Note: If you use a non-English version of Windows and get an error that your language is not supported, open the DPInst.xml file with a text editor and add the following text in line 5. Now go into the folder and double click the DPInst.exe executable.Yes you’re right, those are the driver files from Apple and the file names are pretty self-explanatory ? So just right click on the Binary.MultiTouchMouse_Bin file, and extract the files using 7zip by clicking on the Extract to "Binary" option (you might want to change the folder name to something like MagicMouseDrivers, and keep a copy so you don’t have to do this process again if you ever format your hard drive).Double click on the BootCamp31ToBootCamp303 folder and scroll down to the end where you will see some Binary.* files.Double click on the newly created folder, you will see a bunch of files and two folders inside.From the extracted files, right click on BootCampUpdate32.msp (32 bit) or BootCampUpdate64.msp (64 bit) and again, extract the files using 7zip, only this time choose Extract to "BootCampUpdate". Right click on it -> 7zip -> Extract Here.After you installed 7zip and downloaded Bootcamp, just copy it to an empty folder.
To extract the drivers from the Bootcamp executables you will need to download & install 7zip which you can download from SourceForge here I used to host the extracted Magic Mouse drivers on a blazing fast VPS.NET cloud server, but unfortunately Apple asked me to take down the files.
Of course Boot Camp also includes device drivers for Windows, so what we are going to do is extract them, and use them to correctly install the Magic Mouse on our Windows PC.ĭepending on your Windows installation architecture, download one of the Bootcamp versions below:īoot Camp Software Update 3.1 for Windows 32 bitīoot Camp Software Update 3.1 for Windows 64 bit To install Windows, one had to get Apple’s Bootcamp software, which then lets you run a compatible version of Windows. Getting it to work with Windows 7 is not that difficult, all you have to do is follow the simple steps of this how-to.Ī while ago Apple introduced the option to install Windows on its Intel-based Macs.
I bought the Magic Mouse from the London Apple Store during a quick trip there and because my previous mouse was a Logitech MX518, when I first started using the Magic Mouse I got a little bit disappointed by the lack of precision when trying to do some very detailed work.