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The first-generation Magic Mouse was released on October 20, 2009, and introduced multi-touch functionality to a computer mouse. [1] [2] Taking after the iPhone, iPod Touch, and multi-touch MacBook trackpads, the Magic Mouse allows the use of multi-touch gestures and inertia scrolling across the surface of the mouse, designed for use with macOS.
A scroll wheel on a conventional mouse may also be used. Moving the wheel in a desired direction moves the content in the same direction. [16] Most mice contain scroll wheels that only scroll up and down, but some mice contain scroll wheels that allow the user to scroll in any direction (up, down, left or right), including diagonal directions.
The scroll wheel on a mouse has been invented multiple times by different people unaware of the others' work. Other scrolling controls on a mouse, and the use of a wheel for scrolling both precede the combination of wheel and mouse. The earliest known example of the former is the Mighty Mouse prototype developed jointly by NTT, Japan and ETH Zürich, Switzer
Before the Mighty Mouse, Apple had sold only one-button mice with its computers, beginning with the Apple Lisa 22 years earlier. The Mighty Mouse supported two buttons, and a miniature trackball for scrolling. On October 20, 2009, the wireless Mighty Mouse was discontinued and replaced by the multi-touch Magic Mouse.
With IntelliPoint 4, users were able to specify mouse wheel behavior to scroll one screen at a time. This feature was useful in situations where the user had to work with windows of varying size and a fixed scroll rate alternated from being too fast or too slow depending on each window.
Drag and drop, called click and drag at the time, was used in the original Macintosh to manipulate files (for example, copying them between disks [3] or folders [4]). System 7 added the ability to open a document in an application by dropping the document icon onto the application's icon.
Apple USB Mouse – A revised version of the white Pro Mouse – note how this mouse has white hand grips on the side, which differentiates it from the original pro mouse which had clear grips. In a move away from the bold colors of the iMac and in a return to the styling of the traditional mouse design, Apple discontinued the USB Mouse in July ...
The second generation Magic Trackpad, initially marketed as the Magic Trackpad 2, was released on October 13, 2015, alongside the Magic Keyboard and Magic Mouse 2. [7] It had 29% more surface area than the first generation model, features an enclosed wedge design, and adds support for Force Touch.