john-useless

yyzguy said:

tlinn said:

Edge, my primary browser, has become almost unusable. 

Primary browser on Mac?  Why?

I also use Microsoft Edge, albeit as a secondary browser. (Safari is my choice for the primary browser.) I wanted a Chromium-based browser for sites that seem to work fine in Chrome but not in Safari … and I didn't want to use Chrome itself.

Since you (AppleInsider) didn't specify that the article was specifically about third-party mice for Macs, I'm surprised that the Apple Magic Mouse didn't get a mention — at least to compare how these third-party mice differ in features and/or design versus Apple's Magic Mouse. Love it (as I do) or hate it (as many do), the Magic Mouse has been the standard mouse for Macs since its first version arrived in late 2009.

One feature that has kept me a fan of the Magic Mouse all these years is its Multi-Touch surface, which allows for scrolling of a Mac's on-screen content exactly like an iPhone. Multi-Touch on the Magic Mouse also allows for additional features like swiping between pages and/or applications (which I use constantly) and quick access to Mission Control (which isn't a critical feature to me). I've enjoyed using Apple's Magic Mouse since day 1.

Yes, that Apple placed the Lightning charging port on the bottom in the current-gen design is silly — but given that the mouse only needs to be charged every couple of months (in my experience), this has never bothered me. The benefits of Multi-Touch far outweigh the downside of having to flip it over to recharge. (I'm hoping for an improved design when Apple finally switches it to USB-C.)

If Apple's Magic Mouse is physically uncomfortable for you to use, well … no argument there. For me, it has always been perfectly comfortable. I've got several Macs at home and work plus a Magic Mouse for each (including for my MacBook Pro).

I've always wondered why no third-party's mouse attempts to replicate and/or improve on the Magic Mouse's Multi-Touch feature. Does Apple not allow third parties access to the appropriate APIs?

appleinsideruser said:

john-useless said:

Does iPhone mirroring to macOS Sequoia work when the iPhone is in landscape (sideways) orientation, and does it work in landscape when using the iPhone's camera app (or a third-party app like Kino) to film videos?

Look at the screen shot at the start of this article for an answer to your first question. Looks like yes.

9 to 5 Mac posted a video about iPhone mirroring which partially answered my question. The video did not confirm whether one can use an iPhone in landscape (sideways) orientation and have its screen mirrored that way to a Mac. But 9 to 5's video did say that the iPhone's camera and microphone are not available during mirroring — which was a specific question I had. I wanted to know if I could use the iPhone's Camera app to film video in landscape orientation while controlling it through macOS Sequoia's mirroring feature … and the answer is clearly no, because the iPhone's camera & mic don't work during mirroring.

appleinsideruser said:

john-useless said:

Does iPhone mirroring to macOS Sequoia work when the iPhone is in landscape (sideways) orientation, and does it work in landscape when using the iPhone's camera app (or a third-party app like Kino) to film videos?

Look at the screen shot at the start of this article for an answer to your first question. Looks like yes.

Thanks, but the screen shot at the top of this article is not the answer for which I'm looking — my question could have been phrased more clearly. The screen shot shows the iPhone's own screen in landscape (sideways) but it's simply showing iOS's standby mode … but the iPhone mirror on the Mac's screen is in portrait (vertical). It's the latter about which I'm asking. I'm hoping that when the Camera app is in use for recording video in landscape orientation (or any other app that supports landscape orientation) that it mirrors on the Mac side in landscape view as well. All of the examples shown above (and elsewhere that I've seen so far) show the mirrored iPhone only in portrait (vertical) orientation on the Mac.

Does iPhone mirroring to macOS Sequoia work when the iPhone is in landscape (sideways) orientation, and does it work in landscape when using the iPhone's camera app (or a third-party app like Kino) to film videos?