No more than now.
You just use a usb c to usb a cable . They exist as as usb is a standard not proprietary you can use any
Also, my car doesn’t have usb a , just usb c , so my c to lightning will be replaced with c to c
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You just use a usb c to usb a cable . They exist as as usb is a standard not proprietary you can use any
Also, my car doesn’t have usb a , just usb c , so my c to lightning will be replaced with c to c
Can’t wait til it’s all one standard , my poor mother keeps trying to fit the usb c charger into her lightning iPad …
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Perfect example of mr Ives bizarre design choices …
Oh, do they? All the new cars are equipped with USB-C as far as I can see.
But I agree with you that a $10 USB cable causes pain, when you buy a new $1000 iPhone. 🤦♂️
so you spend thousands $ on new devices but complain about 10$ cable? how many lighting cables you had to buy because they crapped out after year? I still have my usb C cable that came with my phone 5 years and I'm using it daily.
Nobody is forcing you to buy anything, you can keep all of your devices for next x years and hopefully in that time you'll save that 10$ for new cable.
This isn’t some kind of ‘design error’ otherwise they would not have done it or had fixed it by now.
Apple want this mouse to be used exclusively with Bluetooth and cable free.
So to discourage wired usage the port is placed underneath. It’s only going to be recharged 4 times a year anyway.
The result is a wireless desktop surface, less clutter, and that makes their products look sleek and futuristic.
Many misunderstand.
Few understand.
If a $10 cable is painful for someone to acquire, maybe they shouldn't be buying a $700+ phone.
There a slight problem with that philosophy: a number of us have considerable problems getting any kind of reliability out of BlueTooth. I completely abandoned BT at home two years ago after 11 years of battling with it on an iMac. By all accounts it's just as horrendous on a Mini. Consumers should have a choice if they want to use their ancillaries tethered or wireless, and in fact we do have a choice, as long as we don't want to use a modern Apple mouse. There no reason that can't be easily dismissed why both camps couldn't have been satisfied by designing the mouse so it can be used tethered, like the trackpad can. Which I do use, tethered, unsurprisingly.
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It is one product that deserves some sort of charging pad instead of ridiculous under the mouse charging port
I'll render that untrue in a sentence. I have no Bluetooth problems regarding my AS Mac mini.
Indeed, I never notice any Bluetooth issues with any of my Apple kit.
(No longer all accounts.
)My worst Bluetooth problems were with Windows PCs - before the motherboards had Bluetooth built-in. Getting a combination of a USB Bluetooth dongle and drivers that actually worked, reliably, with the specific device you wanted to connect, was akin to playing dice and trying to get all aces.
Major, point me to the computers on which bluetooth is good.
There's always an exception, I'm glad it works for you. There was a long running multipage thread complaining originally about BT on Minis (in fact if you Google 'mac mini bluetooth issues' there's literally pages and pages of hits on dozens of sites), then a whole load of users of other Apple products came out the woodwork, including me.I'll render that untrue in a sentence. I have no Bluetooth problems regarding my AS Mac mini.
Indeed, I never notice any Bluetooth issues with any of my Apple kit.
(No longer all accounts.
My worst Bluetooth problems were with Windows PCs - before the motherboards had Bluetooth built-in. Getting a combination of a USB Bluetooth dongle and drivers that actually worked, reliably, with the specific device you wanted to connect, was akin to playing dice and trying to get all aces.
Trimming away the fat, fact is BT doesn't work well for me, nor for a lot of other people. Be it the 'noisiness' of our local airwaves, or whatever the reason. The crux of my point was, it would have taken a few extra milliseconds of thought to have designed the mouse so it could be used tethered, for those of us for whom BT ancillaries are just a frustrating nightmare.
I get that. I have problems with bluetooth on my apple devices too, sometimes.
I just think it's a bluetooth problem, rather than an apple problem. I don't think there's a good implementation to be had for love or money.
The result is a desktop surface with a Logitech mouse. Apple having some intention and reasoning behind the design does not mean it is no failure.
I'll accept that environment could be an issue. My MBP can only see four Wifi networks at all (other than my own) and all are low signal strength. And all exterior walls, and floors, are insulated with foil-faced insulation which might help further. Quite possibly close to zero interference.
I'm well aware that there has been much discussion of issues. But I do think it important to point out that it is not universal. Maybe doing so will suggest a direction in which to look - as you have re noisiness?
At least the 1st generation Apple Pencil can still attach to the bottom of Magic Mouse.
My car has both USB C and A, but, due to chip shortages, no wireless charging. So my iPhone 11 is on charge via a USB C to Lightning cable in the central armrest cubby whilst wirelessly connected to CarPlay. If overheating isn't an issue, I hope to replace this with a MagSafe charger plugged into the USB C port and velcro'd in the armrest cubby when I eventually upgrade the phone. 🤷♂️
Very much first world problems.
It would just be better all round if Apple had allowed us to connect it tethered. A simple design change, allowing for the cable to be plugged into a socket on the back of the mouse, would have satisfied all parties and alienated none.
For a short while I genuinely missed my Apple Mouse when I decided to lay it up forever. But now I've got used to just using a cheap wired Logitech B100 for occasions where my Magic Trackpad 2 doesn't cut the mustard (which is v rare).
I use two Logitech M350 Pebbles - one for mini, one for MBP. Fairly cheap. Bluetooth works fine. I don't think I have ever plugged in a mouse or a mouse dongle to my current machines.
This is a common misconception. USB-C only refers to the physical connector. Faster charging is USB-PD (Power Delivery) standard. Many USB-C charger and cables out there don’t actually support USB-PD.