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Powerbook and Bluetooth Mouse

Me again. I just wrotte about two hours before...

Yeah, I looked up the net about BT mice and I can't find any rechargeable one. Instead the Logitech.

But I read about the Macally BT mouse that someone named above this thread. I think it is very nice and affordable. And most of it is the only one which features the on/off button

Please, somebody tell us if it size is nice to handle and if battery usage isn't something alarming.

Thx

link to BT macally: http://www.macally.com/spec/usb/input_device/mice.html

sorry, this sentence is a re-edited... what is the resolution of the macally BT mouse? what about Radtech BT mouse (800 dpi)???
 
Check out RadTecH BT-500

I love my little wireless two-button mouse from RadTech. Cost about $US60. Scrolling button in the middle operates the Expose function. Size - about two inches long and 1.25 inches across. Goes to sleep after 3-4 minutes of non-use. On/off button underneath. Very nice - they are at <http://www.radtech.us> and have similar site for Europe.
 
USB Overdrive

Hi. I plan to get a MX900 when I (finally) get round to buying a PowerBook.

From my research online if you set up the MX900 in the same way as Apples Wireless mouse it will work quite happily, all except for the back/forward and change buttons. But never fear, there is a solution!

Its called http://www.usboverdrive.com/ and its a great app for mice, even better than Logitechs Drivers by quite some way. If you have a multi-button mouse and OS X this is a must have. USB Overdrive allows you to configure buttons to your liking, much like Logitechs, but it also allows you to configure button functions for specific PROGRAMS.

For example, I know a guy with an iMac in his room and a MX700. He loads up iTunes, and his MX700 becomes a remote, as if for a hi-fi. He lies in bed with his MX700, and the left click becomes play/pause, the forward/back buttons become next/previous, the scroll wheel and the scroll buttons change volume, the right click turns visualisations on and off, and the window selector changes playlist (though it activates Expose the rest of the time)

Right now, it does not support Bluetooth mice, only USB mice. However the next version (10.4) is out soon and will have Bluetooth support.

Hope thats helpful :)
 
papolo said:
Hello,

Do you really mean that the Option button works on the left mouse button???

It sounds really annoying as you say... but no body esles complains about it

Is that really true or is just happening to mainstreetmark??

I really want to purchase the MX900. The rechargeable feature is awesome

By the way: any suggestions about BT mice rechargeable working on mac os X?

Thx
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I was talking about the Keyboard I had to buy when I got the MX900. The Option and Apple buttons are switched (so that "Option" is the one next to the spacebar)
 
mainstreetmark said:
I was talking about the Keyboard
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there is an echo on my head: keyboard- keyboard-keyboard-board-board...

what was my brain thinking about at the moment???:confused:...

Sorry man

Any rumor about rechargeable BT mice with on/off button coming soon??
 
I have the Logitech 900 (or whatever it´s called, don´t have it in front of me right now) and the Power Book identified it immediately the first time I used it. I don´t have to use the dock for anything other than charging. But since the first time, the PB can´t find the mouse! I´ve figured out that I have to cover up the sensor in order to keep the batteries from draining every time I´m not using the PB, but why can´t the computer "find" the mouse anymore?? Any ideas??

I´m also interested in anything anyone´s found to program it, but I can use it as is also...
 
the MX900 turns off automatically, I think after 20 minutes. See the support section in Logitech's website.
 
stcanard said:
The "Not Mac compatible" is a CYA thing.

I've been using the MS Intellimouse Bluetooth with my powerbook for 1/2 year now with nary a problem. It works very well with the internal bluetooth module.

The only catch is buttons 4 & 5 (forward and back) only work with Expose in OSX, which is no problem because that's what I wanted them for anyway :D The two main buttons and scroll wheel work as expected.

All 5 buttons are mappable in games (e.g. Quake 3 and RTCW) to any function.

There are lots of threads here discussing bluetooth mouse compatibility, a search would be a great idea.
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With the wired mice, to solve this problem (4th and 5th buttons not working everywhere) all you have to do is install the IntelliMouse software (version 5, I think). That worked for my wireless (RF) mouse which is exactly the same except for the wireless transmission method.
 
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