Tech · Apple · 2021
Apple Magic Mouse
Beautiful, gesture-rich, and shaped in a way that most hands stop tolerating after an hour.
Overall
6.8
out of 10
Axis scores
Tech is scored on these 5 axes. The total is their plain average — nothing is weighted.
Average of 5 axes
6.8/10
- Performance
- 6.8
- Value
- 5.6
- Durability
- 7.8
- Ease of use
- 5.4
- Design
- 8.6
- Performance — How well it does the core job
- Value — What the same money buys elsewhere
- Durability — Failure and fade reports past the one-year mark
- Ease of use — Setup, daily operation, cleaning, maintenance
- Design — Build quality and how it sits in a room
Specs
- Surface
- Multi-touch gestures
- Charging
- Lightning port on the underside
- Profile
- Almost flat
As published by the manufacturer. We didn't measure these ourselves.
Is it for you
Buy it if
- macOS gesture navigation is central to how you work
- The mouse spends more time being looked at than used
- You want something that disappears into a minimal desk
Skip it if
- You use a mouse for more than about an hour at a time
- Charging from a port on the underside is an obvious problem
The gestures are genuinely good and deeply wired into macOS — swiping between spaces feels native in a way third-party mice never quite match. The surface finish and the shape are unmatched as objects.
Then there is the ergonomics. The profile is nearly flat, which forces the hand into a posture that owner reports tie to discomfort within an hour. And the charging port is still underneath, so it cannot be used while charging. Both are choices, not oversights, and both cost it heavily here.
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