![]() We'll know more this fall when Apple releases a bunch of new iPads but I'm not holding my breath. Sorry, that doesn't work for me because I use laptops and hybrids (Pixel Slate and Microsoft Surface) on my lap. On the beta, the iPad and keyboard must be sitting on a desk with a standalone mouse. I mean, why have a giant 13-inch class display and keyboard? Why stop if you're 90 percent of the way there? Why leave out the built-in trackpad?Įven with all the changes coming to the iPadOS, it still won't have the kind of support for a keyboard and built-in trackpad* like the the Pixel Slate and Microsoft Surface do, i.e., a mouse-capable device you can put on your lap. It should be able to make my MacBook obsolete in 2019. My iPad (image below) is screaming to be a productivity machine. The problem for me is, this doesn't realize the potential of an iPad, particularly for the most Pro of the iPads: the 12.9-inch model. And, as mentioned above, you can open more windows in the same app: hover over a link in Safari, then grab and drag it down to open a new instance of the app.īut the iPad is still a touch-first OS. I dont use smoothmouse but I use Screen Sharing to connect from Mac to Mac and this. For example, text selection for copy and paste is easier: if you hover over the text and click, it automatically highlights, then you drag what you want to copy. The good news is, barriers are lowered with a mouse. A lot more.īut I can't because I invariably run into stupid iOS roadblocks and gotchas when doing productivity stuff. If that’s the case, third-party mouse management applications like SteerMouse can assign extra buttons to keystrokes and take the place of software that’s not Mac-compatible. The full version costs around £14, but you can try it for free to make sure it does what you need.My iPad Pro 12.9 has incredible battery life, built-in 4G, it's fast, it's light, and is Apple's most gorgeous design (imo). If the manufacturer’s configuration software doesn’t run on macOS, the Mac will detect the mouse as a pointing device, and extra buttons may not work properly. ![]() It was next on my list, but since I achieved what I wanted with above free applications, I haven't tested it. What you could try is USB Overdrive software. If you use a non-Microsoft mouse, IntelliPoint will probably not work for you. That was it - these two free applications made my external mouse work and behave how I expected it to behave. Setting mouse acceleration to " Off" actually made mouse movements quite jerky, but setting it to " Like in Windows" worked perfectly. ![]() Maybe it was just me, but it actually felt like installing IntelliPoint made tracking acceleration even worse.Īfter a bit more research I downloaded Smooth Mouse application. The bad news was that pointer tracking was still suffering from the acceleration "feature". The software recognised my mouse with no issues and clearing " Enable accelerated scrolling" checkbox restored linear scrolling that I was after. Since I was using Microsoft mouse, the first thing I tried was Microsoft IntelliPoint mouse software for Mac. ![]() Smooze is not completely free, but at $5.87 I would say it's very reasonable. Many products will recommend hanging them out to air, or even hand washing them first to deal with this. It seems the cheaper the mat the worse they smell with the character printed ones from shops like Ali Express being the most noxious offenders. It has some other mouse customisation options, but I have no need for any of that. Almost any product made of rubber foam has a pretty distinct odour. Accelerated tracking doesn't seem to be an issue anymore, but accelerated scrolling is unfortunately still with us.Īfter a short investigation, I found a little utility called Smooze which does exactly what I needed (disable accelerated schooling). I had to revisit the same topic on macOS Catalina (10.15) and unfortunately, neither Microsoft IntelliPoint nor Smooth Mouse were kept up to date with support for modern versions of macOS. ![]()
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