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From: Peter Ceresole on 20 May 2010 06:48 With luck (it's taken a long time for various boring reasons) I may have a new 21" iMac next week, or the week after. A few queries... Obviously I'll do all the updates first but... Apparently they come bundled with a wireless keyboard and a Magic Mouse. I really, really want to go on typing with my Matias TactilePro, still far and away the best keyboard I have ever used. I presume that plugging the USB into the iMac should do it, but I'd be happy to use the Magic Mouse. However, I *do* want to be able to assign a double click to the right mouse 'button'. At the moment I do this with the Logitech control panel for my Logitech mice, but I seem to remember people posting here about a mouse control extension that will work with the MM. What was it called please? USB Overdrive? Or is there something later and better? I also use Flip4Mac and Perian; both very useful indeed. Presumably they will both run on the new iMac, or have Apple done something smart and irritating to stop one or both of them working? That's it. The iG5 will go to Geneva this summer, with its lovely Logitech mouse; as I can't (as far as I know) use the wireless keyboard with it (or can I?) I will take the Nimitz that lives in the cupboard with its tiny iMate serial<->USB adapter, which should preserve me from the worst of typing hell. Another reason for driving out there; although it's a lot cheaper to fly, the Nimitz on its own is almost over the limit for free luggage. Anyway we take our grandchildren's bedding and toys and books. I begin to understand why nomads might be a bit bad tempered... -- Peter
From: Jim on 20 May 2010 06:55 On 2010-05-20, Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > With luck (it's taken a long time for various boring reasons) I may have > a new 21" iMac next week, or the week after. > > A few queries... > > Obviously I'll do all the updates first but... > > Apparently they come bundled with a wireless keyboard and a Magic Mouse. > I really, really want to go on typing with my Matias TactilePro, still > far and away the best keyboard I have ever used. I presume that plugging > the USB into the iMac should do it, but I'd be happy to use the Magic > Mouse. However, I *do* want to be able to assign a double click to the > right mouse 'button'. At the moment I do this with the Logitech control > panel for my Logitech mice, but I seem to remember people posting here > about a mouse control extension that will work with the MM. What was it > called please? USB Overdrive? Or is there something later and better? BetterTouchTool <http://blog.boastr.net/?page_id=1722> One of those 'eternally in beta' projects but seems to work very well. > I also use Flip4Mac and Perian; both very useful indeed. Presumably they > will both run on the new iMac, or have Apple done something smart and > irritating to stop one or both of them working? Nope, they work just fine. You -might- need to download new versions to be safe. Jim -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "[The MP4-12C] will be fitted with all manner of pointlessly shiny buttons that light up and a switch that says 'sport mode' that isn't connected to anything." The Daily Mash.
From: Jon B on 20 May 2010 06:58 Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > With luck (it's taken a long time for various boring reasons) I may have > a new 21" iMac next week, or the week after. > > A few queries... > > Obviously I'll do all the updates first but... > > Apparently they come bundled with a wireless keyboard and a Magic Mouse. > I really, really want to go on typing with my Matias TactilePro, still > far and away the best keyboard I have ever used. I presume that plugging > the USB into the iMac should do it, Yep, I actually sold the wireless keyboard & mice that came with ours, bought Apple wired keyboard & a cheap wired mouse with the proceeds and had quite a bit of change left over. > but I'd be happy to use the Magic > Mouse. However, I *do* want to be able to assign a double click to the > right mouse 'button'. At the moment I do this with the Logitech control > panel for my Logitech mice, but I seem to remember people posting here > about a mouse control extension that will work with the MM. What was it > called please? USB Overdrive? Or is there something later and better? > > I also use Flip4Mac and Perian; both very useful indeed. Presumably they > will both run on the new iMac, or have Apple done something smart and > irritating to stop one or both of them working? > Still installing Flip4Mac here on all our new machines without issues. > That's it. > > The iG5 will go to Geneva this summer, with its lovely Logitech mouse; > as I can't (as far as I know) use the wireless keyboard with it (or can > I?) I will take the Nimitz that lives in the cupboard with its tiny > iMate serial<->USB adapter, which should preserve me from the worst of > typing hell. > Yeah the BT keyboard will work fine on that, the iG5 has BT built in, a friends even got one on his iMac G4 1.25 with my old usb BT adapter from 2002. -- Jon B Above email address IS valid. <http://www.bramley-computers.co.uk/> Apple Laptop Repairs.
From: Peter Ceresole on 20 May 2010 07:02 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > BetterTouchTool > > <http://blog.boastr.net/?page_id=1722> > > One of those 'eternally in beta' projects but seems to work very well. Thank you very much. Reassuring. > > > I also use Flip4Mac and Perian; both very useful indeed. Presumably they > > will both run on the new iMac, or have Apple done something smart and > > irritating to stop one or both of them working? > > Nope, they work just fine. > You -might- need to download new versions to be safe. I would anyway, going to 10.6.3, and they're trivially small. -- Peter
From: Jim on 20 May 2010 07:06 On 2010-05-20, Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > >> BetterTouchTool >> >> <http://blog.boastr.net/?page_id=1722> >> >> One of those 'eternally in beta' projects but seems to work very well. > > Thank you very much. Reassuring. BetterTouchTool turns the Magic Mouse from a device that's in the "if only it did <foo>" category to one that's a pleasure to use. >> > I also use Flip4Mac and Perian; both very useful indeed. Presumably they >> > will both run on the new iMac, or have Apple done something smart and >> > irritating to stop one or both of them working? >> >> Nope, they work just fine. >> You -might- need to download new versions to be safe. > > I would anyway, going to 10.6.3, and they're trivially small. You should be fine. Jim -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "[The MP4-12C] will be fitted with all manner of pointlessly shiny buttons that light up and a switch that says 'sport mode' that isn't connected to anything." The Daily Mash.
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