How do you make a mouse glide better on a mousepad? (lemmy.world)

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I‘ve recently bought an Apple Magic Mouse to have a mouse for my left hand while working. My main mouse on the right is my trusty SL Prime-Z DW. This one glides around the mousepad like butter in a hot pan. My totally new Apple Magic Mouse however drags like dry-fried chicken. My mousepad is the size of the whole desk, so it’s the same mousepad for both mice. The other mouse I had was gliding just fine, but buttons don’t work with my left hand so I settled for this one. And no, I don’t plan on putting a Trackpad there, the trackpad is below the keyboard (I need it to better move the camera)

Do you have any tips as to how I can make this mouse glide better?

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[-] MrSpArkle@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

The Apple mouse comes with some weird pads. They’re meant to work OK with a certain amount of friction on a wide variety of surfaces. However as you’ve found they suck on a mouse pad.

Replace the Apple pads with some made from teflon and you’ll be good.

[-] brb@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 month ago

Only Apple could make a mouse that doesn't work on mouse pads

[-] Jolteon@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 month ago

It works just fine if you use it on the $100 Apple mousepad.

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