Photo story number three has hit The Newsprint’s photography page. Take a quick peek if you’d like.
Something I find interesting about this particular photo set: the number of keeper photos shot with the Olympus OM-D EM-5 Mark II. That was a fun little camera. One of my all-time favourites.
I’m not even sure if Olympus exists anymore.
But that EM-5 Mark II sensor was half the size of the Sony a7II full-frame sensor and the 15mm Summilux lens was less than half the size of the larger Batis lenses for the Sony. (And Batis lenses aren’t all that big!)
As they say, it’s not the camera. It’s the photographer.
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The braided Lightning cable makes the Magic Mouse purchase one of the best deals on the Apple Store accessories page right now.
Apple’s Magic Mouse costs $89 CAD. Apple includes 1 metre USB-C to Lightning cables with the purchase of about 99% of its other products. iPhones, AirPods, Magic Keyboards, and Apple TVs all include one of these ubiquitous cables.
Apple sells these cables as a standalone product for $25 CAD. You can buy a longer 2 metre cable for $39 CAD.
All of these cables are the classic Apple cable — wrapped in some sort of rubber polymer plastick-y material which tends to rip after long periods of use. I have a bajillion of them. They all suck.
Many of the latest Apple accessories include a braided USB-C to Lightning cable, a much higher quality version of the common cable. The braided cable feels more durable in every way. It also looks kind of snazzy.
Assuming this cable carries a higher retail value than the standard USB-C to Lightning Cable at $25, the actual cost of the latest Magic Mouse is at most $64 CAD.
There are some cheaper Apple accessories out there. AirTags are $39 CAD. The last generation Apple TV remote is $25 CAD. And the brand spanking new Apple Polishing Cloth is $25 CAD.
I officially think the Graphite iPhone colour option is the best available. Ever. This look rivals the formidable iPhone 5S in Space Grey.
At $64, the Magic Mouse stands beside various power adapters, iPhone leather cases, and the latest Apple TV remote.
The Magic Mouse is one of the best deals available on Apple’s accessories store. I don’t know if the braided Lightning cable is worth $89 on its own, but the quality of the cable and the accompany Magic Mouse peripheral is such a good buy right now.
The Apple Magic Mouse is still one of my favourite Apple peripherals of all-time.
Six weeks ago, the longest serving member of my Apple family died. Whether it lost its soul during our move, I’ll never know. I always figured it was on its last legs. But I thought that for a long time.
I ordered that Magic Mouse the day it debuted. October 20, 2009. I was fresh in my first six weeks of university and had begun taking to Apple products. I toted a 15-inch Intel Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro to every class. The Magic Mouse fit my at-home use perfectly.
That double-AA battery Magic Mouse lasted me until six weeks ago. Just shy of its 12th birthday.
Oh it burned through batteries. And oh the stories it could tell.
Lots of people like to poop on the Magic Mouse. Bad ergonomics, this. Weird gestures, that. I’m not really one of those people.
Say what you will about the Magic Mouse, having to replace a mouse only once every 12 years is an anomaly in today’s tech market.
I prefer how the Magic Mouse allows you to quickly swipe across spaces in macOS. The little thumb pad on the Logitech MX Master sort of allows this gesture if configured, but I lost the gesture when I installed Parallels and the keyboard shortcut linked to that gesture in Logi Options was already used in Windows. Losing that gesture has been infuriating.
I love the way the Magic Mouse can bring up Expose or Mission Control or whatever it’s called now. Two taps on the Magic Mouse and all apps and windows come into view. It’s a simple tap-tap and jump to where you need to go.
I love the way the Magic Mouse is designed. It’s so simple. So mousish. So efficient.
The new one charges weird though. The built-in battery is amazing. The charging method is not.
Also, I have a glass-topped desk at the office, which still befuddles the Magic Mouse. It’s time for a new desk.
My new Magic Mouse has tremendous shoes to fill. Whether it can outlive its predecessor is unlikely. Whether it can outperform its competitors, much more likely.
Through thick and thin, the Apple Magic Mouse has been by my side. Competitors will always tempt me, but that trusty Magic Mouse may well be the best Apple money I’ve ever spent.
