DECEMBER 2019 MACWORLD 53press it.
- Press Touch under the Physical and
Motor section. - You should see a toggle for
AssistiveTouch at the top. It will likely read
Off. Press it. - You’ll then go to another menu. Turn
on AssistiveTouch through the toggle at
the top. - Now, in the same menu, scroll down
to Pointing Devices. Press it. - Press Bluetooth Devices.
- Grab your Bluetooth mouse and set
it to pairing mode. For convenience, we’ll
use the first-generation Magic Mouse as
an example. Make sure the mouse is
unpaired from its previous device, and
then put it in pairing mode. With the
Magic Mouse 1, that means holding down
the top for a couple of seconds. In the
case of the Magic Mouse, you’ll see a
request for a PIN pop up. Enter 0000
in the prompt.
HOW TO SET UP A WIRED
MOUSE ON YOUR iPHONE
OR iPAD
You can also use a wired mouse with
your iPad, but the setup is considerably
more awkward than it is with Bluetooth
devices. For one thing, you’re going to
have a hard time hooking up anything
besides a generic laser mouse to
anything below the iPad Pro and you’ll
likely get a message like the one
shown above.
Fortunately, all wired models we tested
worked with the iPad Pro.
For another, you’re going to need to
buy the $29 USB-A to Lightning (go.
macworld.com/cadp) dongle before you
can hook up most standard wired mice to
older and lower-end iPads. If you have a
2018 iPad Pro, you’ll need the $19 USB-A
to USB-C (go.macworld.com/a2cd) dongle.
Once you’ve attached the dongle to your
mouse, you’ll need to repeat many of the
steps above:- Open the Settings app.
- Scroll down to Accessibility and
press it. - Press Touch under the Physical and
Motor section. - You should see a toggle for
AssistiveTouch at the top. It will likely read
Off. Press it. - You’ll then go to another menu. Turn
on AssistiveTouch through the toggle at
the top.
And from here, simply plug in your
mouse to your device. It should
immediately start working.