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This is a daily goddamn struggle for me. My Macbook Pro routinely forgets about my Apple trackpad, and the only thing that fixes it is restarting the laptop. Th
by IgorPartola 9y ago
This is a daily goddamn struggle for me. My Macbook Pro routinely forgets about my Apple trackpad, and the only thing that fixes it is restarting the laptop. The sound system on the laptop often selects the wrong mic for the input when a BT headset is connected. My iPhone keeps switching between headset and internal speaker/mic when on a call. Pairing the same device to multiple hosts (laptop and phone) is like birthing a hedgehog backwards. And let's not forget where you try to initiate pairing from a laptop or phone instead of the device. Why even provide the damn buttons to do it if they never work?
- 0xdb 9y agoInterestingly, that are probably the only devices that work flawlessly for me. MacBook Pro in ~3 different environments, automatically pairs input devices and speakers and selects the audio I/O accordingly (i think it switches to the BT device if it was the active I/O when it was last connected). Same thing with the iPhone when paired with the Car BT. But with basically all other devices I made the same experiences. I find myself regularly reinstalling BT and audio drivers on a HP elitebook because it drops connections and can't find devices afterwards.
- sseveran 9y agoI would love a wired trackpad. Every couple of weeks I probably burn 20 minutes or so when either my home office trackpad or my office track pad just stop being seen by my MBP. The fast that my apple device frequently can't talk to my apple device has kept me from pushing much deeper in other bluetooth devices as it is bound to be worse.
- glhaynes 9y agoI would love a wired trackpad. You can use Apple's current trackpad (the "Magic Trackpad 2", I believe) on a Mac (at least) via USB even with Bluetooth entirely off. Edit: I believe (but have not confirmed) that their current keyboard works similarly. Their current mouse does not, at least in any really useful way, because its Lightning port is on the bottom.
- samstave 9y agobecause its Lightning port is on the bottom. I have always been amazed how everyone touts apple as the pinnacle of a design powerhouse, yet there are so many critically stupid design decisions the company has made, this being just one.
- theodorton 9y agoI totally agree, and had to Google for answers for this decision. The rationale, at least what I found, to be that people wouldn't let it completely charge with a different design, but with this one people would leave it charging overnight. Also something about users ignoring the fact that it's wireless and just always use it with the cable attached.
- glhaynes 9y agoThose rationales don't make much sense to me since they seem like they'd be equally applicable to the keyboard and trackpad. Every design is about tradeoffs. In this case, the mouse would have to have a somewhat different shape to accommodate a port at the front. That different shape would surely be a poorer fit for the visual aesthetic they were going for and it likely would've impacted the feel during usage, as well. Some people would prefer that tradeoff — certainly those who would prefer to (or have to because of an RF-noisy environment) use the mouse wired all the time. I expect the vast majority of their customers don't do that, though; and, I, for one, prefer (or at least am neutral to) the choice they went with. It definitely makes for a silly-looking photo while it's charging, but it's certainly not a blunder that none of the designers ever considered.
- CydeWeys 9y agoBeing able to use it while it's still charging is a really useful fallback scenario, though. Imagine if you couldn't use your phone while it was charging, if it was unusable until it was fully charged again. No one would put up with it. Yet a mouse is vitally important too! If you've reached the point when you need a backup mouse for your primary mouse, then the primary mouse has failed.
- redbeard0x0a 9y agoThe Magic Trackpad 2 with the built in battery and thunderbolt cable works like a wired trackpad when plugged in. No BT required when connected via USB.
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- MrBuddyCasino 9y agoThe Apple trackpad doesn't work reliably in an environment with lots of stuff going on in the spectrum. Its basically unusable without a cable. But otherwise it works fine.
- hhahsdfuy 9y agoThis used to be a problem for me with a 2013 MB Pro 13 an the previous gen trackpad. No problems since getting upgraded at work to a 2015 MB Pro 15 and the latest Magic trackpad.
- sogen 9y agoTethering iPhone to my MacBook over Bluetooth? Forget it, never works.
- AndrewGaspar 9y agoIronically works great with my iPhone and my Surface Book. :)
- sogen 9y agoOh the irony... sigh :/ I just resigned myself to do the Settings > tether over WiFi > WiFi only Every time.
- rconti 9y agoWorks perfectly for me these days. It was a little fiddly 5 years ago, but with the newer OS functionality where you can select your phone from the WiFi drop-down (with tethering turned OFF on your phone) and it automagically connects to your phone, enables tethering, and hops online) is like magic. YMMV.
- city41 9y agoI have a rule of never using bluetooth for anything critical. I have to fight bluetooth enough to get music working, I can't imagine having that same fight over my mouse or keyboard.