And every time someone points it out, another one points out that it was a conscious decision meant to push you to keep your mouse unplugged. Plus, charging it for a few minutes gives you hours of battery life again.
I've used a magic mouse for over 3 years, and I've never ran into a situation where I couldn't use it because it was charging. When I see the battery is low, I plug it in during my next bathroom break, and then fully charge it over night.
In practice, there is no problem to be solved here.
I have used a Magic Mouse for at least five years. It has never run out of juice while I’m using it, and I simply plug it in at lunch or overnight or on a Zoom call for a bit when I start getting notifications about the battery.
It runs for three weeks of daily use without need for a charge.
it has become a meme, but really a non-issue in real life if you used the mouse yourself really. A minute or so of charging is enough to power it for a whole day of use. plug it again when you leave your desk for a bit and you'll have enough charge for days.
Li-Ion batteries aren’t designed for that use-case.
Also the Magic Mouse has fast charging. You’ll get a full day of battery in 2min.
With a full charge, you’ll get 2+ months of usage.
Do the math. You’ll most likely charge this thing less than 20 times in it’s entire life.
That’s why the battery port design is both really smart and elegant. Unfortunately people don’t take the time to understand the purpose of design choices and jump to the easiest meme that reinforces their beliefs.
This topic comes up again and again, and what I’ve noticed is that folks who use the mouse often find that it lasts for months and months without recharging. Folks that like the mouse (myself included) agree that the frequency of charging is very low, while folks that don’t like the mouse will say that it’s unacceptable.
The one time I showed up to work to find that my mouse was dead, I plugged it in, got a cup of coffee, and by the time I was back at my desk it was charged enough to be used for the rest of the day.
I'm starting to get the feeling that some people will never be satisfied, and that complaints will always be made.
It's not really a big deal, I have a charger at my desk for my phone. So once every 3-4 weeks, I plug in the mouse when I leave. It's never run out of battery when I wanted to use it.
It doesn't matter how large the battery is - at some point, someone forgets to charge. With any other mouse, you plug it into the charger and continue to use it while it's charging.
Then they should have designed it such that it doesn't take too much longer to charge than it would have taken for a normal person to pop new batteries in a generic wireless mouse.
Friend told me his wife leaves it charging when she's done using it at night. But I agree it's kind of terrible UX. On the other hand... The Marathon Mouse I bought years ago only needed new batteries 3 years after me having owned / used it daily, and it came with it's own batteries.
Do you use an Apple mouse? It's not like you are frequently charging. Just plug it in while you go get a coffee or lunch and you are good for weeks. It displays a low charge warning in the menubar to alert you.
I found having to always keep a supply of batteries at hand was more inconvenient than just plugging in the mouse once in a while.
The only time it was an ever an issue when I used one, was I plugged it in, I went to the bathroom, I got a coffee. And it was charged enough to use it until I could charge it for hours later.
The sleep cycle of a mouse microprocessor is 99.9%+. A few minutes charge will get you hours of use.
Nobody has to ‘worry about this stuff’. In the unfortunate case power runs out you charge the mouse for two minutes and you’re good for a day of use, after which you charge it completely and you’re good for months again. A complete and total non issue.
The idea is you weren't supposed to leave it plugged in.
2 hours of charging = 2 months of use so it's not like charging was supposed to be a regular occurrence.
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