Trying to FIX: Faulty Apple Magic Mouse 1 purchased from eBay

Hi, in this 'trying to fix' video I attempt to repair a faulty Apple Magic Mouse purchased from eBay. This is the version 1 Magic Mouse with the replaceable batteries.
Remember that this is just for entertainment and I am not an expert in these repairs. The processes in the video may not be the best way, the correct way or the safest way to fix these things.
I do love fault finding and trying to fix broken things so I hope that comes across in this 'Trying to FIX' series.
Many thanks, Vince.

[@skonkfactory]

That "little gold switch" is actually a pogo pin that is used to ground the metal chassis so the touch sensor can work. Similarly the little metal fingers are to ground things.

[@Mymatevince]

Thanks Skonk :-)

[@skonkfactory]

@@Mymatevince No problem Vince, that's how the touch surface on the top of the mouse works- capacitance between the little squares on the flexprint pcb, and the metal chassis of the mouse.

[@dudenamedclem]

Vince instead of cutting that piece to connect the ribbon, seems like you could have removed the board from the bottom assembly, plug it in and then attach it back to it. Regardless, good job.

[@Madrrrrrrrrrrr]

That piece of plastic he cut needs back on?

[@philipandrews5738]

Yea that’s definitely the way to do it

[@Mymatevince]

Thanks dude, that does sound like a good idea:-)

[@dudenamedclem]

My Mate VINCE it’s all good! We all on this big blue marble together!

[@grahamecollins8824]

My Magic Mouse 1 had intermittent power issues. I tracked it down to the sockets that the the "nipples" on the positive end of the batteries fit into.The battery contacts at that end were deeper than the reach of the battery "nipples. No contact was being made. The sockets were carefully filled with alfoil to enable electrical contact when fresh batteries were loaded. The mouse then worked . Its not too hard and worked for me.also placed a tiny bit of blue tack against the lid and batteries as they move around. Works for me.

[@nicholas790]

Apples rechargeable batteries are slightly longer than double AAs. If you used Apple's batteries there would be no issue and no corrosion.

[@zZBucketsZz]

I know Apple like to do things differently, but having batteries go in the same direction is just wrong.

[@ajmorrey6234]

Logitech does it a lot with their mice as well. Its because the mouse only requires 1.5v to operate and not 3v. you can run it with just one battery with half the battery life, or with both.

[@MirceaD28]

That is why I consider a wired mouse to be the best option.

[@The_Watcher2k3]

Amazon does it on the Fire TV Stick Remote (non 4k)

[@RogerDDog]

No its not. Its better! Much better! I hope you're not a driver!

[@tompointdll]

There is no right clic to speak so , you need to click with 2 fingers on the mouse and then , the mouse will send the right click action to the computer , no apple software needed i think

[@sakurojason]

it depends where your finger is but he ruined the Digitizer by cutting off the black plastic bar and ripping of the glue.

[@sersoft_corp]

multi-touch requires the drivers, to right click without the drivers just simply lift your left finger completely off the mouse first

[@tompointdll]

@@sersoft_corp forfait about that ... 😅

[@tompointdll]

@@sakurojason that's anoying ... So no right clic...

[@sakurojason]

Tom 2 unless he replaces the housing and the digitizer

[@squiggle2054]

always interesting to see vince fix all these odds and ends even if ill never personally have any of these devices

[@GgTTV828]

Agreed

[@psialt9720]

To do a right click you should put 2 fingers on the sensor surface, and then press the button

[@JoesephBidon]

Nope you don't.

[@ASuperGav]

Absolutely fascinating seeing you bring back a mouse back to life. I wish you could do a similar video for an Apple Magic Mouse 2, please because these type 1 devices are becoming obsolete.

[@Ariannus]

There is no right click switch on the mouse. The right click is determined by you lifting your left finger off the mouse and only touching the right side of the mouse when you click.

[@Mymatevince]

Thanks John, I will test this out again :-)

[@marceloamorim6932]

Vince, Thank you so much! Your video encourage me to fix two Magic Mouses in my home office. Great work!

[@outerrealm]

I had a cat who caught a lot of mice, but he never caught mouses

[@iain999999999999999]

From what I recall, the way that mouse detects right-click is because the entire top surface is essentially a touch-pad (how horizontal and vertical scroll work), and weather click is left or right depends upon where it thinks your finger is. Even a new magic mouse won't register right-click if you rest both fingers on the blasted thing. Search for apple download DL1836, extract, extract AppleWirelessMouse64.exe with 7zip and run dpinst; on reboot you should be able to enable scroll and enable/disable right-click.

[@sweetasbloodredjam]

‚Even a new Magic Mouse won‘t register a right-click if you rest both fingers ion the blasted thing.‘ - I work with one every day and that‘s just not true. Your technical explanation was otherwise correct I think, but magic mice have multitouch, so how many fingers you rest on it has zero impact on it‘s clicking capability. I think the problem is probably that Vince snapped that plastic clip that was putting pressure on the digitiser in order to put the ribbon cable back in.

[@iain999999999999999]

@@sweetasbloodredjam Allow me to backpedal, but only slightly. They may have fixed this with the Magic Mouse 2, but 6 Magic Mice and 10 think they were Mighty Mice (with the ball bearing scroll ball atop, but they use a similar capacitive detection to distinguish between click and right-click) would not register a right-click unless I lifted my index finger slightly. Not a mouse with which I could play Minesweeper!

[@sweetasbloodredjam]

@@iain999999999999999 Ah, yeah I don't have first hand experience with the Mighty Mouse, I skipped over that one. There's probably a reason they were so short lived, though. Sorry you had to deal with that bs. The magic mouse 2 is very reliable imo, but I haven't really had problems with the V1 either. The most annoying thing about that one is that most AAs slide around in it little bit, so it's prone to disconnecting. lol I'm sorry to say no magic mouse is a good minesweeper mouse!

[@GavinColbourne]

At 17:19 you will see a silver square switch with a black plastic part in the middle next to the optical sensor. I think you will find that that slots into the hole in the piece you was confused about and is actually the On/Off switch. The pogo switch you was confused with I believe uses the base of the mouse as an antenna

[@CamaroSSMan69]

Could it be that when you right click the gold pin being pressed in makes a contact that works with the regular click to make it send a right click signal to computer? And it’s not being fully depressed when put together before some reason?

[@aussie4life167]

Vince, if you look closely at the ribbon cable connector on the pcb, on the edge next to the battery negative terminals, there is a little latch. Apple likes to use back latches. Get your tweezers under it and lever it up. Makes the ribbon much easier to insert and removes the risk of damaging the contacts on the ribbon

[@Mymatevince]

Thank you, I didn't spot this at all. Nice one :-)

[@aussie4life167]

My Mate VINCE its one of apples common ribbon connectors thats also used in their ipads.

[@Mymatevince]

Cheers :-) Hopefully when I come across it again I will spot it :-)

[@kerracoustic3607]

The ribbon connector has a small release catch at the top. You have flip this upwards to allow the ribbon cable in, and then flip it back down again to lock the cable in!

[@jacobrude9095]

thank you so much i got one at a garage sale and it needed to be fixed, this vid. got it fixed

[@floridahummer]

thankyoui, just doing to same to my apple mouse, saved me lots of time and trouble stripping it down and building it back.

[@sakurojason]

Maybe you shouldn't have removed the black plastic bar underneath the Touch sensor. The black bar holds the Digitizer (Coordinative Touch Sensor) onto the white plastic top.

[@dragon940carp6]

I thought the black plastic was at the lower part of the mouse, not the top.

[@sakurojason]

@@dragon940carp6 Didn't you see how he cut off a black plastic bar from the white top because the ribbon cable was too short?

[@catcam]

Dear Vince you can try fusing that hinge with acetone (it only works on ABS plastic! You can try on some small shaving or piece of same plastic in acetone). Many thanks for great content.

[@Spaz3d]

I love watching your videos vice but the camera being out off focus every time you move kills my eyes lol. Nice to see another brit doing well on youtube :-) keep up the good work mate

[@TheSlysterII]

Well done Vince, looked a bit tricky at one stage. Good video as always.

[@nukemanmd]

Leave it to Apple to complicate a simple device. Microsoft built a great mouse long before the Magic Mouse was released. Apple decided it had to build something that would appeal to Apple customers who favored form over substance. Thus, an over-engineered over-priced mouse.

[@abzhuofficial]

To be honest, Apple devices are best used as suppositories for Steve Jobs than anything else. LOL

[@michaelheinrich44]

its magic. i got one and its fantastic

[@Tass...]

"i wonder why they didn't make that a tiny bit longer" Apple being Apple. They don't want people repairing their devices.

[@Whigu]

And it cost soooo much more if it's tiny bit longer and we all know that Apple wants to get its money :-D

[@bridgendesar]

The optical sensor is actually a camera albeit on about 30x30 pixels, and yes people have hacked their mice to see the image

[@Mymatevince]

Wow, interesting, I will Google that :-)

[@robertking7584]

It is software controlled Vince. There is only 1 button. The touch surface determines which button based on where your fingers are on the mouse. There is a release for the cable you clearly didn't see. All cables that have wings have a catch mechanism. There's far more too it than style. The tactic sensors allow pinch/expand/ scroll up/down with no moving parts. All of these features can be used with Windows though to be honest, windows doesn't implement them terribly well.

[@JoesephBidon]

These mice are very sensitive to tolerances on the whole case assembly. Any slight knock or drop can displace the right click pressure switch which works like the two finger touch on an apple touch pad. I managed to fix my right click by just tightening the two front screws holding down the click assembly (series 2 mouse) which brought everything back to alignment, more or less.

[@geekjit215]

That metal spring which you bent upwards towards you basically takes input grounding in the top surface. When your finger is close to the right click, it gets activated. I noticed in the video that while taken apart, the right click was only working when you accidentally touched that metal part. This is my understanding. The base PS4 1000/1100 series power and eject touch buttons also work in a similar fashion.

[@michaeld1879]

Great vid! However, an ultrasonic cleaner may have made the entire cleaning process easier. Probably, your next investment?

[@wassupjg]

He actually already has one

[@michaeld1879]

@@wassupjg Oh okay, it probably skipped his mind to use it

[@adilsokolovic12]

To fix the inconsistent click registration, you have to clean the internals very well. Dip it fully in alcohol for a couple of hours and agitate it, let it dry overnight and resemble.

[@ajmorrey6234]

The ribbon cable in the top part of the shell is for the capacitative layer. the mouse senses where your finger is on the mouse to register the correct click. that's where you'll need to look to fix the right click

[@jerrygould8]

strangely relaxing to watch someone else with my curse!

[@FennecTECH]

Right click is powered by a touch sensor. It senses you touching the right side of the mouse to power right click that metal contact is part fo the touch sensor. make sure the metal springy bit is makign good contact with the pad on the top of the mouse

[@ND-pp2wd]

I read the older version of this had a power on button by the on/off. Those contacts that do nothing may be remnants of the previous model. I think the white button you were pressing if just the left click.

[@tobasco40]

Thanks Vince! Working great!! Cheers!

[@jspencer89yt]

Pro tip order yourself some thin guitar picks on ebay so you don't Mar the surface of the metal and its point makes it easy to cut through the adhesive.

[@dragon940carp6]

Old credit cards work too.

[@EdwinNoorlander]

One finger is left button, two fingers is right button and three fingers is middle button. But you have to install de Apple Magic Mouse driver for windows.

[@Mymatevince]

Thanks Edwin :-)

[@EdwinNoorlander]

My Mate VINCE No problem.

[@2bradsemail]

@@EdwinNoorlander Most apple products do not have a right click option. Go figure. You have to hold the command key down while clicking as I remember.

[@EdwinNoorlander]

hi Brad Kershaw, that’s a second option. But if you installed the driver you can use de mouse like a pad. support.apple.com/en-us/HT207700

[@bondjane007]

U have patience of a Saint!

[@home-space]

The Microsoft Touch mouse buttons are also capacitive and have the same problem with left and right click as it seems to be a capacitive controlled system on the top part of the mouse.

[@BROOKSYIAmTheMusicMan]

Thanks. that helped.. Ive now a new mouse etc.. but wont work how do I 'undo' ?

[@zer0b0t]

To clean the vinegar I think that it's better to use bicarbonate, so the vinegar gets neutralized.

[@outerrealm]

That will leave a mess of sodium acetate film on everything. Don't make up solutions to these problems if you don't know your chemistry

[@zer0b0t]

@@outerrealm what do you recommend?

[@victoravalkrye4522]

What's that small laptop your using?

[@humbertoj.montalvo4723]

The issue with the right click I think it has to do with not been on Mac OS, remember that even on Mac you'll have to go to the mouse settings and adjust the preferences and select to use right and left click. So if you're using Windows without Boot camp that could be the issue because Boot camp convert most of the Mac drivers to Windows format that's all Boot camp is for.

[@2kidsnosleep]

FUBAR’d mine...but at least I got it apart. Mine had a loose/broken small copper spindle wire just lateral to the optical portion. Tried to jumper it. Nope.

[@ferris7290]

There is actually a lock on the ribbon connector cable but it's tucked right into the battery terminals

[@Mymatevince]

Really, I didn't see that at all. I will check again :-)

[@khunruj27]

What solution do you wash?

[@AvixkThePig]

I had batteries leak in a mouse at one point, but it wasn't slow. It just started fizzling and popping, and a few minutes later there was a chemical engraving on the desk. Mouse still works to this day.

[@outerrealm]

You made that up.

[@crowbarviking3890]

Apple really makes me sad these days. Back when they were young their slogan was "Costs less, does more. It's that simple. Apple.". And the modular structure of modern PCs is also an innovation by Apple. Bus standardisation and upgrade possibility so you do not have to buy a new PC etc. every other year.

[@Chriva]

They did make easy to service machines back in the day but standardisation was not their thing. NuBus was the longest living expansion bus they had and it was invented by MIT. Apple stole it and called it their own. As with everything they "invent" :) They even changed processor architectures from 6502 (I can forgive them for the first one since it was the wild west back then) -> 68K -> PowerPC -> x86 -> and soon likely arm. Gotta love to not be able to run your own old apps on their stuff :P

[@BodziuM]

nowadays everything from apple is unrepairable, glued, cheap made, expensive with max profit. This is sad but what to do, from really innovative company they are now just a money maker machine.

[@crowbarviking3890]

@@Chriva true it was not their invention. but they made it popular. also about the architecture...so true. almost like they are not selling computers but consoles.

[@rainbowdashgirl1192]

Oh my another great video Love these videos

[@sersoft_corp]

The whole top of the mouse is basically a touchpad, and it's not gonna have multi-touch unless you install the drivers. You basically have to lift up your left finger off the "touch-pad" for the right click to work. I always found that super annoying about Apple's magic mouse.

[@Mymatevince]

Thanks Sergiy :-)

[@jayade5481]

I have one right click doesn't work..after I done this then I couldnt switch the mouse on..I check everything seem all good and clean

[@1234garrett1993]

You should try to learn how to use some of these products before you try to troubleshoot and demonstrate functions lol I always enjoy watching your vids, thanks Vince.

[@hinny2005]

Apple designed these mice to use slightly oversized AA batteries. People sometime use foil to extent a little to get a snug fit. Can’t remember off top of my head but some manufacturers AA a slightly bigger so need to use them brands. My eneloop rechargeable ones fit well.

[@sakurojason]

Just buy AA Batteries with a higher capacity. They just cost a few cents more.

[@kasudayama1787]

Can anybody tell me what's that tiny laptop/tablet that Vince uses? I've been trying to find it online. I don't know what it's called

[@OmegaX01]

GPD pocket. He has a 6 video series review of it.

[@chrisrobson8540]

clearly 2 switches just wouldnt have been "apple" enough.......over-engineered to within an inch of its little mousey existence🤣🤣

[@dudenamedclem]

Two-fingers!!!

[@abzhuofficial]

Two fingers on an Apple Magic Mouse are used to simulate the right mouse button on a conventional mouse.

[@djluis49]

My only question...is vinegar better than contact cleaner to clean corrosion?

[@pigking188]

Last time I was this early Vince didn't do trying to fix videos :)

[@jasonbucy]

My wish to you Vince is that everything in your house is broken and that you constantly have to make videos :D lol

[@abzhuofficial]

Ouch! 😬

[@intoxicode]

lol im screaming at the tv now "THERES NO RIGHT CLICK ON MACS"

[@Diego_Borges]

What are you talking about? There is right-click

[@olcom]

Grate job!) Best time spending I've ever had!

[@mCKENIC]

Absolutely my favourite mouse ever - loved it and used one since release... but what an ABSOLUTE pig to maintain and work on! After 9 years mine finally gave up last year. Broke my heart as Ive never used a mouse as comfortable (for me). Survived many, many, many drops - cat hair - years of general gunk - as well as being apart 4 or 5 times over the years. I'd say the bottom was almost see through I used it so much! Moved on to a wireless Jelly Comb but these, when they work are wonderful... as well as a nightmare to repair!!!

[@sakurojason]

How is the bottom almost see through if it's Aluminum?

[@mCKENIC]

@Smattless Lol! I couldnt punish him like that! But seriously I dumped it - the ribbon cable was torn from bending it so many times to get it back in, the rails had no teeth left and the switches only worked when the other mouse button was held down (hold right and then left would click when pressed)... It owed me nothing after 9 years!

[@mCKENIC]

@@YoureUsingWordsIncorrectly Cheers mate! I use my Mac for audio work so the horizontal scrolling the timeline by just left-right swiping was a life saver! Will check the mice you mentioned but have to say the Jelly Comb is behaving very well for 30 quid!

[@mCKENIC]

@@sakurojason Lol! Friction! Im sure I wore out 3 or 4 mouse mats with that little mouse using it so much! There is a section on my kb shelf where the wood is worn away from using the mouse when I didnt have a mousemat :-)

[@sakurojason]

@@mCKENIC I thought you meant your mouse is see through XD

[@andersmmvfc.8376]

Nice one.

[@jessede1970]

nice fix but pity you broke that plastic part inside and the heavy clicking part apart from that vince great to see inside a mouse!!!

[@bdhale34]

This mouse is more complicated for one button than my logitech 9 button mouse that also stores three mouse program profiles inside it, is.

[@instahawk8422]

I’ll tell you what’s going on it’s because its made by apple good when you first get it over time it get less reliable

[@sakurojason]

it is easy to fix but he did it wrong

[@JonnyIT1]

It Wil work on IPad and IPhone and IPod with IOS 13 and IPadOS 13

[@humbertoj.montalvo4723]

My friend I think 💬 is that you have to press the right click and leave your finger for a second but it has to very towards the front of the mouse almost on the edge.

[@191matrix]

Wow you really messed up and destroyd the mouse Vince. Great stuff 😁👍

[@snagger2810]

Vince can i ask what digital microscope you use in your videos please.

[@reijovosu349]

Right click is done inside software. Top touch surface is registering right side click (or left side, when you are left-handed). There is nothing to do in Hardware side. I have used in windows on boot camp and also in VMs. Right click and scroll works. Try to look Magic Mouse drivers for Windows.

[@Mymatevince]

Thank you :-)

[@defiantgsxr]

Sweet

[@raulrosalesgt]

great tutorial

[@rafael19701000]

Good Job ....Thanks....

[@nickb4237]

You should invest in a fine copper brush, it really helps to clean up contacts without damage

[@davidmorrison3814]

Could you give an example please? I think it could be quite handy but I do not really know what I am looking for.

[@GadgetUK164]

Excellent =D Looks like a stylish hard to use mouse =D

[@JohnGotts]

I bought a Logitech Ultrathin Touch Mouse, a similar product to this. It's quite beautiful, and it sits on my shelf, like an art piece. It cost almost $100.

[@UserUser-ww2nj]

It is definitely a case of form over function . I had one and found it very uncomfortable to use

[@kennethbarker852]

great video to see

[@MichaelBritt23]

Don't get frustrated, Vince. Apple over-designs their hardware to the point even they can't fix it.

[@Monica-pj8wj]

what kind of pc or tablet are you using?

[@bartram33]

I’m still trying to work out how they get all that stuff inside a Mars Bar.

[@YangGuang]

Hey Mate!! i have a project for you. How do you feel about tackling another Atari Lynx II? I would like to send mine to you and see if you can help me out. Would be coming from the States. Hit me up.

[@Chaostheory1971]

Never been a fan of Apple products, over priced for what they are in my oppinion. But nevertheless good video yet again, Vince

[@humbertoj.montalvo4723]

My friend your problem is that you are trying to attach the flex cable when the board still has the screws and it's mounted to the other part, try it without the screws on and the board detached from the lower piece. 😁

[@Leonvolt28]

This is a perfect example of why you shouldn't buy dirty cheap batteries.

[@danilko1]

I have had Energizer and Duracell batteries leak... It's not just the batteries, there's something else that promotes leaking. Maybe a constant pull on the power, when it gets to a point, alkaline batteries just leak, the crystals form and pressure builds up forcing acid to come out. I notice this more on cheap Chinese flashlights.

[@darthplayer1867]

First! Thanks for the video.

[@CannibalShadow]

Everyone knows apple products are designed not to be taken apart and actually fixed, they do it on purpose.

[@ray73864]

Technically macs don't have a right click, never have, when the more modern macs were released, Apple made it so that you could software enable a right click if you wanted one, otherwise (at least on the macbooks), the right click was done using a 2-finger tap.

[@joeowen2340]

Can you make a video How to turn on a PS4

[@proten40]

This is where a ultrasonic cleaner would work best.

[@pitmanncb4368]

truly magic

[@KorAllRBare]

**Addendum** Could it be that the mouse has sensors connected via that ribbon cable?

[@imgoinghomeyt1672]

Can you do more challenge yourself videos

[@francisaltham1948]

Two fingers together is right click for Apple one finger is left click

[@Mymatevince]

Thank you :-)

[@randelcross]

Way to press through to a fix Vince But: you insulted all the apple snowflakes! good for you! lol! GO LOGITECH!

[@jeffs4823]

If you use a little bit of black tape it's a lot easier getting those ribbon cables in. Just put the black tape on the ribbon cable and pull it toward where it has to go.

[@pitmanncb4368]

apple don`t do right click you normally have to press ctrl and the 1 mouse button. right click must be a new thing for them.

[@TheYoungestCollector]

Tons of corrosion

[@J.erem.y]

in 2009 apple didnt have a right click

[@garrys9336]

That's just not true. MacOS 8 supported right click in 1997. The first Apple Mouse to have a right click function was the Mighty Mouse introduced in 2005.

[@J.erem.y]

​@@garrys9336 I was being semi-sarcastic as some models absolutely didn't come with right click and some did. CTRL click and "alternate click" with modifiers were still a thing. One of those "think different" mentalities. That mouse i a perfect example, as the PCB is silkscreened 2009 and absolutely doesn't have a right-click, just a spring to make up for the mechanical button not being there.

[@michaelpoeschl1202]

What is this for tiny Notebook thingy :o

[@OmegaX01]

It's a GPD pocket. He has a series of videos reviewing it.

[@bartram33]

I bought a Micky Mouse Mouse off eBay also. Disney work😊

[@VincentNijhuis]

The apple mouse right click has touch sensitivity. When clicking right the left finger needs to come off. The gold pin is ground and the three on the corners are ground. The long silver spring thing is just to bring back the mouse to the non click state. Nothing wrong with your Magic Mouse V1 ;) . you should only glue back the plastic hook thing.

[@Mymatevince]

Perfect, thanks for all the info :-)

[@1up_Gaming]

You can get a free trial for the Magic Utility thing mate :)