So last Friday I finally received the much anticipated (at least by me) Magic Mouse in the mail (see unboxing video below) and have been using it everyday since.
The mouse is pretty amazing, I’ve been using the Mighty Mouse for close to two years now and the transition from one to the other was easy and smooth.
Normal everyday use with the mouse is great I don’t have any issues with the scrolling or multi-touch options. Over all I love the mouse. The only issues I’ve had is when I took it home over last weekend and edited a wedding using Final Cut Pro.
The mouse is worthless for using with FCP, the vertical scrolling cause the playhead and all the other controls to go nuts while trying to edit. You basically have to not touch the mouse while the video is playing. My main issues came when using the multi-cam edits in FCP. I use this feature a lot with weddings and it works great, but not with this mouse. any slight vertical scroll and the play head go 5-10 minutes back or forward and you have to relocate your place. But I forced myself to use it thinking I would eventually just get used to it and I really thought I had, till I was finished with the edit. Thats when I notices that a ton of my clips where off by a signal frame. I have no clue exactly how it happened, but I know it had to be the Magic Mouse and that it took forever to correct.
So I’ve taken the mouse to work with me where I rarely, to never use FCP, so the harmony is back and I am loving the mouse. It’s slim, comfortable, and glides easily on the desk. So i would recommend it to other just as long as their not heavy FCP users.
Side note: I’m really hoping to find a way to disable the vertical scrolling just in FCP I think that alone will solve all my issues. So if you know of a way please let me know.
And now, onto the video:
November 5th, 2009 at 5:14 pm
Thanks for the great review on the Magic Mouse. I am a FCP user too and I spend weeks looking for review on FCP compatibility. This answer many of my questions and thanks for saving me $69. I think I will wait for 3 – 4 more years for Apple to come up with something that is more friendly with FCP.
Cheers
Charlie
November 6th, 2009 at 5:19 pm
Glad I was able to help. I really wanted to make the Mouse work. It is great with everything else I have used it on thus far. It’s just the vertical scrolling in FCP that messes it all up.