At a look
Knowledgeable’s Score
Execs
- Seven buttons, two scroll wheels
- Intuitive Mac app
- New sensor gives exact motion
Cons
- Â Proper-handed solely
- Â Designed for medium/giant arms
Our Verdict
With seven extremely customizable buttons, clean intuitive vertical and horizontal scroll wheels, Mac-friendly app, and an excellent grip for right-handed individuals, the Logitech MX Grasp 3S for Mac is one in all our most favored Mac mice and a real competitor to Apple’s extra fundamental Magic Mouse.
Logitech’s MX Grasp has lengthy been probably the greatest mice obtainable for the Mac, with the earlier MX Grasp 3 sitting comfortably on the high of our checklist of the best mouse for Mac for the previous few years.
That mannequin was getting a bit outdated, although, and was lately up to date with the brand new MX Grasp 3S—and now a particular MX Grasp 3S For Mac mannequin to rival Apple’s Magic Mouse that ships with desktop Macs.
Because the title suggests, this new model isn’t a radical departure and the brand new 3S mouse seems to be virtually an identical to its predecessor—which continues to be obtainable at fairly just a few on-line shops, so ensure you purchase the right mannequin. It is best to discover the newest finest costs in our worth comparability field on the high of this evaluation.
The 3S does characteristic some modifications underneath the bonnet, together with a brand new 8000dpi track-on-glass sensor that gives smoother and extra exact motion, and a brand new button mechanism that makes the clicking motion quieter and firmer.
Maybe most necessary, although, is the replace to Logitech’s Choices app—which is now referred to as Choices+. Most corporations that make mice don’t hassle to offer an app for Mac customers, which signifies that some buttons and options could not work correctly on a Mac. Logitech is likely one of the few corporations that does present a Mac model of its app, permitting us to customise the best way that the buttons work, and likewise pairing the mouse with three completely different units, together with Macs, iPads and Home windows PCs, in an effort to shortly swap from one system to a different.
The Logitech MX Grasp 3S for Mac additionally works with iPadOS.
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Buttoned up
The mouse has seven buttons, plus two metal scrolling wheels, with the principle scrolling wheel on high and a second wheel for horizontal (sideways) scrolling on the left aspect.
A characteristic referred to as SmartShift routinely switches the scroll wheel from line-by-line scrolling to super-fast scrolling when it senses you need to scroll a lot quicker.
There’s additionally a thumb-rest that gives quick access to the buttons on the aspect and has its personal button that can be utilized to shortly activate window-management options akin to Exposé and Mission Management (though it’s annoying that the mouse is barely obtainable for right-handed individuals).
Certainly, you’ll be able to customise a lot of the button and scrolls inside the Logi Choices+ app.
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You’ll be able to click on the Shift Wheel Mode button beneath the highest wheel to manually toggle between Ratchet (used for exact navigation of things or lists) and Free-Spin modes (used to shortly navigate by lengthy paperwork and internet pages).
You’ll be able to customise the aspect Thumb Wheel to horizontal scroll, Zoom out and in, quantity up and down, navigate between tabs, or set a keyboard shortcut.
The Again button may be personalized to go Again, Copy, flip Quantity Down, Undo, or set a keyboard shortcut. In the identical method, the Ahead button may be set to Ahead, Paste, flip Quantity Up, Redo, or a keyboard shortcut.
Maintain the Gestures button and transfer left or proper to modify between desktops; maintain and transfer as much as activate Mission Management; maintain and transfer down for App Expose; and click on as soon as for Mission Management.
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Within the app you can too arrange app-specific customizations, with pre-defined customizations for Adobe Photoshop, Google Chrome, Apple Safari, Microsoft Excel/PowerPoint/Groups and Phrase, and Zoom.
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Design
The essential strong design is unchanged from the MX Grasp 3, with a wise ergonomic form that matches the palm nicely, and a tender, textured floor that feels agency and comfy as you grip it.
Word, although, that this mouse is designed for right-handed individuals. Left-handers would possibly desire to stay with Apple’s ambidextrous Magic Mouse except they’ve taught themselves to drive a mouse with their much less dominant hand.
(Absent from the Mac-specific mannequin of the MX Grasp 3S is the extra USB wi-fi adaptor, referred to as ‘Logitech Bolt’. This gives a extra security-conscious various to utilizing Bluetooth, so the usual model of the mouse is definitely barely higher worth for cash, particularly for enterprise customers who need that additional safety.)
The Mac model is out there in House Grey and Pale Grey, though the House Grey is in actuality black.
You can too purchase the MX Grasp 3S for Mac in a $199.99 / £199.99 MX Keys S Combo for Mac bundle with different Logitech enter units: MX Keys S for Mac and MX Palm Relaxation.
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Charging
Battery life is nice, lasting for round 70 days on a full cost. You get three hours of use from a one-minute fast cost, which is useful, and you may cost whereas nonetheless utilizing the mouse.
You cost through the mouse’s USB-C port on the entrance. That is leagues extra smart than Apple’s Magic Mouse, which hosts its Lightning port on its underside—which means the Apple mouse is frustratingly unusable whereas charging.
Apple’s mouse can be one of many firm’s few remaining merchandise utilizing the outdated Lightning connector quite than USB-C. The Logitech mouse helpfully makes use of USB-C and comes with a charging cable within the field.
Value
The $99.99 Logitech MX Grasp 3S for Mac is priced the identical as Apple’s black Magic Mouse nut greater than the $79 white model. U.Ok. prospects sadly need to pay an inflated £119.99, which is £40 greater than Apple’s mouse, though you could find it cheaper on-line. (The Mac and normal variations of the MX Grasp 3S are priced the identical).
If you would like a spare mouse otherwise you’re a MacBook person who prefers a mouse to the laptop computer’s trackpad, Apple’s mouse is a positive alternative, however we expect the MX Grasp 3S presents extra customization and suppleness—in case you are right-handed and are prepared to spend extra for a superior product.
Logitech does supply a six-buttoned MX Anywhere 3S for Mac mouse that extra ambidextrous.
Verdict
With seven extremely customizable buttons, clean intuitive vertical and horizontal scroll wheels, Mac-friendly app, and an excellent grip for right-handed individuals, the Logitech MX Grasp 3S for Mac is one in all our most favored Mac mice and a real competitor to Apple’s extra fundamental Magic Mouse.
