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What are the rules for Mickey?

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I'm fairly sure Mickey looks left between 6 and 12, and right between 12 and 6. But sometimes he looks down and I haven't yet figured when.

He taps his feet every second, and I read he blinks every fifteen.

What behaviours have you noticed?
 
he blinks a lot more than every 15mins maybe every 10 secs or so mine seems to
 
Open hand for the hours, finger point for the minute.

I wish I was a drummer, I could tell you more about his butt bouncing- but it seems to me that he bounces his butt at a faster rate than he taps his foot- maybe like twice the speed? Maybe he's twerking at double the tap rate?

Maybe this should be a poll: IS MICKEY TWERKING?
 
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profmatt said:
I'm fairly sure Mickey looks left between 6 and 12, and right between 12 and 6. But sometimes he looks down and I haven't yet figured when.

He taps his feet every second, and I read he blinks every fifteen.

What behaviours have you noticed?
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Bring any 2 Apple watches together with the Mickey Mouse watch face and you will notice the feet tapping is synchronized.
 
Brett1203 said:
I love the Mickey Face but dang he makes it hard to tell what time it is, so I do not use it often.
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Easily solved. Follow the steps below:

1. Go to the clock app on your iPhone and add a new world clock based on your current location (for example if you live in New York, search for New York)
2. In the Apple watch App on your iPhone Go to settings > Clock and select City abbreviations.
3. Select the world clock you added in step 1. (in this example its NYC). Erase the abbreviation and just put a <space> for the name.
4. Add the new world clock you just created to the Mickey Mouse watch face and you will end up with this. 8:52 represents the current time.

Only thing to look out for is that if you travel the complication will still show the current time of your home location. I don't travel often so the time is always California time.

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Yeah I dont like having the time displayed though on that face since it only gives you 3 items to pick from, so I do Weather at the bottom, Battery at the top left and Activity at the top right :)
 
I broke down and updated the complication to show the time and removed the NYC from it, I will just do it that way after all, Thanks!! :)
 
Or reach out and touch him!

He's just a pleasure to watch...kind of demands a black, white, yellow or red band to go nicely with him.
 
Actually, I kinda wish all those animations could be shut off. I'd prefer a replica of the old MM watch face I knew as a kid, and that was static. All this motion .... meh, not for me. Though, glad others enjoy it :)
 
Brett1203 said:
Yeah I dont like having the time displayed though on that face since it only gives you 3 items to pick from, so I do Weather at the bottom, Battery at the top left and Activity at the top right :)
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Battery level as a complication in my opinion is a waste of a complication because:

- Battery percentage is available as a glance.
- The Apple watch will warn you when battery is low and give you a low power mode
- in iOS 9 there is a new system level widget named "batteries" that include the battery statuses of your iPhone and any bluetooth paired devices that support the function. (Mine showed my iphone battery, LG headphones battery and Apple watch battery all in 1 widget).
 
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DynaFXD said:
Actually, I kinda wish all those animations could be shut off. I'd prefer a replica of the old MM watch face I knew as a kid, and that was static. All this motion .... meh, not for me. Though, glad others enjoy it :)
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I get it, and I don't use Mickey that often but he does make me smile when I do. Actually his movements remind me of the old, old Mickey Mouse B&W cartoons (not even sure if they were "talkies"). I keep thinking of "Steamboat Willie" (Mickey Mouse's debut). He had those moves way back then so guess they could be described as vintage really and original.


Armen said:
Battery level as a complication in my opinion is a waste of a complication because:

- Battery percentage is available as a glance.
- The Apple watch will warn you when battery is low and give you a low power mode
- in iOS 9 there is a new system level widget named "batteries" that include the battery statuses of your iPhone and any bluetooth paired devices that support the function. (Mine showed my iphone battery, LG headphones battery and Apple watch battery all in 1 widget).
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I took battery off my most used face, but I do think it is helpful if you are still experimenting with what your watch can do relative to your pattern of use. For example, let's say you are comfortable with how you've been using it but now want to add a few new apps or do something else like play music or use the fitness app where you didn't before. Your battery use will undoubtedly be altered and that little icon gets a new life. Do agree that once you are set on how you will use the Watch in your routine it probably becomes unnecessary as a complication.
 
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Warbrain said:
Analog watch faces are best for approximate timing, not exact. Mickey does just fine with that.
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Actually, I sometimes switch to analog when I need to see more precisely what the time is - the analog faces are the only ones that show seconds!
 
mavis said:
Actually, I sometimes switch to analog when I need to see more precisely what the time is - the analog faces are the only ones that show seconds!
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In that regard, true. But I never look at an analog face and think, "Hey, it's 9:53"; rather, I go "Oh, ten to 10:00".
 
Mac2me said:
I took battery off my most used face, but I do think it is helpful if you are still experimenting with what your watch can do relative to your pattern of use. For example, let's say you are comfortable with how you've been using it but now want to add a few new apps or do something else like play music or use the fitness app where you didn't before. Your battery use will undoubtedly be altered and that little icon gets a new life. Do agree that once you are set on how you will use the Watch in your routine it probably becomes unnecessary as a complication.
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No issue there and completely understandable. I just don't think the battery percentage on the Apple watch should be given such importance as an iPhone battery. Worst case scenario your Apple watch becomes just a watch. A dead phone doesn't even make phone calls.
 
mavis said:
Actually, I sometimes switch to analog when I need to see more precisely what the time is - the analog faces are the only ones that show seconds!
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I just noticed that the Modular face shows seconds as well. The time separator flashes. It doesn't give you that context of remaining seconds, though.
 
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