Best BlueTooth Mouse for Mac OSX

[abeckstrom]

I'm looking for a replacement mouse for the (less-than) Mighty Mouse that shipped with my iMac. Ideally, I'd like to get a BlueTooth mouse to free up a USB slot and would also like to find something that will run under Tiger or Leopard. Any suggestions?

[MacHeadCase]

If you absolutely want to go the Logitech route, I would suggest you use a third-party driver like SteerMouse (http://plentycom.jp/en/steermouse/index.html) instead of Logitech's own which can be pretty bad for usage in OS X.

Kensington mice (http://us.kensington.com/html/13202.html) have good reviews.

Some will say Micro$oft makes excellent computer mice.

I saw this mouse get good reviews, the Razer Pro Click Mobile Mouse (http://www.amazon.com/Razer-Click-Mobile-Mouse-Black/dp/B000WFUGRA) but if you can make it to a store that have a lot of models on display, test the various mice out, it would be best: we don't all have the same taste in mouse ergonomics.

[bobtomay]

Have the Logitech V470. It has worked fine under both Tiger and Leopard.

One word of caution though. Most of the bluetooth mice are designed for traveling and therefore are small in size. I had to give up the V470 as it would cause my hand to cramp, particularly in long sets of playing WoW. Moved to the MX Revolution even though it uses a USB port. The wife is still using the V470 a year later and has no complaints with it.

I looked for a couple of weeks for a full size bluetooth mouse back then without success. Don't have a clue why it's so hard to find a full size bluetooth mouse.

[Steven Owens]

I use one of the travel sized Logitech bluetooth mice and I don't need to use any drivers. I do agree with bobtomay though...the size can get annoying sometimes, although I'd rather deal with that than a USB dongle or cable. As for full sized bluetooth mice...I've never been able to find one either.

[MacHeadCase]

About the Logitech drivers, I posted this because I was one of the first to buy the Logitech MX1000 Laser. Even though I had never ever used such a comfortable, ergonomic mouse before, I had to ditch it because the cursor kept jumping all over the place. It made doing things in Photoshop impossible, even posting in a forum was a royal pain!

I went to the Logitech Mac users forum at the time and I was certainly not alone in having the Mexican Jumping Cursor syndrome! Logitech at one point released a statement saying they weren't planning on updating the Mac OS X drivers (although they updated the Windows drivers regularly) and Mac users were very mad about the whole situation. I tried third-party drivers but, while the jumping cursor was a bit less of a problem, I still could not use the mouse with Photoshop or any graphics apps. So I got rid of it. About a year later or so, Logitech updated their driver for OS X. Gah.

Lately, I saw that the latest Logitech mice for Mac OS X usage have drivers that sometimes work, sometimes not. And Logitech took some time in releasing drivers that were Leopard compatible I saw.

So I've decided to never trust any Logitech product anymore. That MX1000 cost me over $100CAN back then and it ended up in the trash. No one I knew then was interested in buying it off of me.

This is of course a IMO thing. ;)

Funny though that there doesn't seem to be market for full-sized Bluetooth mice other than the Mighty Mouse. I'm sure there would be buyers.

[MaDDoG]

Logitec here also. I ahev them at work and at home and a small travel one as well. The one I use at home is mid sized optical cordless mRaa93 I've had for about 2 years now with now complaints.
http://www.po4ita4i.ru/popup_image.php?pID=21781

[dtravis7]

I also recommend Logitech. The V470 is great unless you have really large hands like BobtoMay. Then I guess it could be an issue. Great Bluetooth mouse otherwise.

I also have a V270 and it's been a great BT mouse also.