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Mobee Does Magic With Your Magic Mouse, Apple Keyboard & Trackpad

Michele — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 19:50:49 +0000

There a few really annoying things that Mobee Technology has figured out how to solve. Mobee has an easy charger for my Magic Mouse and Apple keyboard and trackpad. And if that wasn’t enough, Mobee has figured out how to add a number pad to my Apple trackpad.

Convenient Charging Technology

My Apple keyboard, trackpad and Magic Mouse always lose batter power at the most inconvenient times and often, I don’t have batteries in the house so I’m scrounging around looking for another gadget to steal batteries from. With the Mobee charging technology, I don’t have to do that anymore. Mobee has made it really easy to keep all three charged up conveniently using the power from your computer.

The Power Bar

The Power Bar is for the Apple Trackpad. You replace the batteries in the trackpad with a rechargeable power bar that fits into the batter compartment. When you need to charge up the trackpad, you plug the Power Bar into your computer with the USB cord and let it charge. Retails for $29.90.

The Magic Bar

The Magic Bar is for the small keyboard that comes with the newer iMacs. You replace the batteries in the keyboard with a rechargeable power bar that fits into the batter compartment. When you need to charge up the keyboard, you place the keyboard into the Magic Bar and let it charge. Retails for $59.90.

The Magic Charger

The Magic Charger is for the Magic Mouse. Replace your batteries in the Magic Mouse with the rechargeable battery pack from Mobee. When you need a charge, place the Magic Mouse on the Magic Charger (which plugs into your computer via USB) and let it charge without wires. Retails for $49.90.

Using all three of these will save you money in batteries and time searching for batteries. I used the Magic Bar and the Magic Charger for the last few weeks. I charged my keyboard and Magic Mouse completely and I have not had to recharge yet. I also have noticed that I don’t have as many problems with my Magic Mouse becoming disconnected which was happening a LOT with regular batteries.

The Magic NumPad

So, you have the small keyboard all charged up with the Magic Bar and you have your Trackpad, but there is no numpad? How inconvenient is that? Mobee has a solution…..Magic Numpad. It is an overlay which you put on your trackpad and it turns your Apple Trackpad into a NumPad.The NumPad comes with several different layouts for the extra keys, so you can choose which one works best for you. Retails for $29.90.

You install a small application on the computer that will let you change from NumPad to Trackpad mode. It works really well, but you do have to watch yourself press the numbers because you can’t feel the different keys. I got used to the different NumPad style very quickly.

Enhance My Life

I love that Mobee Technology has taken some daily inconveniences and created a solution for them. These gadgets have definitely enhanced my life.

Disclosure: I received the Magic NumPad from my husband for Valentine’s Day (he paid for it.) I received the Magic Bar and the Magic Charger in exchange for this review. I have not personally tried the Power Bar. All opinions are 100% my own. Amazon affiliate links within the post.

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Mobee Does Magic With Your Magic Mouse, Apple Keyboard & Trackpad originally posted at Scraps of My Geek Life.

Wordless Wednesday; CES 2012 Style

Michele — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:56:17 +0000

No, I’m not at CES this year, but I am still keeping up with all the new products. Jason was at CES for a day and did some networking for me. I’m at home with a pinched nerve in my neck. Not serious, but still not fun.

This is my CES 2012 headquarters.

There are 3 laptops (one with Ustream running cnet & TWIT live streaming, iPad with the CES app running and my iMac where I’m reading posts and blogging.)

Are you following the CES 2012 news?

Blogging Quote – Wordless Wednesday #Linky (betterinbulk.net)
Wordless Wednesday – Add Your Photo Link (5minutesformom.com)
Wordless Wednesday: January strawberries (wellylady.blogspot.com)

Wordless Wednesday; CES 2012 Style originally posted at Scraps of My Geek Life.

Wordless Wednesday, My New Baby

Michele — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:00:15 +0000

I love this machine. It’s so beautiful and BIG and FAST and oh…words just can not describe how I feel about this….

The one on the left is my BIG 27″ i7 iMac and the one on the right is my old 24″ iMac. Big difference in size and power. I love Apple!

Apple posts guidelines on 27-inch iMac’s Target Display mode (macworld.com)
27-inch Inch iMac Target Display Mode (ubergizmo.com)

Wordless Wednesday, My New Baby originally posted at Scraps of My Geek Life.

My First Thoughts on Mac OS X Snow Leopard

Michele — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:52:07 +0000

I read all the articles that said I shouldn’t install Snow Leopard until I cleaned up my computer, but I couldn’t wait. I dug right in as soon as I got it. The install went really easy on both my iMac and my MacBook.

Here are the changes I noticed:

Hard drive free space -I didn’t take note on my Macbook, but on my iMac, I gained about 15 GB of space on my hard drive. That alone, made the upgrade worth it.

Speed – I noticed a difference in the speed of everything on my computer. My mail, calendar and address book opened faster. Firefox seems to be running faster.

Restart – Definitely faster

Finder – You can change the size of the icons in the finder and get a large preview of the document/picture without opening it up. This makes it a lot easier to find that one document or picture you are looking for. That is the control in the lower right hand corner (inside orange circle) that you slide to control the icon size.

This is the view of the finder in the pictures folder on the largest icon setting.

And this is the Documents folder on the largest icon setting. It will be much easier to find the pdf or Word documents I need now.

Dock – The orange arrow is pointing to the scroll bar that now appears when you open the Applications or Documents folder in the Dock. Now you don’t have to click on the Arrow that opens the Finder window to find the apps that start with a ‘Z’.

None of these changes are earth shattering, but they have made my life a tad easier and that is worth the $49 upgrade for both my Desktop and Laptop.

Snow Leopard’s Beautiful, Giant, Obsessive Icons (cultofmac.com)
David Pogue’s Review of Snow Leopard (q-ontech.blogspot.com)

My First Thoughts on Mac OS X Snow Leopard originally posted at Scraps of My Geek Life.