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Highly recommend this upgrade for the mouse:http://www.mobeetechnology.com/the-magic-charger.html

 

I agree, the linear Magic Mouse pads are a bit noisy and make a scraping sound on many surfaces. Also the linear pads seem to have more friction especially when the MM is used to make small movements, making it more difficult to point accurately and easily.

Some people try little modifications. I've tried putting tape on the MM linear pads to reduce the friction and noise. I used narrow strips cut from transparent "packing tape" which is similar to ordinary Scotch tape, it helps. Also I tried various mouse pads to find a low-friction surface and now use a cheap kitchen cutting pad found in a dollar store. It is ~1 mm thick clear flexible plastic and 12x15" area.

The MM moves better with the above, but I it's also too low and I get hand strain. And too much force is required to press the MM button to get a left click or right click. So I mostly use a wired Logitech mouse or a Dell bluetooth mouse, they were inexpensive and work well although they lack the MMs cool looks, touch surface and the "momentum" scrolling.

 

If you don't care about multitouch on your mouse, just get another mouse that you like... but the magic trackpad is great. It's all I use on mine

 

mouse pad maybe?