If you double-tap with one finger, you’ll quickly zoom in and out on a PDF or web page Even More Gestures Just double-tap with one finger to utilize this gesture. There’s also an option for Secondary click, which allows you to click or tap on the right side of Magic Mouse 2 in order to perform the Windows equivalent of a right-click.Ī truly useful Magic Mouse Mac gesture, smart zoom allows you to quickly and easily focus in on a web page or PDF. This is usually enabled by default, so I quickly turn it off. To get started with gestures on your Magic Mouse, visit System Preferences and click on Mouseįirst, my old nemesis - Scroll direction: Natural. Let’s look at the point and click gestures first. You’ll see two tabs, one for point and click gestures, and another for additional capabilities. You do so from System Preferences -> Mouse.

The first thing you need to do is ensure the gestures are enabled. Your Magic Mouse 2 might be more powerful than you think (Image Credit: AlexKingCreative) Getting Started with Magic Mouse Mac Gestures This guide to Magic Mouse Mac gestures assumes you are running macOS Sierra with the most current model of the accessory. Here is an unabridged look at what gestures you can use with the Magic Mouse, as highlighted by Apple and (I hope) improved upon by yours truly. However, I certainly don’t want to forget to show some loving to the most current Magic Mouse, since it has its own gestures. That’s fine for people with newer MacBooks or Apple’s Magic Trackpad 2. In a recent article, I showed you how you can use gestures with your Force Touch-capable trackpad. See the older OS X Daily article for alternatives.Comprehensive Guide to Magic Mouse Mac Gestures

With the current version try a inverted setting at about -1.0x. Only the original version 1.0 is with explicit acceleration settings. With a trick you can disable the acceleration, but that’s it. It’s limited to just a simple speed setting now. The API changed a bit with the release of 10.5 Leopard and then 10.6 Snow Leopard. Full control with just two simple knobsįor some time I’ve been offering a Preference Pane build around the OS X MouseFix by Richard Bentley.You can set up an extended speed parameter and acceleration curve for your mouse and touchpad. The Mouse Acceleration PrefPane is a GUI and startup item to Richard Bentley’s MouseFix. The Mouse Acceleration Preference Pane for Mac OS X is a GUI and startup item to set up an extended speed parameter and acceleration curve for your mouse.

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