably tactile

"this really is a remarkably tactile piece of kit and i am pleased with it"
72.1%

navigate my macbook

"anke to navigate my macbook pro at a slick pace "
72.1%

much better

"the mouse is much better in that respect and i've given up with the trackpad"
71.9%

apple user

"i am an apple user since 20 years so mostly own all the apple goodies"
71.8%

exceptional mouse

"exceptional mouse"
71.8%

best suits people

"it is quite a small mouse as well so it best suits people with smaller hands unlike me"
71.8%

designed mouse

"good quality well designed mouse"
71.7%

easily cleaned

"can pick up dirt from the desk but is easily cleaned"
71.7%

look neater

"definitely recommended to anyone who wants to make there set up look neater and just improve there work flow all round"
71.6%

fantasic works

"fantasic works straight out of the box great design"
71.6%

performance wise

"amazing product by far the easier and performance wise reliable mouse on the market"
71.4%

quality and reliability

"this one has built in batteries which seem to be holding charge very well pricey but for apple quality and reliability that’s the cost"
71.4%

original packaging

"this product comes in the original packaging from apple and inside has setup instructions and also a lightning cable for when you first connect the mouse the mac"
71.2%

definitely fantastic

"it takes times for me to set it up at first but after that its definitely fantastic"
71.1%

apple site

"cheaper than the apple site and freedom from wires"
71.1%

always however

"as always however the charging port on the bottom still baffles me"
71.0%

recommend this

"i would recommend this to any mac user it is a must have accessory"
70.9%

nearly fully charged

"it came nearly fully charged and a few weeks later it is still on 68% and i use it 5 days a week for work"
70.9%

simple and intuitive

"simple and intuitive to use"
70.9%

recorded delivery

"recorded delivery and came in a large jiffy bag"
70.8%

most portable

"easy to carry with you to work or to a cafe and its the slimmest and most portable mouse i have ever used"
70.7%

good mouse

"it's a good mouse easy to connect to a mac and really nice to use"
70.6%

good excuse

"bit annoying having the socket on the bottom to charge but as the charge is pretty quick it's a good excuse to go make myself a cup of tea"
70.5%

apple cable

"just plug the standard apple cable in from computer’s usb socket and it charges"
70.3%

everything easier

"great for mac users multi touch surface makes everything easier"
70.3%

other benefits

"the other benefits are its lighter slides real nice and pointing seems more accurate"
70.2%

recommend buying

"however i would strongly recommend buying this as a mac user and if you are in the market for a slim portable mouse for your pc then look elsewhere"
70.1%

more practical

"great mouse when it works as it combines trackpad and mouse features making it more traditional then the actual external track pad which i also own but more practical then a traditional mouse"
70.0%

same price

"same price as the applestore but with super quick delivery"
69.9%

promptly and well

"arrived promptly and well packaged with required lighting lead i have several already but an extra one is always a bonus"
69.7%

build quality

"it’s apple so build quality is superb"
69.6%

works great

"out of the box this one connects instantly works great easily configurable and has a noticeably much lighter and lower friction operation on the desk than the previous model"
69.5%

perform better

"this is an expensive mouse and should perform better i have also found a tendency to left click when i want to centre click now that could be me but this is the fifth magic mouse i have had over the years and the only one i have had problems with"
69.4%

sleek style

"the positives first it is a very good looking mouse as mouses go and it has a lot of that sleek style that you would expect from apple"
69.0%

genuine apple mouse

"genuine apple mouse and works very well"
68.9%

nucleus multi

"lucky i had a kington nucleus multi point with new c port lead"
68.8%

perfectly the technology

"4 it can be used on a ipad too which also works perfectly the technology of this mouse spot on and it actually feels and looks worth the high price paid i highly recommend it i love mine so much"
68.7%

good horizontal speed

"a good horizontal speed is achievable if you flick your wrist albeit inconsistently and with no accuracy but vertical speed is awful to the extent that it requires effort to reach the lower display areas"
68.7%

delivered promptly

"great product delivered promptly"
68.6%

great design

"great design"
68.5%

brilliant mouse

"brilliant mouse"
68.4%

worth the money

"although expensive definitely worth the money"
68.4%

first class

"in all other respects it is first class as you would expect from an apple product"
68.3%

pairing mode

"if you do decide to turn the mouse on and off after using it you will find the mouse goes through the pairing mode again which takes around 2 mins"
68.3%

work flow all round

"definitely recommended to anyone who wants to make there set up look neater and just improve there work flow all round"
68.2%

discounted price

"a genuine apple mouse 2 at a discounted price"
68.1%

love my new mouse

"love my new mouse"
68.1%

apple charger

"love the fact it uses the multi touch gestures and that it uses a standard apple charger"
68.0%

definaltly helps

"really good and definaltly helps"
68.0%

improves productive no

"this mouse improves productive no end"
67.6%

quick delivery

"thanks amazon for quick delivery and thanks to all the delivery people who are doing a stirling job especially at this time"
67.1%

trusted companion

"it was a trusted companion about 10 years"
66.8%

rechargeable battery

"excellent mouse with built in rechargeable battery"
66.8%

does n't mean

"sure is beautiful and high quality doesn't mean usable"
66.2%

awesome product

"awesome product"
65.8%

pleased with

"very pleased with it"
65.8%

join the thing

"i clicked it open again easy with a knife and noticed a couple of delicate plastic parts that join the thing together inside were broken"
65.6%

like duracell batteries

"major advance on the original magic mouse that liked some batteries better than others mine didn't like duracell batteries and ran out of juice pretty quick"
65.5%

recommend it i love mine

"4 it can be used on a ipad too which also works perfectly the technology of this mouse spot on and it actually feels and looks worth the high price paid i highly recommend it i love mine so much"
65.2%

pleased with purchase

"so much better than the older version so pleased with purchase"
65.0%

good looks

"it feels good looks good and is very user friendly"
64.7%

absolutely fabulous

"absolutely fabulous after my sluggish old mouse which used to keep losing connection"
64.6%

delighted with this

"my daughter was delighted with this as she has just gotten a new laptop"
64.5%

touching the shell

"the connection with bluetooth is smooth and working with photoshop typing or just browsing the web is amazing by just touching the shell to scroll resize and switch between windows"
64.5%

design product

"great design product and at great price"
64.5%

superb price

"superb price from this seller and what an amazing mouse!"
64.4%

been amazing

"the second i purchased has been amazing"
64.3%

smooth and easy

"the gestures are very smooth and easy to use"
64.3%

really great

"really great mouse to use and functional"
64.2%

with windows

"very good with windows too!"
64.1%

efficient and convenient

"the mouse does magic coz it's so efficient and convenient"
64.0%

stylish and modern

"this apple magic mouse 2 is a brilliant little mouse it looks amazing stylish and modern it works perfectly and the battery life is absolutely amazing i’ve had mine a week and used at least 5 days of that week and all day it came with 85% charge and nows it on 83% its easy and comfortable to use on a daily basis and now apple has updated there ios 13"
63.9%

once comfortable

"takes time to get use to the controls but once comfortable is it the best mouse i have used"
63.6%

really easy to

"really easy to use and a must if you have a mac book"
63.6%

very easy to set

"nice optical mouse very easy to set up and connect to my macbook pro"
63.6%

very easy to

"its very easy to use and feels good in the hand"
63.4%

fantastic mouse

"fantastic mouse!"
63.1%

excellent apple

"its and excellent apple produce"
63.1%

great companion

"it really is a great companion to the macbook pro 2018"
63.0%

mac user there's

"this is pretty great because as a mac user there's things you can do on your mouse pad that you can on this and couldn't if you had a regular pc mouse"
62.8%

easy to charge

"feels great in the hand and so easy to charge and last a long time"
62.7%

great choice

"great choice in purchase and to use"
62.7%

easy to setup

"so easy to setup and connect nice and light and works perfectly well in my large hands"
62.6%

excellent apple product

"excellent apple product"
62.6%

great step forward

"not significantly different in appearance and handling from the original magic mouse the great step forward is that this is rechargeable from a usb port"
62.5%

magical mouse properties

"great step forward for mice the usual magical mouse properties but with a rechargeable battery built in"
62.5%

gestures are great

"the gestures are great: a few examples are"
62.5%

connected look good

"long battery life always connected look good and feel cool"
62.4%

great service and product

"great service and product "
62.2%

open windows

"the gesture control is very handy for navigating between your open windows a nice overall replacement for your laptop trackpad too!"
62.2%

seems fine

"this one seems fine"
62.2%

these are so good

"these are so good"
62.2%

with new features

"as described with new features"
62.2%

pretty great

"this is pretty great because as a mac user there's things you can do on your mouse pad that you can on this and couldn't if you had a regular pc mouse"
62.2%

great form factor

"great form factor and chargeable with a regular iphone charger included"
62.1%

apples logo

"magic mouse 2: top of mouse: clear plastic with white background surface of the mouse with the apples logo imbedded in it"
62.0%

brilliant little mouse

"this apple magic mouse 2 is a brilliant little mouse it looks amazing stylish and modern it works perfectly and the battery life is absolutely amazing i’ve had mine a week and used at least 5 days of that week and all day it came with 85% charge and nows it on 83% its easy and comfortable to use on a daily basis and now apple has updated there ios 13"
61.8%

superb battery life

"excellent mouse with superb battery life"
61.8%

multi touch features

"some people would say it is expensive for what it is but it does what it does well especially with its multi touch features"
61.5%
...

worst thing

"it is the single worst thing i have ever bought i don't care that the charger is on the bottom or that it is insensitive and has to be on a completely flat surface or that you have to lift it and move it to get around the screen yes i downloaded mousezoom and magicprefs to sort this or that it doesn't recognise your gestures properly"
99.5%

very disappointed

"very disappointed"
99.0%

truly terrible

"combined with the fact that your hand feels empty this mouse is truly terrible"
98.4%

slight disappointment

"charging is reasonably quick but the one slight disappointment is that you cannot use the mouse while it is charging"
96.0%

just frustrating

"apple magicmouse1 started going through batteries so had to utilise a non apple product which was just frustrating bit the bullet & annoyingly high cost for the magicmouse2 delighted that "feel" is back and so far after 3 days it has dropped 3% off it's charge"
93.2%

worst product

"magic mouse is probably apple's worst product"
91.4%

preposterous acceleration

"apparently there are 3rd party software workarounds to address the preposterous acceleration and speed issues but i don't have the will"
89.8%

worst mouse

"this has to be the worst mouse i have ever used"
88.9%

wasted purchase

"i consider this a wasted purchase"
75.0%

fake product

"fake product do not buy"
74.9%

connectivity issues

"connectivity issues so returned"
74.9%

same issue

"so just to help anyone with this same issue out you need to connect your mouse and go to system preferences mouse and the battery level is in the bottom left hand corner"
74.9%

only gripe

"let me start with the only gripe it's small and i have big hands no it's not tiny but for my hands it does get lost a bit"
74.9%

drawback too expensive

"only drawback too expensive"
74.9%

buggy software

"on the other hand if you buy logitech mx master which is more expensive the grip and design is fantastic but it doesn't have all the features of the apple wireless mouse + suffers from buggy software"
74.8%

rather expensive

"it's okay but is rather expensive for what it is"
74.8%

gesture operation

"touch gesture operation is very intuitive and makes using a macbook really easy"
74.8%

more expensive

"on the other hand if you buy logitech mx master which is more expensive the grip and design is fantastic but it doesn't have all the features of the apple wireless mouse + suffers from buggy software"
74.8%

standard product

"does the job adequately but typically apple it's expensive for a rechargeable version of the standard product"
74.8%

does n't work

"doesn’t work"
74.8%

media nonsense

"there is a lot of social media nonsense about a design 'fail' because this mouse can't charge while using it"
74.7%

biggest issue

"hardly the biggest issue and can be done whilst you nip off to make a cup of coffee or have lunch"
74.7%

software issue

"using a brand new macbook so not a software issue"
74.7%

con's expensive

"love the bluetooth sync and simplicity works on loads of surfaces feels 'quite' nice in the hand love the gestures that map a lot of the mouse pad gestures con's expensive not the most ergonomic for large hands"
74.6%

annoying thing

"the only annoying thing is that you cannot use it whilst it is charging but even with really heavy use it holds charge for ages"
74.6%

issue battery

"love this mouse and the socket on the bottom is not a big issue battery is sed to last for 30 days so charging it over night once a month is hardly an issue"
74.5%

small awkward

"it's small awkward and just plain odd"
74.5%

another issue

"another issue worth mentioning for people who use cad software is that these users will normally require a centre button "
74.5%

stupid place

"very good but the charger is in a stupid place"
74.5%

cheap mouse

"my cheap mouse also has never lost a connection"
74.4%

left right swipe

"you can change which gestures it will respond to and i think i'm going to have to turn off the left right swipe gesture as i'm finding it too sensitive when i thought i was scrolling up and down it does a left right swipe instead which is a pain"
74.4%

cheap however

"not cheap however if you want gestures and wireless this is the way to go in honesty if gestures are not a big thing and you just need a functional mouse there are plenty cheaper options to choose from"
74.4%

disposable batteries

"this is the new version that can be recharged rather than using disposable batteries however if it gets flat you have to charge it and wait so not always as convenient works well though"
74.3%

very expensive

"very expensive mediocre mouse"
74.3%

negative reviews

"have seen some of the negative reviews about the charging point being on the base but easy it's so easy to check what charge is left and lasts for so long that really shouldn't be a problem and is so much better than relying on having batteries to hand"
74.3%

wretched mouse

"for apple to make a wretched mouse only function on their latest bug fest incarnation of osx beggars disbelief"
74.2%

just plain

"it's small awkward and just plain odd"
73.7%

returning this

"i would be returning this but unfortunately got rid of the packaging"
73.5%

worse imprecise

"it's uncomfortable insubstantial fragile feeling and worse imprecise"
73.3%

very uncomfortable

"look great but very uncomfortable to use i have big hand returned to amazon within the day excellent service"
73.1%

flat bottom part

"works great but slightly inconvenient that you cannot charge and use at the same time due to the plug being on the flat bottom part of the mouse"
72.5%

mediocre mouse

"very expensive mediocre mouse"
72.5%

known problem

"sealed unit so no battery door dropping off or battery connection momentarily failing which was a known problem with the old model"
72.0%

design flaw

"it is not a design flaw it is made for a purpose and design"
71.6%

connection issues

"i also don't understand the intermittent connection issues"
71.1%

making this mistake

"this is my first review of an amazon product to save as many people as possible from making this mistake"
70.3%

very patchy

"bluetooth connectivity with both my imac and macbook is very patchy"
69.8%

overnight charge

"as other reviewers have pointed out you cannot recharge the mouse while it is in use but a very occasional overnight charge will sort you out"
69.8%

short charge

"short charge and a little online help was up and running really quickly"
69.3%

does not work

"nice idea but does not work !"
69.1%

become intermittent

"replaced an earlier version that had become intermittent"
69.1%

poor mouse

"i bought this to accompany our new macbook pro but the finger pad on the thing is so amazingly good the poor mouse has been out the box once"
68.9%

slightly inconvenient

"works great but slightly inconvenient that you cannot charge and use at the same time due to the plug being on the flat bottom part of the mouse"
68.7%

hard macnut

"i once classified myself as a die hard macnut"
68.5%

stopped working

"the battery cover stopped working"
67.8%

irritating charging port

"have had a lot of issues with this new mouse apart from the irritating charging port at the bottom which means the mouse has to be laid upside down to recharge it continually drops its bluetooth connection happening two to three times a day"
67.6%

this problem

"the batteries although charged up by usb has this problem every day you switch on when it's working it's fine as i said till the next day weird!"
67.2%

failed after 5 weeks

"item has failed after 5 weeks"
67.1%

apple magicmouse1

"apple magicmouse1 started going through batteries so had to utilise a non apple product which was just frustrating bit the bullet & annoyingly high cost for the magicmouse2 delighted that "feel" is back and so far after 3 days it has dropped 3% off it's charge"
67.1%

apple mla02z

"apple mla02z a magic mouse 2"
67.1%

apple trackpad2

"i did however send this product back as i much prefer to use the magic apple trackpad2 this seems to be much faster"
67.1%

design flaws

"nice sleekly designed mouse with a couple of design flaws: first the charging port is on the bottom of the mouse so you can't use it while charging however battery life is good and i've only had to charge once in 2 months of use"
66.5%

miss the third

"you miss the third click that you can configure to do other actions quickly"
66.4%

very heavy

"like trying to work with a very heavy bar of soap"
66.3%

sending it back

"i ended up sending it back as i couldn't t use it for more than an hour"
66.0%

wrong time

"end of replacing batteries just at the wrong time"
65.9%

much of a pain

"keeps its charge well and isn't too much of a pain to charge when required if you are desperate to continue to use your computer you can put it on to charge and go and have a coffee"
65.4%

failed optical sensor

"apple store tested it and was also stumped as to why most likely a failed optical sensor"
64.9%

wrong shape and size

"the two main issues are that the sensor is positioned too far forward and the mouse is completely the wrong shape and size for a hand"
64.8%

hard earned money

"a complete and utter waste of hard earned money"
63.9%

fault '' in my opinion

"a product "fault" in my opinion!"
63.7%

pricey for mouse

"quite pricey for mouse but i guess you get what you pay for"
63.5%

wrong with the mouse

"there's nothing wrong with the mouse just the software"
63.4%

poorly thought

"unfortunately design for connection to charge it is underneath it which is poorly thought out"
63.3%

cheap plastic

"they are brittle cheap plastic"
63.3%

n't the right feel

"a retrograde step by apple it hasn't the right feel and forced me to upgrade to el crapitano which i really regret"
63.2%

surprisingly slow

"this product is surprisingly slow even at the most sensitive setting"
63.2%

plugging and unplugging

"so whole process was a bit clumsy and frankly wearing out my port with all the plugging and unplugging"
63.0%

speed issues

"apparently there are 3rd party software workarounds to address the preposterous acceleration and speed issues but i don't have the will"
62.6%

small battery

"the charging port is on the bottom which would mean you are unable to use the mouse when charging but this shouldn't take long as it is a small battery"
61.9%

very unreliable

"it is very unreliable and keeps losing connection and refusing to re connect"
61.3%

minor complaint

"having said this it does last for extremely long periods between charges so in the end its only a minor complaint "
61.1%

cheap shop

"go to a cheap shop buy a cheap mouse and"
61.0%

cant charge

"supplied with old style cable plus usb end why is it not the new c ports cable so you cant charge from mac air"
61.0%

incomplete without this

"best mouse ever mac is incomplete without this"
60.8%

classified myself

"i once classified myself as a die hard macnut"
60.6%

apple product

"only bad apple product i have ever purchased"
60.3%

charging this does

"charging this doesn't"
59.7%

short disconnections

"and finding that i was having occasional short disconnections and reconnections with no action from me"
59.7%

only a pain

"aside look and battery life this mouse is only a pain to be used"
59.4%

charge cable was missing

"the charge cable was missing"
58.8%

they are wrong

"but they are wrong"
58.7%

more complicated

"doing anything more complicated is impossible as you would have to release your grip and the mouse is too light to stay in position meaning that most gestures just result it the mouse moving under your hand"
58.5%

lose connection

"if i hit the side of the keyboard or the printer by accident the mouse sat in between it would lose connection"
58.3%

slow in them

"i have a macbook 2015 and macbook air 2013 model at home and this mouse was slow in them as well"
58.1%

greatly overpriced

"this is a greatly overpriced mouse"
57.6%

really no big deal

"recharge lightning socket on underside is really no big deal"
57.5%

lost without

"be lost without it"
57.4%

similar issues

"this shouldn't be happening between two expensive apple devices but there are loads of people with similar issues on google"
57.4%

have to return

"nice looking but the scrolling function does not work so i have to return it"
57.2%

badly design

"this mouse works as advertised but the ergonomics grip is really badly design by apple"
57.2%

some bad design

"some bad design on the part of apple but that together with poorer quality software is something we are having to live with now"
57.1%

managed before

"don't know how i managed before without this"
57.1%

drop to three hours

"and don't buy a new mac book pro 15 expecting to get anywhere near the advertised battery life in fact if you are using anything intensive it can drop to three hours"
56.5%

extremely long

"having said this it does last for extremely long periods between charges so in the end its only a minor complaint "
56.1%

have that problem

"this one doesn't have that problem"
56.1%

really regret

"a retrograde step by apple it hasn't the right feel and forced me to upgrade to el crapitano which i really regret"
56.0%

does n't always

"it also has a few useful features being able to scroll the page and reposition things by dragging along the mouse can be really useful although sometimes it doesn’t always quite figure out first time what you are trying to do"
55.8%

clicking no longer

"i put it together again but right clicking no longer worked"
55.7%

it's not tiny

"let me start with the only gripe it's small and i have big hands no it's not tiny but for my hands it does get lost a bit"
55.4%

hardly an issue

"love this mouse and the socket on the bottom is not a big issue battery is sed to last for 30 days so charging it over night once a month is hardly an issue"
55.3%

it gets flat

"this is the new version that can be recharged rather than using disposable batteries however if it gets flat you have to charge it and wait so not always as convenient works well though"
55.3%

should bother people

"i don't see why the lightning connector being on the bottom should bother people"
55.2%

they replaced

"took it to apple and they replaced it"
55.2%

would not charge

"the item would not charge"
55.0%

dropped that

"i can't tell you how many times i've dropped that and it still works"
55.0%

just the software

"there's nothing wrong with the mouse just the software"
54.9%

device is a calamity

"this device is a calamity"
54.8%

frustration and arm ache

"avoid unless your idea of slick computer productivity is frustration and arm ache"
54.8%

would not buy again

"would not buy again"
54.7%

value for money

"not value for money"
54.7%

does n't bother yet

"there is only 1 con to this item though which doesn't bother yet me but it may do to other people"
54.7%

hardly used any battery

"admitadly i dont use my computer often but the mouse has not been switched off for this whole time yet has hardly used any battery"
54.7%

will never buy another

"i have given it away and will never buy another!"
54.7%

distant memory

"now that the pain of paying for it is a distant memory and i have a sleek elegant mouse that matches the imac i'm happy"
54.7%

work to my disappointment

"if you're running os x yosemite then it won't work to my disappointment unless you upgrade to os x el capitan google it i believe it also applies to apple's latest keyboard"
54.6%

would n't work at

"i tried to fix them with hot melt glue but then the thing wouldn't work at all"
54.6%

height mouse

"i don’t feel very comfortable with low height mouse as this one"
54.6%

very long time

"its very peculiar as to why they thought this would be a good idea but it doesn't really affect me as it doesn't take long to charge and maintains the charge for a very long time so it also wouldn't matter if i forgot to charge it for a few months"
54.6%

n't need this

"don't kid yourself like i did you don't need this"
54.6%

no action from

"and finding that i was having occasional short disconnections and reconnections with no action from me"
54.5%

pairing issues

"pairing issues and now packed up"
54.5%

n't have the will

"apparently there are 3rd party software workarounds to address the preposterous acceleration and speed issues but i don't have the will"
54.4%

completely flat surface

"it is the single worst thing i have ever bought i don't care that the charger is on the bottom or that it is insensitive and has to be on a completely flat surface or that you have to lift it and move it to get around the screen yes i downloaded mousezoom and magicprefs to sort this or that it doesn't recognise your gestures properly"
54.4%

bluetooth sync

"love the bluetooth sync and simplicity works on loads of surfaces feels 'quite' nice in the hand love the gestures that map a lot of the mouse pad gestures con's expensive not the most ergonomic for large hands"
54.4%

want my money back

"i want my money back!"
54.3%

retrograde step

"a retrograde step by apple it hasn't the right feel and forced me to upgrade to el crapitano which i really regret"
54.3%

wait so not always

"this is the new version that can be recharged rather than using disposable batteries however if it gets flat you have to charge it and wait so not always as convenient works well though"
54.3%

lags behind jumps

"e lags behind jumps erratically etc restarting my macbook helps but only for a short while"
54.2%

buggered its expensive

"bang on old one was buggered its expensive but works good"
54.2%

money sorry apple

"very frustrating and definitely not value for money sorry apple"
54.1%

quite heavy

"it's quite heavy and having paid £60 for a mouse i would recommend getting a case for it if you don't have something to protect it from everyday knocks"
54.1%

cranky in operation

"it is a nice mouse in what it can do but cranky in operation"
54.1%

right swipe gesture

"you can change which gestures it will respond to and i think i'm going to have to turn off the left right swipe gesture as i'm finding it too sensitive when i thought i was scrolling up and down it does a left right swipe instead which is a pain"
53.8%

need charged

"doesn't need charged very often"
53.8%

still has 80 % battery

"i purchased this around 5 weeks ago and this mouse still has 80% battery"
53.7%

work station

"alternatively you can go a make a cup of coffee maybe water the garden and come back to your work station and find hay ho its working"
53.6%

fully charged

"keeps dropping out even when fully charged"
53.6%

they are irritating

"had after market mice before and they are irritating and this does not have the issues they have"
53.5%

osx beggars disbelief

"for apple to make a wretched mouse only function on their latest bug fest incarnation of osx beggars disbelief"
53.5%

wait at all no charge

"this has not been picked up for return doesn’t wait at all no charge"
53.5%

they do n't last

"it was expensive but so are batteries and they don't last"
53.4%

disappoints in that area

"i like to be able to move the pointer quickly around the full screen with little movement of the mouse of my limited size computer desk and this disappoints in that area"
53.3%

difficult to right

"it's very difficult to right click with the palm of your hand over the left hand side of the mouse you have to lift your palm"
53.1%

very awkward to

"i don't have particularly large hands but i find this mouse very awkward to use"
53.0%

recharging design is

"it's handy having this mouse but the recharging design is bad"
53.0%

apple product is rubbish

"will have to buy a usb mouse as this apple product is rubbish"
53.0%

until it breaks

"i'm sticking to my magic mouse 1 for now or until it breaks"
52.9%

that is n't an issue

"design is a bit weird in that you can't charge it and use it the cable plugs into the bottom of the mouse but tbh it charges so quickly and so infrequently that isn't an issue"
52.8%

have n't looked back

"i ended up buying the trackpad 2 and haven't looked back"
52.8%

replaced by amazon

"also had one unit die on me which was replaced by amazon"
52.7%

fall off and my wrist

"i care about the fact that using it makes my right arm want to fall off and my wrist disintegrate"
52.7%

where you can not change

"i have to move it about lift it up show the computer to it then its away working till the next time or day you go to use the computer my old battery mouse never done this it either worked or it had flat batteries i always left this old mouse on over night but this new one where you cannot change"
52.5%

exhibited this issue

"the new rechargeable version has not exhibited this issue"
52.5%

unlucky this mouse

"i think i was unlucky this mouse was not perfect"
52.4%

expected it to but then

"did everything i expected it to but then again at the price i paid it should do"
52.3%

non rechargable mouse

"it also lacks the little light that was on the old non rechargable mouse to tell you its charge condition"
52.3%

charging and also a shame

"it's a shame the charging point is underneath meaning that the mouse sits upside down whilst charging and also a shame that it can't be used whilst charging because of this"
52.2%

have no idea

"so i have no idea how long to leave it on charge for one hour five hours i have no idea however your mac will tell you how much charge it has when you're using it"
52.2%

mouse was awful

"the supplier was fine but the mouse was awful and completely different to the first version of the magic mouse"
52.1%

simply do n't work

"however the ergonomics from my point of view simply don't work"
52.1%

no longer works

"it no longer works"
52.1%

worst mouse ever

"easily the worst mouse ever made"
52.0%

piece of rubbish

"for the amount of money this item costs in my opinion its a piece of rubbish"
51.8%

really heavy

"the only annoying thing is that you cannot use it whilst it is charging but even with really heavy use it holds charge for ages"
51.4%

plastic runners

"it doesn't move smoothly due to the design of the 2 plastic runners it moves on"
51.2%

laser clarity

"seems not to hold a good bluetooth fix and tends to lose its laser clarity"
51.1%

very frustrating

"very frustrating and definitely not value for money sorry apple"
50.6%

seriously losing

"apple are seriously losing it"
50.5%

no longer clicked shut

"the catch no longer clicked shut"
50.3%

vague and inconsistent

"i've never before used a mouse that is so vague and inconsistent"
50.2%

could be better made

"i think especially because of the price it could be better made"
50.1%

want hand cramp

"it's pretty but i'd go for a more traditional mouse shape if you don't want hand cramp"
50.0%
...

Top positive statements

Statement Strength**
"An amazing product from the best tech company." 93.1%
"Excellent mouse with superb battery life." 93.1%
"Amazing product by far the easier and performance wise reliable mouse on the market." 93.1%
"Great product delivered promptly" 93.1%
"Sure is beautiful and high quality doesn't mean usable." 93.1%
"Beautiful quality and works fine." 93.1%
"It's Apple so looks great and works fine." 93.1%
"Set up is very easy and once up and running using the mouse offers a very smooth user experience." 93.1%

Top negative statements

Statement Strength
"Which moron signed off this design?" 89.8%
"Very frustrating and definitely not value for money sorry Apple" 89.5%
"Apparently there are 3rd party software workarounds to address the preposterous acceleration and speed issues but I don't have the will." 89.3%
"Very expensive mediocre mouse." 74.9%
"Only drawback too expensive." 73.6%

Positive mentions

Mentioned Object Mentioned in Strength
Microsoft
"wish i had bought one when i first got my mac instead of using the old Microsoft one"
75.0%
Macbook Pro
"works perfectly with Macbook Pro"
74.5%
Apple
"i am an Apple user since 20 years so mostly own all the Apple goodies"
"sick sick sick v good v pleased much love for Apple very cool mouse its wireless and no batteries!"
"its and excellent Apple produce"
73.8%
MacBook
"bluetooth connectivity with both my imac and MacBook is very patchy"
66.9%
2013
"i purchased an apple macbook pro 2013 and am still using it"
60.6%
Kington
"lucky i had a Kington nucleus multi point with new c port lead"
56.8%
Logitech
"Logitech mx master is much better"
53.0%

Negative mentions

Mentioned Object Mentioned in Strength
Apple
"fast charge and pairing as you would expect from Apple and no wires!"
56.0%
Amazon
"also had one unit die on me which was replaced by Amazon"
52.7%
RSI
"sent it straight back and swapped it for a proper mouse that won't give me RSI and mac rage"
52.7%

Emotion analysis

Positive tone

Neutral tone

Negative tone

31.3% 27.3% 41.4%
  neutral 26.7%
  worry 19.5%
  happiness 17.5%
  sadness 16.1%
  relief 4.6%
  hate 4.3%
  love 4.3%
  fun 3.2%
  fear 1.1%
  enthusiasm 0.6%
  surprise 0.6%
  joy 0.6%
  boredom 0.3%
  empty 0.3%
  anger 0.3%

* analysis performed using Artificial Intelligence (AI) methods, data for the analysis has been gathered from multiple publicly accessible sources.
** strength is the level of sentiment expressed in a sentence, phrase or keyword. It ranges from 0 to 100%
prices and sales statistics are updated daily

last analysis update 2024-04-18