How to set up Magic Mouse for Windows

The newly released multi-touch enabled Magic Mouse by Apple lets users scroll by touching anywhere on the top of the mouse. In addition, users can use two-finger swipes to navigate scroll to the left or right.

The mouse features a unique form factor, and is sleekest, and most capable ever offered by Apple. In a sad turn of events, the coolest features of the mouse, multi-touch gesturing, are not currently supported on Windows machines.

This article will walk you through enabling the multi-touch features on a computer running Windows.

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Apple Magic Mouse
• Computer with Windows Operating System and Bluetooth
• Internet Connection

1. Step 1

   Download Apple's Magic Mouse drivers for Windows machines from the following url: http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2009/11/14588/

2. Step 2
   

   Once the download is complete, navigate to the downloaded file.
   
   Open and run the DPInst file.

3. Step 3
   

   When prompted with the License Agreement, click NEXT.

4. Step 4
   

   Window's Driver Installation Wizard will open, and quickly install the missing drivers that enable multi touch gesturing.
   
   Once prompted that the installation was successful, click FINISH
   
   Voila! Your Apple Magic Mouse drivers are installed, and your computer will now support multi-touch gestures! Just to play it safe, reboot your machine before adding the Apple Magic Mouse as a bluetooth device.