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What are the rules for Mickey?
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applewatch
macrumors 6502a
LLOYD!! Sorry, I just saw your avatar is Ari Gold.
Anyway, I read somewhere that said that Mickey taps the foot that his hand is pointing to. So if his left hand is point left, his left foot taps.
iBighouse
macrumors 6502a
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?
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?
Every 15. Hold your finger in the left lower corner and display stays on till you let go. I went 45 sec. and he blinked every 15.
C7 POWER
macrumors 68020
I love the Mickey Face but dang he makes it hard to tell what time it is, so I do not use it often.
Armen
macrumors 604
Bring any 2 Apple watches together with the Mickey Mouse watch face and you will notice the feet tapping is synchronized.
Armen
macrumors 604
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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I finally decided I can stop using the battery complication because it is pretty pointless given the non-issue battery life has turned out to be.
The main rule for Mickey is that you can't see him unless you raise your wrist. Kinda magical. 😀
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.
He's just a pleasure to watch...kind of demands a black, white, yellow or red band to go nicely with him.
Armen
macrumors 604
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).
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.
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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mavis
macrumors 601
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!
Warbrain
macrumors 603
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".
Armen
macrumors 604
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.
StophMac24
macrumors 6502
The Mickey Rules are simple:
1. Have kids
2. Take them to Disney
3. He steals your money
Failure to comply can result in time spent in a mythological place called Mickey Jail.
1. Have kids
2. Take them to Disney
3. He steals your money
Failure to comply can result in time spent in a mythological place called Mickey Jail.
Warbrain
macrumors 603
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.