Apple Wired Mouse

by Apple

• Wired optical mouse with innovative scroll ball
• Touch-sensitive technology offers detects left and right clicks
• Scroll ball lets you scroll in all directions
• Force-sensing side buttons
• Customize button functions with Mac OS X

Product Details

• Item Weight: 7.7 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B002TLTH7K
• Item model number: MB112LL/B
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (95 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #80 in Electronics > Accessories & Supplies > Computer Accessories > Mice
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 20, 2009

Product Description

Apple Wired MouseIt's the wired mouse that reinventsthe wheel - the scroll wheel. The Apple Mouse features the amazing Scroll Ball that lets you move anywhere inside a document, literally without lifting a finger. And with touch-sensitive technology concealed under the seamless top shell, you can choose either the versatility of a four-button mouse or the simplicity of a single-button beauty. Features:* Innovative Scroll Ball and button: Perfectly positioned to roll smoothly under just one finger, the Apple Mouse's Scroll Ball offers full 360-degree scrolling capability - up/down, left/right and diagonally. You can scroll long web pages, pan full-size images, maneuver around large spreadsheets, control a video timeline and more. Andyou can even click the Scroll Ball to access yourfavorite Mac OS X features such as Dashboard, Spotlight or Exposé.* Touch-sensitive top shell: It looks and feels like a sleek one-button mouse, but the Apple Mouse's smooth top shell hides a powerful secret: touch-sensitive technology under the shell detects which part of the mouse you're clicking, so you can both left-click and right-click. And if you prefer the simplicity of a classic one-button mouse, the Apple Mouse is up to the task. Just use the Mac OS X system preference pane to configure it how you want.* Force-sensing side buttons: When you give the Apple Mouse a squeeze, force-sensing side buttons can be configured to activate Mac OS X features such as Dashboard, Exposé or a whole host of other customizable features.* Customizable: If you have Mac OS X, the Apple Mousecan give you fingertip access to the special features you love. Simply use the system preference panel to configure the Apple Mouse in the way that makes you most powerful. Control the Scroll Ball's tracking and click functions, as well as the right, left and side click functions. And you even can set up different mouse profiles for every user account on your Mac.* O

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

61 of 65 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Apple Mouse Works Great for a Few Weeks May 2, 2010

By Hardyworld

The apple mouse is a very attractive mouse and works well as the spherical trackball easily allows you to scroll up, down and side-to-side very quickly. However, even though I am a big Apple fan and have several Apple computers this mouse tends to be a weak link in an otherwise user-friendly computer environment.

I believe I have just killed my third mouse. These things get gunked up easily and there is no way to take it apart to clean it. So, at the apple store they suggest blowing canned air into it to dislodge the oil and dust that has collected inside. I've tried that and within a couple days the mouse scroller is unusable--AGAIN.

To write this review I actually had to unplug my apple mouse and plug in a cheap Microsoft USB mouse because the Apple mouse was freaking out so bad causing my computer to switch between applications that I couldn't type.

I think if they allowed these to be take apart to clean it would solve the problem but in the meantime I am off to Best Buy to find a new mouse.

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Sorry Apple.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars How did they manage to make such a bad mouse July 7, 2010

By R. L. Fornoff

I cannot tell you how happy I was at replacing this tank of a mouse. After giving the beast a good 6 month trial, when it came packaged with my Mac, the constant cleaning of that little track ball of a scroll wheel, and the vice grip needed to push the side buttons, and the constant miss-right clicking of items that I meant to just left click on; I am over joyed that I finally got fed up enough with purchasing canned air every week to invest half the cost of this thing in to a 12 dollar refurbished logitech lx7 wireless mouse.

I honestly didn't know how hard I was working at working on my computer. The difference is like night and day. The difference could be compared to driving your car versus pushing your car. I'm actually going to save the 14" corded oddity though, to hang as an ornament on my Christmas tree, as one of the worst designs to come out of a company that wasn't going in to bankruptcy, in a long time. I honestly think that the mice with the ball underneath are about equal in frustration generation as this model.

23 of 25 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Been Through Two of Them March 7, 2010

By WPMo

Both times the Up scroll function has failed, despite regular cleaning of the scroll ball. When the mouse works, it's great. But as many will testify, it doesn't last. Am using a Logitech until I buy a new cordless "Magic Mouse" and scroll with my fingers instead of a questionably engineered rubber pea.