Apple put the Magic Mouse’s charging port on the bottom again
Apple put the Magic Mouse’s charging port on the bottom again
The port has been there for nearly a decade.
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The complaints about this are ridiculous. Charge it before the battery runs out. It only takes like an hour to charge anyway. This has never been a problem for me and all of the years this has been out. 15 minutes will give you enough charge for an entire day’s worth of work.
Just plug it in and go get some coffee for goodness sake.
This is such a great comment exemplifying the Stockholm syndrome of apple users.
Let me just not use my mouse for an hour because of a ridiculous design choice.
No no, because it's FINE that I have unique obstacles no other tech user has. It's actually a bonding experience that only other Apple users can laugh about. /S
They should have to wear the mouse on their head to recharge it.
Plug it in and go to the bathroom and you have almost a full days of charge. It’s really not that much of an issue as the people who don’t use them seem to think it is.
Itt: apple users who spend an hour in the bathroom.
You don't need to spend an hour in the bathroom. 2 minutes of charging will get you until at least the next time you need to go.
A full charge is like 3-6 months of battery life. It doesn't take much.
It definitely reflects something funny about apple’s methods. They decide how you will use their products, full stop. Sometimes that’s welcome, other times I find it silly.
Also, when in doubt, they decide in favour of branding and appearance over function.
Well, there’s no debating that. Apple has always had the philosophy that they decide how you’re supposed to use their devices, and that’s why they’re designed the way they are. Some people hate that, some people like it.
Or I could just use any other mouse that puts its charger in a sensible position.
But then what would you have to complain about?
Oh, I've got more than enough other things in my life to complain about. But at least my mouse isn't one of them.
I do often suspect apple releases things that are "hate magnets" to distract from failings in the rest of their product lineup. Like, have you seen the bra "case" for the airpods max? There's no way they greenlit that thinking people would like it or find it visually appealing... Right?
This is an interesting theory! I like it.
If there was a valid reason for why they couldn't put the port on the side, maybe I'd agree. But literally the only reason the port is on the bottom is some designer at Apple decided they did not want to see pictures of people's desks with cords on them, so the port got put on the bottom so no one can use the mouse while it charges, and there can never be a pic of their desk with a cord on it. Stupidest reason in the fucking world.
As a hardware repair person I am pretty sure that the engineers compromised with this design to prevent the inevitable problem of idiots leaving the charge cable plugged in while using it and breaking the charge port before warranty is done.
Put the port on the side and your hand is touching it, and gunk from your fingers gets wedged into the port.
Plus people would still complain about the cable awkwardly sticking out of the side. There’s no winning, people just want to complain.
Damn near every other wireless (rechargeable) mouse has the port on the side furthest from you, like where the cord is traditionally connected to the mouse. I've never heard of anyone getting gunk wedged in the port there as a common problem.
the side furthest from you
The front. This is what they were being pedantic about. The front of the mouse. Not the top or bottom. Or the sides.
Using a mouse with the cable coming out of the front would be awful. Belongs in the back.
lol, the front doesn’t face the plane that your computer screen is on?
nah that's the back! The front is closest to me, the back farthest away
Good for you, Mr Prescriptivist, telling everyone else they're "doing it wrong".
You'd fit right in at Apple, since your way is the only way to do things.
Smh
Putting the charge port on the bottom is fucking dumb. Seriously fucking dumb.
I had a mouse 20 years ago that charged in a dock - that was 10x smarter than this fucking dumb shit.
This garbage is part of why I don't like to use Apple - you can do anything you want, so long as it's sanctioned by Apple's arrogant designers, and done their way.
(I have 2 ipads and an iPhone, and they're frustrating as hell to use for anything other than what/how Apple has dictated, because their supposed "intuitive" approach is anything but).
what if I need to use it with a device that it's not paired to yet?
If Apple put out some logic behind the reasoning for the port location perhaps the complaints would diminish.
I think the complaints are valid, as Apple is a design-focused company that usually puts the user first, both in hardware and software design. For whatever reason Apple just will not design a user-focused mouse and it's gone from being silly to downright illogical.
Yes, it’s such a beat-up. People don’t understand how important aesthetics is to Apple and I’m totally there for it. If you can’t stand the thought of needing to take a 10 min charge break to get through the next few hours (because you ignored the low battery warnings) buy a different mouse.
Or buy two, one charges while you use the other.