Magic Mouse Windows driver + app for scrolling

BETA Version 3.1.6.1

Version 3.1.6.1 has been released. This is a minor fixes release.

In version 3.1.6.0 from 3 days ago, we added translations into 21 languages to all Magic Utilities applications.

Click here for downloads and release notes.

Season's Greetings 2025

Another year on planet Earth is almost gone.

Even you haven't seen much news here, there is a lot going on under the hood:

  • With version 3.1.6.0 we just released the fully translated version of the Magic Utilities into 21 languages. This was a huge task on so many levels, but it's finally done!
  • Our new user interface for more customization has made good progress.
  • Our new driver framework is moving forward as well, even it's still early days. It will give you all the missing multi-touch goodies you have been asking for.

A very big THANK YOU to YOU, our loyal users, who make the Magic Utilities actually possible.

We wish you all lovely Merry Christmas and a Happy new year 2026. Take care!

BETA Version 3.1.6.0

Version 3.1.6.0 has been released. This is a major feature release.

We added translations into 21 languages to all Magic Utilities applications.

Click here for downloads and release notes.

Translations in progress...

You may wonder why there are no updates for some time, well there is a lot happening behind the scenes.

We are working on a multilingual version of the Magic Utilities applications, so the user interface will (in most cases) be available in your local language. This is a big job and has kept us quite busy.

The good news is that the majority of work has been done. We are currently fine-tuning many aspects of the translations and hope to release an early development version in the not so distant future.

BETA Version 3.1.5.8

Version 3.1.5.8 has been released. This is a normal maintenance release.

Click here for downloads and release notes.

Magic Keyboard Layouts - Version 2.0

The Magic Keyboard Layouts - Version 2.0 have been released. This release adds support for Windows 11 on ARM (ARM64).

Click here for downloads and release notes.

Season's Greetings 2024

What a year this was:

  • We released stable version 3.1.4.5.
  • The CoPilot+ PCs came and we finally needed to add support for the Windows on ARM platform.
  • We used this to modernize all the underling frameworks and elevated the "Magic Utilities" applications to true 64 bit apps and added dark mode.
  • As the last big task this year we added support for all new Apple devices with USB-C port.
  • Finally, we added Windows on ARM support for the Magic Keyboard Layouts.

As usual a very big THANK YOU to all our loyal users who make the Magic Utilities actually possible.

We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy new year 2025. Stay safe!

Version 3.1.5.6

Version 3.1.5.6 has been released. This is a normal release that fixes a splash screen issue.

Click here for downloads and release notes.

New Magic Keyboards, Magic Mouse and Magic Trackpad with USB-C port

Apple announced together with their new iMac models, new variants of the Magic Keyboards, Magic Mouse and Magic Trackpad.

These new devices all have a USB-C port, replacing the (outdated) Lightning port.

With version 3.1.5.3 the Magic Utilities do fully support all new devices with USB-C port.

Windows on ARM support is coming...

With the new Windows 11 Copilot+ Laptops announced, we will offer full Windows on ARM 64 bit support.

A beta version should be available by June 18, 2024, the earliest delivery date for these new computers.

Version 3.1.4.5

We released version 3.1.4.5 to the stable update channel.

Click here for downloads and release notes.

Season's Greetings 2023

Another year has passed. As a small Christmas present, we just released version 3.1.3.9.

A big THANK YOU to all our users who make the Magic Utilities possible.

We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy new year 2024.

Virtual desktop animations are back in Windows 11

When Microsoft first released Windows 11 the Virtual Desktop change animations were missing if you used the keyboard shortcuts ctrl + win + left/right. Desktops were just changed without any animation. We got used to it. Changes were instant.

Now about two years later they are back. In the latest Windows 11 22H2 Build 22621.2715 with the latest security updates installed it works again.

However it's not as good as in Windows 10. There is a slight delay until the animation starts. In addition it now shows a popup of the Virtual Desktop name.

Why changing things back and forward all the time. Windows 10 animations were just simply good. Now they are delayed and have this annoying name popup all the time.

  • Hello Microsoft, users know their virtual desktop, no need for a name popup every time!
  • And while we replace our cars with EVs which have INSTANT acceleration, you make your new animations feel like an old Diesel engine.
  • Is that the result of your new "Secure Future Initiative"? Delay bugs so they don't happen instantly?
  • Is there still a human Q&A department at Microsoft?

Update: We fixed this in version 3.1.3.9. You can turn off swipe and keyboard animations, so switching a desktop is now instant (again).

Kernel-mode Hardware-enforced Stack Protection in Windows 11 22H2

Windows 11 22H2 has a new security feature: Kernel-mode Hardware-enforced Stack Protection.

The Magic Utilities version 3.1.3.2 are now compatible with the new security feature, download is here.

Dark mode has been added to the web site

Today we added dark mode to our new web site for all the night owls . Let us know if we missed something.

The new website is live

We have been quite busy setting up our new web site, the old framework gets no more updates in a few month. While it looks almost identical the underlying CMS has been updated and a lot of external dependencies have been removed.

If you read this and find something which isn't working (as expected) please let us know.