2019-08-01_Macworld

August 2019 • Macworld 25

NEWS ANALYSIS

for everything that followed, up to and including

the iPhone X and its notch. Radical, revolutionary,

and just a little controversial, iOS 7 was a giant leap

forward for Apple mobile strategy, an OS so far

ahead of its time the iPhone is still growing into it.

8. 
   

   Unusable mice
   Apple’s mice have always been instantly
   recognizable, and not always in a good way. Two
   of Jony Ive’s designs will forever be remembered
   for their follies. The iMac G3’s circular puck mouse
   was certainly a departure from the usual two-
   button PC design, but it looked a lot cooler than
   it worked. And today’s Magic Mouse 2 is another
   miss, mainly for how it charges. To plug in the
   charging cable, you need to flip the mouse on its

   
   


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