I downloaded and have been using BetterTouchTool for about 2 hours now and everything is working great.
Thanks to you and thanks to Ice-Cube for making me aware of this app!
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How to enable middle click for Expose on Magic mouse in Snow Leopard
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I downloaded and have been using BetterTouchTool for about 2 hours now and everything is working great.
Thanks to you and thanks to Ice-Cube for making me aware of this app!
oh thats cool 
Would be really great if anyone who tries BetterTouchTool leaves a short comment if it is working or not (haven't had much testers yet)
You can leave the comments on http://blog.boastr.net if you want (or here).
Would be really great if anyone who tries BetterTouchTool leaves a short comment if it is working or not (haven't had much testers yet)
You can leave the comments on http://blog.boastr.net if you want (or here).
Working great! I was able to get 4 finger swipe down to activate expose. That with the 3 finger tap (anyway to make it so you have to click? i keep activating it by accident) is great. Anyway to set a 3 finger swipe down instead of a 4 finger swipe?
Fuzzi thank you so much. I just installed your app and it works great. I am so glad to have some way of accessing Exposé on my mouse again!!!
Thanks so much for this app! Working great.
So what have people programmed so far (to get some ideas)?
I've just got three tap for Expose and left/right swipe in iTunes (& Bowtie) to go forward/back in songs.
Working great.So what have people programmed so far (to get some ideas)?
I've just got three tap for Expose and left/right swipe in iTunes (& Bowtie) to go forward/back in songs.
Apple must really think it's average users of the magicmouse are really stupid. Why else would they not implement these functions. Keeping it simple doesn't really cut it at this point. Now if someone could find a way to make pinch & squeeze work for zooming . . . .
Awesome work Fuzzi. Can't wait until we can figure out more gestures for the Magic Mouse. The fact that 3-fingures works for sure means that 3-finger swipe and click (instead of tap) are definitely within the realm of possibility. It's not a technical limitation.
Imagine if we were able to get all the gestures from the trackpad working on the magic mouse, let alone a subset? It would be amazing.
Imagine if we were able to get all the gestures from the trackpad working on the magic mouse, let alone a subset? It would be amazing.
@FUZZI - Do you have plans to port your app to leopard? I have a PPC Mac and cant upgrade to SL. I'd happily be one of your beta testers hehe
OMFG FUZZI you are the MAN!
Some suggestions (for magic mouse)
-option to increase touch sensitivity?
-three finger gestures (like you said not possible at the moment, any chance in the future?)
Some suggestions (for magic mouse)
-option to increase touch sensitivity?
-three finger gestures (like you said not possible at the moment, any chance in the future?)
Oh man, oh man, you are The Man of the Day (TM) for BetterTouchTool!
I have left/right swipes assigned to moving right/left in Spaces (yes it's flipped - makes you feel like you're really moving the spaces around - try it you'll get what I mean), and three finger tap for Expose - All Windows.
A couple suggestions:
Try to get swipe-down and swipe-up to work! That'd be awesome if possible!
Provide a preference to invert up/down scrolling! (Similar to above, it'll make it so you feel like you're really moving the page - try it yourself - flip the mouse around and try to scroll - it's surprisingly natural and intuitive!)
My Magic Mouse ****ing rocks now!
I have left/right swipes assigned to moving right/left in Spaces (yes it's flipped - makes you feel like you're really moving the spaces around - try it you'll get what I mean), and three finger tap for Expose - All Windows.
A couple suggestions:
Try to get swipe-down and swipe-up to work! That'd be awesome if possible!
Provide a preference to invert up/down scrolling! (Similar to above, it'll make it so you feel like you're really moving the page - try it yourself - flip the mouse around and try to scroll - it's surprisingly natural and intuitive!)
My Magic Mouse ****ing rocks now!
Amen to all this.
I'm not using BTT at the moment, some weird bugginess, I'll wait until it's all ironed out.
This is extra sweet - I was about to send my mighty mouse back because my current mouse has squeeze sides for expose and I use it ALL the time. The new MM without this feature just seems SO unlike apple - don't know what they were thinking.
Going to try this when I get home - made my day!
Going to try this when I get home - made my day!
@FUZZI - Do you have plans to port your app to leopard? I have a PPC Mac and cant upgrade to SL. I'd happily be one of your beta testers hehe
No I'm really sorry but I can't
I got the 3-finger tap working.
I have "swipe right" set to advance to the next window in Spaces.
I left "swipe left" as back in the browser.
I couldn't get "swipe up" and "swipe down" to work. The swipe up and down motions continue to scroll up and down (I need to try disabling this in the mouse properties I guess). It would be nice if the 1-finger motion did the scrolling and the 2-finger motion was configurable.
Is the Magic Mouse multi-touch capability configurable to the point of having:
Single-finger tap
Single-finger swipe U/D/L/R
Two-finger tap
Two-finger swipe U/D/L/R
Three-finger tap
Three-finger swipe U/D/L/R
Four-finger tap
Four-finger swipe U/D/L/R
I have "swipe right" set to advance to the next window in Spaces.
I left "swipe left" as back in the browser.
I couldn't get "swipe up" and "swipe down" to work. The swipe up and down motions continue to scroll up and down (I need to try disabling this in the mouse properties I guess). It would be nice if the 1-finger motion did the scrolling and the 2-finger motion was configurable.
Is the Magic Mouse multi-touch capability configurable to the point of having:
Single-finger tap
Single-finger swipe U/D/L/R
Two-finger tap
Two-finger swipe U/D/L/R
Three-finger tap
Three-finger swipe U/D/L/R
Four-finger tap
Four-finger swipe U/D/L/R
New beta of BBT should be posted soon, and should feature two finger swipes, three finger CLICK (beta-testing right now, you guys absolutely have to pick this up when you can, there are many less bugs and it works great!)
I have 3-finger click set to Expose, 2-finger down to Space, 2-finger up to Show Desktop. Eeeeeeeeeeee.
blog.boastr.net
Guy will be updating soon it seems!
EDIT: here you go! http://blog.boastr.net/?p=326
I have 3-finger click set to Expose, 2-finger down to Space, 2-finger up to Show Desktop. Eeeeeeeeeeee.
blog.boastr.net
Guy will be updating soon it seems!
EDIT: here you go! http://blog.boastr.net/?p=326
Reminds me of the code for unlimited lives on Contra - sorry very old skool reference.
I might have to try running this when I get home.
Yeah, the man is a God-send!
Similar configuration to mine, but I have Two finger swipe up for Show Desktop, and down for Spaces. Middle click I am undecided for now, have Expose on there, but already used to hot corner. Waiting for 3 finger swipe, where I will DEFINITELY use Expose!
Holy ****, this thing keeps getting better and better!
Now my only request is inverted scrolling (up and down only)!
EDIT: With the revelation that three-finger swipes and three-finger and two-finger click and taps are possible on the Magic Mouse, this means the Magic Mouse has a potential of 14 functions (Including primary/secondary clicks)!!! And if one-finger taps are possible, then that'd be 15 possible functions!
This is revealing what an amazing piece of technology the Magic Mouse really is. It is beyond comprehension why Apple limits it so much.
(By the way Fuzz, two-finger up/down swipes works perfectly with momentum scrolling on. Bravo to you!!!)
Now my only request is inverted scrolling (up and down only)!
EDIT: With the revelation that three-finger swipes and three-finger and two-finger click and taps are possible on the Magic Mouse, this means the Magic Mouse has a potential of 14 functions (Including primary/secondary clicks)!!! And if one-finger taps are possible, then that'd be 15 possible functions!
This is revealing what an amazing piece of technology the Magic Mouse really is. It is beyond comprehension why Apple limits it so much.
(By the way Fuzz, two-finger up/down swipes works perfectly with momentum scrolling on. Bravo to you!!!)
Thanks so much, apple should pay you..
I knew this mouse would be capable of so much more..
Edit: I have added a link on my site to your site if thats fine with you?
I knew this mouse would be capable of so much more..
Edit: I have added a link on my site to your site if thats fine with you?
Fuzzi,
I was wondering if there was a way to emulate the four-finger swipes on the latest MBPs (for a 2 or 3 finger swipe up/down). When you swipe down, you get exposé, but if you are still in expose and swipe up, it just closes expose. Currently on the magic mouse, a swipe back up will activate the swipe up hotkey.
It would be cool to have it consistent with the trackpad.
hey, with BetterTouchTool you can set custom gestures for those swipes!
If you want to set a shortcut for 3 finger swipe an expose you have to deactivate expose while entering the shortcut in BTT. (Go to system preferences => keyboard => expose. There set a custom shortcut but do not activate it yet. Then set the shortcut in BTT and activate it in the system preferences)
If you want to set a shortcut for 3 finger swipe an expose you have to deactivate expose while entering the shortcut in BTT. (Go to system preferences => keyboard => expose. There set a custom shortcut but do not activate it yet. Then set the shortcut in BTT and activate it in the system preferences)