The Black Magic Mouse Is Different…
And it’s different in a very distinctive way.
Let’s get into this, shall we? I have a mouse problem. In fact, I have a litter of mice problem, as you can clearly see from the header image. By the way, that poor ol’ scuffed buddy at the bottom, he’s George, and he’s a generation 1! Every month or so, takes two suppositories — called batteries — up his arse to keep going’. For an old lad, he’s chugging along just fine, believe it or not. I think he’s 8 now, must bake him a cake. If you’re wondering who’s going to blow out the candle, I’ll just fire up the 2018 15” MacBook Pro, boot up WebStorm with an Angular project, and those fans will spin up so fast they won’t just blow out the candles, they’ll blow skirts and kilts up across the street too!
But this article isn’t meant to be about George, or any of my other white mice. No. This is meant to be about my newcomer, Mr. Schwarz. He’s the first and so far, the only black mouse I own, and I shit you not, I only got him because I wanted a change of scenery on my mousepad, which happens to be also black.
So, no, sorry, getting a black Magic Mouse has nothing to do with diversity and inclusion, something I am otherwise a big promoter of, I mean, come on, I’m a Hungarian, cleft lip and palate kid from Romania, living in Ireland, if I don’t see the value of it, then I don’t know who does. But I digress. Back to the mouse.
Just to avoid any confusion, the black Magic Mouse does not possess any kind of actual black magic. Nor is it truly black. I used some random colour detector app that told me that the various shades of “black” were: Liquorice, Olive and Jet. So, there’s that I bet you didn’t know about the black Magic Mouse. But otherwise, yes, one of the very distinctive differences the black Magic Mouse comes with, is its colour, though only its back. The belly is just as silver as the white ones’. Some will claim the black one’s belly is anodised and whatnot, ignore that, they look and feel exactly the same, even if the black one costs a bit more — cuz less demand and black paint that isn’t entirely black.
The blackness does go on though for a bit longer, and where that’s very obvious again is the charging cable. Which is now braided, though that’s true for both white and black Apple mice launched in the last while. The black Magic Mouse’s cable is black, though, which does indubitably makes it distinctively different from the white. Length-wise, exactly the same. Don’t believe everything you hear. Black and white, equal length.
That’s about it, folks. Apple’s black Magic Mouse is both very different and exactly the same. Even in the bluetooth settings, they both show up white. Not going to read anything into that…
What happens if you connect them both at the same time and use them at the same time? Nothing special. They’ll both work, just your cursor will get confused a lot, trying to execute opposite commands from two mice at the same time! It’s essentially the digital version of bad parenting. 😆
It’s a black Magic Mouse possessing regular, invisible, colourless, odourless Apple magic and nothing more. What’d you expect?!?
It’s a black Magic Mouse. Just as great as the white ones, but if I’m to be honest, I do think this black one looks cooler. It’s almost like it’s wearing a nice Armani suit, instead of just a plain white shirt, you know what I mean?
By the way, if you’re wondering what the name of the other three mice is, they’re Nebuchadnezzar, Zarathustra and Táltos. What?!? Just because they’re mice, doesn’t mean they don’t deserve creative names… Don’t tell me you named your mouse, Bob! 🤦♂️
Yeah! On that note, what did you name your mouse and how old is it? Tell me all about it in the comments. That’s what it’s for. Talking about mouse names and stuff! 💬
Attila Vago — Software Engineer improving the world one line of code at a time. Cool nerd since forever, writer of codes and blogs. Web accessibility advocate, Lego fan, vinyl record collector. Loves craft beer!
