Macally Bluetooth Wireless Laser Mouse for Mac and PC (Black) Review
Complete disclosure: I'm a big fan of Macally products.
The mouse arrived. A nice touch were the included AAA batteries. My Mac Mini and the mouse didn't connect happily until I rebooted. I rebooted and they paired immediately. So far they have maintained their connection and movement or a mouse click have woken the Mini up right away.
The mouse design is typical Macally: Not stylish, just beautifully functional. It's black with silver band around the middle. The buttons give good resistance and you can hear the click. The scroll wheel has good feedback and you can feel "clicks" as you scroll. I appreciate this response better than the "smooth" feel of some scroll wheels.
The manual (which takes about 30 seconds to read entirely) gives a URL to download the Mac drive for programming features. The website says it is for OS X 10.4 and 10.5. My mini has 10.6 and the driver didn't seem to install properly. I haven't heard back from Macally tech support. So far, I've been able to live without the drivers, but I do want to know what I'm missing.
Macally Bluetooth Wireless Laser Mouse for Mac and PC (Black) Feature
- 3 Button Mouse
- 800 dpi precision laser sensor
- On/Off Switch
- Pair Button
Macally Bluetooth Wireless Laser Mouse for Mac and PC (Black) Overview
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Customer Reviews
Larger Than Most - davige - USA
Only bluetooth mouse that I could find that was close to full size. Most are tiny notebook size. Battery life OK and takes a second or two to react if not used for a few minutes. Links easily with Mac or PC.
Acceptable Mouse - doxtorray - Glendale, AZ
I have owned this mouse for several months. It performs pretty well, but loses connection with my MBP, especially when the computer has been asleep.
As another poster mentioned, rebooting the computer will enable you to pair the mouse with the computer again (trying to re-pair without rebooting the computer does not seem to work, at least on my Mac).
I also found it frustrating that Macally's website has a downloadable preference pane utility, but it does not work with this mouse. There may be settings that can be accessed, including horizontal scrolling (which I would have liked), but they cannot be found.
PROS: lightweight, cute, black (making it easy to find in my living-room, where I use it), nice size and feel
CONS: no easy-to find preference pane, connection problems requiring reboot (this can get annoying), battery life*
* seems to require batteries a bit more often than other (non-Bluetooth) wireless mice, some of which I have found can go for almost a year on a pair of AA's. This mouse uses AAA's which may be the difference.
Pretty good mouse - Ruben Garcia Jr. -
The mouse works really good. Kind of looks like the Mighty Mouse. The plastic however feels a bit slippery without any good gripping feeling.
The scroll wheel on mine is a bit loud.
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