Friday, January 10, 2014

Apple Magic Mouse in Windows 8.1

Out of the box, pairing the magic mouse via bluetooth with the Windows 8.1 box works.
But scrolling by touch is missing.

So:

  • Download both Mouse Driver Installer and Mouse Utility Setup from http://trackpadmagic.com/magic-mouse/download
  • Run the Installer -> atencĂ­on: the installer will download the 303 MB (!) Bootcamp 3.3
  • installer automatically extracts the magic mouse driver from the bootcamp exe 
  • Run the Setup -> will launch a GUI config utility also showing the battery status for the magic mouse
  • Pair magic mouse with Windows box via bluetooth (if paired previously, de-pair and re-pair)