Top critical review
3.0 out of 5 starsNot On Par for Price Point
Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2020
Pros
+Gestures are very useful for smooth navigation and multi-tasking
+Battery life is excellent
+Sleek and portable
+Responsive and easy to set up
Cons
-Ergonomically a nightmare to use for an extended period of time
-Extremely slow pointer speed (most users will find themselves using the Mac Terminal to manually adjust this as the maxed out setting is still extremely slow)
-Not an accurate pointer at any speed
-Very poor for sophisticated tasks (i.e. gaming, photo/video editing)
-Overpriced
Good for
+Web browsing & Word Processing Documents
+Casual users
+Short sessions
Not Recommended for
-Power users
-Intense editing tasks
-Long sessions
Summary--
The Apple Magic Mouse is designed in a way which seems to have been geared towards a casual user. The mouse is not very usable for more than an hour or two at a time and is not designed for precise and/or quick movements needed for most demanding tasks such as playing video games or editing photos/videos. You can manually adjust the pointer speed using the Mac Terminal, but even doing this will provide a cursor that moves fast enough, but not accurately enough. For $76, it's surprising this mouse cannot provide the type of performance one would expect from mice that are in the $30-$50 range. I would only recommend this product to light users looking for a small mouse that feels and looks nice (with cost not being an object). Otherwise, you really should pass on this.