I also own the Belkin Mouse. Personally, I like it because it works for me. Yes, the side button does not work, and you can’t get info to parse into the bluetooth info section on my G4 Mac laptop, but it’s tight, and the speed works great. My scroll wheel works fine, and I have an extra set of rechargeable batteries ready for a backup. Hey, I run Macintosh. We come prepared for anything, remember?

MC

Since when doesn’t the MS mouse work?

Apple has a KB article describing how to set it up at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107585 – if the link doesn’t work just search Apple’s support site for “microsoft bluetooth mouse”.

Fair point, but clearly Apple (and the other posters here) are contradicting MS

What Microsoft’s statement regarding compatibility with the Mac really seems to mean is that the USB bluetooth adapter is not compatible with the Mac. The mouse works fine with Mac-compatible bluetoooth adapters (built-in or D-Link).

The MS mouse works but only with limited features. You cannot set it up as you should, you have to follow weird instructions that cause an error and it kinda works then. You can set buttons 4 nd 5 for use with expose, but that’s it. They do not work with browsers, the side to side scrolling does not work either. I myself do not call this compatability.

Ron

One of your earlier contributors stated that Microsoft say themselves their Bluetooth mouse is not compatible with Mac. Can you supple the address please because I want to use it to press the point with the guy who sold me the mouse.

I use the MS bluetooth mouse with my PB all the time, it works just fine. I am unsure if their mouse software works with it (I haven’t bothered checking it out), but the basics work without any problems, and that’s all I need. Besides, I got it cheap on eBay, and it (although I hate to admit it since it’s M$) sits very well in my hand.

I’ve been using mine for months on a 17″ PowerBook and have never had a problem. Battery life is good and I like the way it handles. My only gripes are there is no on/off switch on the bottom and there is no way to control when it goes into sleep mode. For the price I think it is the best mouse on the market.

Greg

I’m looking forward to MacMice’s The Mouse BT. It looks pretty good, but we’ll see.

Just pair it and go. You don’t need the dongle supplied with the mouse if you use your macs bluetooth.

Help please …I have just bought an iMac G5 20″ after years and years with Windows PCs, meaning years and years of frustration and headaches.

I am totally new to OSX and need help … I took the wireless option for my new keyboard and mouse, and while I love the keyboard, the mouse is a different matter altogether – after years of two buttons and a scroll wheel, I am finding it very hard to adapt to a single button.

My question is this: If I buy the MS Bluetooth mouse, will the buttons and scroll wheel work as I would expect them to? That is, will I get a certain response to a right click and a different response to a left click etc.?

Many thanks … Jim

Proud to be ambisinister (Equally useless with both hands).

Actually you can get the v2 mouse to pair, but not through the bluetooth System Preferences module. Open the Bluetooth File Exchange program (/Applicaitons/Utilities), click CANCEL on the file open dialog. Select Browse from the menu and select the mouse. You will receive an error, because the mouse does not support file browing, but it will now be paired with the Mac. Left and Right buttons work as does the vertical scroll wheel. Thumb buttons and the horizontal tilt-wheel function does not work.

What I would REALLY love to see, is a BT version of MacAlly’s OptiMouse. I need to be able to use a mouse left or right handed, and I have large hands. With almost all mice out there, this means the wheel winds up under my finger past the first knuckle. The MacAlly USB OptiMouse design is perfect, so if they’re listening, adopt it to BT if you please!

JD Ireland

I’ve been evaluating several bluetooth mice for my Powerbook G4 and have had pretty poor luck until now. Mice from MS and Logitech have had varying degrees of success but none have worked to my satisfaction.

I got the Targus Bluetooth Mini Mouse the other day. It isn’t certified to work with Mac and doesn’t have drivers or software but it still works. I was able to pair the mouse and use it just fine. However I had a problem with reconnecting the device after I’d shut it off. The “connect” button under the mouse didn’t work but then while messing around I discovered clicking the left and right buttons at the same time immediately connected the mouse to my G4. As of this moment the mouse appears about 95% functional with only a few things not working such as the battery life meter and the “disable trackpad while mouse present” function.

I just purchased a Targus AMB01US mouse. It is two button bluetooth (USB bluetooth dongle included) with a scroll wheel. My iBook 500 has all the latest Apple software, and the mouse is recognized and the left and right buttons work.

BUT…. the scroll wheel doesn’t work at all! Has anyone else had this problem?

Tom
Tom288@aol.com

I had problems with recognition without the included USB adapter, and downloaded the macally driver, which made everything, left and right buttons and scroll wheel work with the built in bluetooth of my powerbook g4 133.

Jay Conner
greatferm@email.com

I bought the Targus Bluetooth myself.
Initially I had wasted my money on a Bluetake mouse (nice at first, but then the battery connector tabs broke!… just like that)
I managed to fix the battery tabs, but then about a month or two later, the connect light suddenly came on and won’t go off, and the mouse refuses to work. Oh well. enough about the Bluetake. It’s rubbish.

Anyway. I bought the Targus and it worked very nicely. Good tracking and good feel in the hand. I, too, had the connection problem, having to pair up the mac and mouse in my System Preferences every time I woke the machine from sleep. But your tip has saved me a world of irritation, and the mouse works!

Thank you for the tip on holding down the connect button. I was just about to return this guy. All is working as well as could be expected. I’m not even going to try the battery meter since that doesn’t work on my MS mouse either.

12″ P-Book 867MHz. 10.3.8

Is that the new version of the BT intellimouse, or the old one? Apple describes how to make the old one work, but there’s some doubt that the new intellimouse is compatible.