Brian GarnerThe updates, which weigh in at 64 and 36 megabytes respectively, require Mac OS X 10.5.8 (Leopard) or 10.6.1 (Snow Leopard) in order to install. Alternatively, yet to be released OS X version 10.6.2 is slated to have native Magic Mouse support and will not require this update for the multi-touch functions to work.
The Magic Mouse is included with the newly introduced iMac models. The standalone version of the mouse retails for $69.
The Magic Mouse is the world's first multi-touch enabled mouse and was introduced October 20th alongside updated iMac and MacBook models. It replaced the Mighty Mouse, which had to be renamed the Apple Mouse due to trademark issues.
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Huh. It's 10:27pm on 10/27/2009 (I know right)...
Software Update is down.
Mighty Mouse was a copyright issue? I didn't think the cartoon would care.
Can you do the, almost universally amongst most mice, easy task of click-locking now? No? Why not. It would be So easy to add it to the control panel. sigh...
Madge likes to be stroked with both 1 and 2 fingers. Just be careful when dragging her as she 's very skinny and can mess up your thumbs. I wanna hear some in depth user reviews on using Madge.
Huh. It's 10:27pm on 10/27/2009 (I know right)...
Software Update is down.
Mighty Mouse was a copyright issue? I didn't think the cartoon would care.
The story is not quite accurate. A licensing fee would have to be paid to continue using the copyrighted name "Mighty Mouse". So, while it's true that copyright comes into play it's really a licensing issue. However, there is really no proof that the name "Mighty Mouse" was dropped due to copyright or licensing considerations.
Just be careful when dragging her as she 's very skinny and can mess up your thumbs.
Plastic surgery is always an option.