Good news! Apple has finally redesigned the Magic Mouse with USB-C! Bad news! The charging port is still on the bottom
Apple has just announced a new iMac with M4 chip, and in addition to the updated all-in-one PC, the Magic Mouse that comes with it has also been redesigned – and we have good and bad news.
First the good: Both the Magic Mouse and Magic Keyboard now come with USB-C ports. That’s right, the Lightning cable, which also used to charge iPhones and iPads until the EU (and other institutions) forced Apple to switch to the non-proprietary USB-C, is now dead.
This is great news, especially because now that iPhones and iPads no longer use Lightning cables, people don’t have as many of them lying around anymore, which can be annoying if the peripherals run out of battery. Now you can charge the Magic Mouse, keyboard or trackpad using the same USB-C cable you use to charge your iPhone, MacBook and other peripherals.
Apple answered our prayers, but crushed our dreams
As happy as I am to see that USB-C is finally included in the Magic Mouse (and in the other iMac peripherals, which are color matched to the iMac you buy them with), it appears that Apple not used this custom design as an excuse to fix one of the most glaring design flaws in its products.
That’s right, the charging port remains on the bottom of the Magic Mouse. This design choice has baffled me and virtually every Mac owner for years. This means that when the Magic Mouse runs out of battery and you need to plug it in, you won’t be able to use the mouse as it needs to be flipped upside down to plug in.
Almost every other wireless mouse out there has a charging port on the top half of the body, which allows you to charge the mouse And use it at the same time.
The fact that Apple has gone so far as to change the port but not the location almost seems out of spite. One can’t imagine that this was a truly user-friendly place to place the gate – yet it has remained there over the years. Come on Apple, admit you were wrong about this, and I might even start using your mice again…