Apple Magic Mouse 2 (Lightning) vs Apple Magic Mouse (2009)

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Magic Mouse 2 (Lightning) compared with Magic Mouse (2009)

	AppleMagic Mouse 2 (Lightning)	AppleMagic Mouse (2009)
Overview
Released
Released	October 2015	October 2009
Tracking
Shape
Shape	Standard	Standard
Hand
Hand	Either hand	Either hand
Sensor
Sensor	–	Laser
Buttons
Buttons	2	2
Free-spinning wheel
Free-spinning wheel	No	No
Thumb wheel
Thumb wheel	No	No
Sensor
Sensor	–	Laser tracking; Bluetooth range up to 10 metres, according to Apple
Scroll wheel
Scroll wheel	–	No moving wheel or ball; scrolling and panning use the touch surface
Gestures
Gestures	One moving Multi-Touch top provides primary and secondary clicks; the secondary side can be changed. Scroll, swipe between pages and full-screen apps, double-tap for Smart Zoom and double-tap with two fingers for Mission Control; no Force Touch.	Primary and secondary clicks, vertical scrolling, horizontal panning and swiping between web pages or photos; configurable for either hand
Connections and battery
Connects by
Connects by	Bluetooth	Bluetooth
Devices it switches between
Devices it switches between	1	1
Power
Power	Rechargeable	AA battery
Charging port
Charging port	Lightning	–
Charging
Charging	Lightning port underneath; wireless use requires disconnecting the cable. Apple quotes about a month or more between charges, rather than an upper-bound lifetime. Built-in rechargeable battery; plugging into the Mac also pairs it.	Two AA batteries included; Apple's guide permits alkaline, lithium or rechargeable AA cells. No charging port. MacLife reports 105 g with both batteries installed; Apple publishes no weight in the retained launch announcement or guide.
Works with
Works with	Bluetooth-enabled Mac with OS X 10.11 or later; the retained specification also supports iPad with iPadOS 13.4 or later. To move to another Mac, the maker's guide says to remove the existing pairing and pair again.	Mac OS X 10.5.8 or later with Wireless Mouse Software Update 1.0, or Mac OS X 10.6.2 or later, according to the original guide. To move to a different Mac, remove the existing pairing and pair again.
Software
Software	–	Mouse preferences configure the touch gestures and show battery level; the mouse sleeps when unused
Design
Weight
Weight	99 g (better)	105 g
Size
Size	Height 2.16 cm, width 5.71 cm, depth 11.35 cm; Apple publishes weight as 0.099 kg and says it varies by configuration and manufacturing process	–
Materials
Materials	White plastic top and aluminium body, described in Macworld's exact-model review	–
Colours
Colours	White and Black in the retained maker sheet; the October 2015 launch price below applies to the original white accessory	White
In the box
In the box	Mouse and Lightning-to-USB cable at launch; the retained maker sheet describes the later woven USB-C-to-Lightning cable. This entry covers Lightning-charging Magic Mouse 2, distinct from the 2024 USB-C version.	Magic Mouse and two AA batteries. Apple announced it with the new iMac on 20 October 2009; the standalone accessory was due at the end of October.