Windows drivers for Apple's Magic Mouse conjured from the ether

Hey Windows users: what would you risk for a mouse of such mystical persuasions that it has the word "magic" right in the product name? How about $69 for the mouse followed by a few sleepless nights after installing a .exe found in the murky shallows of the internet? That's what it'll take to install some hacked drivers, said to enable Apple's Magic Mouse gestures, on your Windows rig. The drivers were extracted from the latest Bluetooth update targeting Mac owners running Windows under Boot Camp, but now there's nothing stopping you from trying them too. Let us know how this dark elixir works out in the comments below.

[atomise Posted Nov 21st 2009 11:55PM]

this is surprising.

Welcome done Apple and Microsoft , for another undertable collaboration

[saayedalam Posted Nov 22nd 2009 12:19AM]

microsoft really needs to come out with their own multitouch mouse. oh and please be ergonomic.

[Wwhat Posted Nov 22nd 2009 1:55AM]

No they do not, it's a silly pointless invention nobody needs.
But since they are convinced apple knows users better than them now I guess they will anyway :(

[saayedalam Posted Nov 22nd 2009 2:03AM]

uh you are right but i like the idea of how scrolling works on magic mouse.

[reddyroc Posted Nov 22nd 2009 6:26PM]

i like the scrolling on it too. i'd like to see one for pc's that hopefully isnt as flat as this one.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 22nd 2009 2:13AM]

i do realize that engadget is news driven not comment driven like say slashdot, but for reals, this system is defective by design....

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 22nd 2009 2:14AM]

at wtf why am i now unverified, ive been posting on engadget for quite some time now...

[Invisiblemoose Posted Nov 22nd 2009 3:23AM]

Log out and log back it -- it'll prompt for a username.

[nekno Posted Nov 22nd 2009 2:15AM]

"...a few sleepless nights after installing a .exe found in the murky shallows of the internet..."

Wha? These drivers come from Apple --- are they slumming in the murky shallows now?

Download the Bluetooth update direct from Apple (http://support.apple.com/kb/DL952). Extract the Magic Mouse drivers yourself with any standard archive utility that reads RAR files (i.e., 7-Zip).

[mocax Posted Nov 22nd 2009 3:34AM]

does this mouse support chording?
the mighty mouse couldn't.... :(

[Kelmon Posted Nov 22nd 2009 7:24AM]

Hmm. I think I'll wait for official support, although I have to admit that not having proper drivers available for Windows is annoying. But, I will say that, overall, I really like the Magic Mouse with one exception - the tracking speed under OS X is too slow even when set to its highest speed setting. Besides that, it sits in the hand nicely, I love the click action, right-clicking works reliably (unlike the old Mighty Mouse), and the scrolling beats even my old Logitech VX Revolution.

I will now go through the article and downrank all the comments about the Comments System or anything not related to the article itself. I had to read almost a page of non-related comments before actually finding some that talked about the subject.

[Euclid Posted Nov 22nd 2009 6:09PM]

Here Here!

[ShyGuy91284 Posted Nov 22nd 2009 8:23AM]

Fun. But what I'd like to see is some Windows or Linux drivers that actually have more gesture support than your average mouse. I was disappointed that I couldn't get this thing and access expose with a gesture.

[Euclid Posted Nov 22nd 2009 6:08PM]

Sounds really cool. Now; to get a multi-touch monitor or magic mouse? Both? Ludicrous!

[MEH Posted Nov 22nd 2009 6:11PM]

eh, forget this mouse, Microsoft has something much better up its sleeve that it will release in 2010.

[Wwhat Posted Nov 22nd 2009 8:19PM]

@MarkC
Another reply to MarkC and people with this issue, which by necessity has to go solo:
If you don't see a little blue thingy to show the replies underneath posts with replies you might have blogsmithmedia.com blocked with No|Script or similar plugin
That would be a bit confusing I imagine :)

[gmerin Posted Nov 23rd 2009 10:28AM]

so, has anyone actually got this to work on Windows 7 x64? (because it's not working on my system...)

[wmurch3 Posted Nov 30th 2009 4:11PM]

@gmerin I just bought it and am running 64bit Windows 7 boot camp on my macbook pro and it's working fine. Did you get the right driver?

http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2009/11/14588/

then click on 64 bit driver