The newly updated Apple Magic Mouse now has a USB-C charging port, but it’s still on the bottom — and that still doesn’t matter.
The newly updated Apple Magic Mouse now has a USB-C charging port, but it’s still on the bottom — and that still doesn’t matter.
It’s nine years since the Magic Mouse was first redesigned to be rechargeable instead of having removable batteries. And at the time, Apple’s design and attention to detail were commended — for the sound of the mouse.
From that day to this, though, the Magic Mouse design has been criticized and mocked for how apparently appalling it is that the charging port is on the bottom. It is seemingly an existential threat to mankind that you have to turn the mouse over for a minute.
Because that’s the thing. It’s a minute. If the mouse battery is so low that you cannot use it, just sticking that cable into the port for a minute or two will get it going again.
