Meet the mouse that reinvented the wheel. The scroll wheel,
that is. Mighty Mouse features the revolutionary Scroll Ball that lets you move
anywhere inside a document, without lifting a finger. And with touch-sensitive
technology concealed under the seamless top shell, you get the programability
of a four-button mouse in a single-button design. Click, roll, squeeze and scroll.
This mouse just aced the maze.
Spry and Mighty
In the beginning, there was one button. Then there were
two. Then there were clickable scroll wheels and programmable toggles and solid-state
slides. But nobody made a mouse as easy to use as your Mac. Until now. Mighty
Mouse combines the capability of a multibutton mouse with Apple’s signature
top-shell design for the best of both form and function. Use it any way you work:
Stick with single-button simplicity or click with multibutton efficiency.
Get Around
Time is round. Space is curved. Why should your mouse
be linear? Plenty of applications require you to do more than scroll up and down.
Mighty Mouse offers 360-degree scrolling capability, thanks to its Scroll Ball,
perfectly positioned to roll smoothly under just one finger. Explore the farthest
reaches of your files — pan images in iPhoto, view timelines in iMovie HD
and Final Cut Pro, traverse bars in GarageBand and Logic Pro — with one
hand tied behind your back (or holding a cup of coffee or typing). Mighty Mouse
gives you room to roam.
You’ll Really Click
Touch-sensitive technology under Mighty Mouse’s
seamless top shell detect where you’re clicking, transforming your sleek,
one-button mouse into a two-button wonder. But the innovation doesn’t end
there. Apple engineers added force-sensing buttons on either side of Mighty Mouse
that let you squeeze the mouse between your thumb and finger, activating Mac OS
X Tiger Dashboard, Exposé or a whole host of other, customizable features
— instantly.
The Mouse That Roared
Unlike any other mouse on the market, Mighty Mouse was
designed specifically to work with Mac OS X Tiger. Up-to-the minute information
on Dashboard is only a click away. Viewing, hiding and selecting your windows
via Exposé is just as simple. And because Mac OS X Tiger makes Mighty Mouse
programmable, you choose where every click takes you.
Like its namesake, Mighty Mouse puts powerful precision
in a pint-sized package. With all its clicking capability tucked neatly under
the seamless top shell, Mighty Mouse boasts drop-dead good looks, too. And then
there’s that ingenious Scroll Ball — the tiniest such mechanism ever
used in an input device. No wonder it’s a wonder.
Have a Ball
Try reading this web page without scrolling. Every day
you navigate through files, email and web pages by scrolling horizontally and
vertically. Now you can do it all with your fingertip. Mighty Mouse’s Scroll
Ball features miniature sensors that allow you to manipulate what appears on your
screen merely by moving your finger. Scroll up and down to read a long web page
or document. Scroll back and forth to follow a timeline in iMovie or keep track
of a large spreadsheet in Excel.
But getting from point A to point B doesn’t always
mean traveling in a straight line. Take a spin on the mouse that’s not afraid
of kitty-corner. With Mighty Mouse’s Scroll Ball, you can scroll at a 45-degree
angle — even roll in 360-degree sweeps. Pan across a massive digital image
in iPhoto or Adobe Photoshop. Take in a whole PDF in Preview. The Scroll Ball
moves the content on your screen just as your eyes might move across a printed
page. The Scroll Ball acts as an extra mouse button too, offering you one of a
few clever clicking options.
The Button That Wasn’t
Alas the fate of the one-button mouse in today’s
multibutton world. Who has time for intuitive, elegant design when there is so
much clicking to do? Thanks to a smooth top shell with touch-sensitive technology
beneath, Mighty Mouse allows you to right click without a right button. Capacitive
sensors under Mighty Mouse’s seamless top shell detect where your fingers
are and predict your clicking intentions, so you don’t need two buttons
— just two fingers. Click on the left side to use Mighty Mouse in its simplest,
single-button form. Click on the right to access contextual menus within applications
and edit, copy, label or download from your mouse. It’s simple sleight of
hand.
It Squeezes, Not Squeaks
It wouldn’t be fair to call Mighty Mouse a two-button
mouse with one button. Especially when it responds to pressure from your fingers
in four different places. Besides the left- and right-click functions, the Scroll
Ball clicks down to act as a third mouse button. And force-sensing buttons on
either side of Mighty Mouse respond when you press in with your finger and thumb.
Perfect for Mac OS X Tiger users, the side buttons are pre-programmed to activate
Exposé, so you can view all your windows with a squeeze. Of course, you
can also customize Mighty Mouse to open whatever you choose — Spotlight,
Dashboard or any application when you have Mac OS X Tiger v10.4.2 or later.
Play Cat and Mouse
Because Apple engineers designed Mighty Mouse to work
in perfect harmony with the operating system, you get the full Mac OS X Tiger
experience from the comfort of your mouse. Take that Scroll Ball button, for instance.
Pre-programmed to launch Dashboard, it gives you access to a world of information
in a single click. Mighty Mouse’s side buttons show you all your open windows
in Exposé with a squeeze. Of course, you can program both of these buttons
— along with Mighty Mouse’s right- and left-click functions —
to launch Dashboard, Exposé, Spotlight, Application Switcher or any application
you choose. Mac OS X Tiger gives you the capability, thanks to an intuitive System
Preference pane. So, if you haven’t already upgraded to Mac OS X Tiger,
isn’t Mighty Mouse reason enough?
Well Trained
To program Mighty Mouse, simply open the Keyboard &
Mouse preference pane in Mac OS X Tiger System Preferences. There you’ll
see drop-down button menus, plus tracking, scrolling and double-clicking controls.
Choose your primary and secondary button designation. Reassign which applications
you want to open with Mighty Mouse. Customize your scrolling capability. Mighty
Mouse’s preferences are as easy to manage and as versatile as Mighty Mouse
itself, so your mouse works the way you do — not the other way around.
Specifications
- Model: MA086LL/A
- Power Source: USB cable
- Cables: USB 1.1 (compatible with either USB 1.1 or USB
2.0 ports)
- Scroll Ball: 360-degree Scroll Ball with adjustable scrolling
- Buttons Up to four programmable buttons: full-body button
with touch-sensitive technology beneath for left-, right- and Scroll Ball clicking.
Force-sensing side buttons
- Tracking: Optical
- Shape: Elliptical
- System Requirements: Mac OS X (programmability requires
Mac OS X v10.4.2 Tiger or later), or Windows 2000 or Windows XP
