Is there a silent mouse for a Mac desktop?

I just did some playing with the Magic Trackpad, and if you press on it, it does make a click noise, HOWEVER, if you enable "Tap to click", then you just have to touch it to get a click, and not press down. That is totally silent.

BobHarris wrote:

I just did some playing with the Magic Trackpad, and if you press on it, it does make a click noise, HOWEVER, if you enable "Tap to click", then you just have to touch it to get a click, and not press down. That is totally silent.

I have long used a similar configuration, with taps and gestures and no haptics, and yes, it is silent.

The click on press is haptics feedback and not a traditional mechanical click mechanism, and that can be disabled.

DDG for “Silent mouse for Mac” finds lots of info.

Here re some lists from that query:

• https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/smart-office/best-silent-mouse/
• https://www.logitech.com/en-us/shop/o/quiet-computer-mice

Magic Trackpad is silent too, if the macOS haptics setting is off.

We use this Logitech model with our Mac minis. We both wanted quiet mice, and both prefer simple mice with left and right buttons with a scroll wheel that can be assigned as a double click (I can't remember the last time I actually left-button double clicked on anything).

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01JPOLKDW?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_1&th=1

Compared to the many other mice I've used over the decades, it's quiet. Yes, you can still hear a click when you press a button, and the rasp of pretty much any scroll wheel, but they're both very muted.

BobHarris wrote:

I just did some playing with the Magic Trackpad, and if you press on it, it does make a click noise, HOWEVER, if you enable "Tap to click", then you just have to touch it to get a click, and not press down. That is totally silent.

MrHoffman wrote:

I have long used a similar configuration, with taps and gestures and no haptics, and yes, it is silent.

The click on press is haptics feedback and not a traditional mechanical click mechanism, and that can be disabled.

While I did have "Force click and haptic feedback" disabled, I DID NOT have "Quiet Click" enabled 😩

"Quiet Click" muffles the sounds if I press down on the Magic Trackpad. It can still hear it in a quiet room, and it is a lower frequency almost unnoticeable sound.

And "Tap to Click" it totally silent 🙉

Still waiting for dialabrain's Lenovo mouse report ⏱

While I am not a fan of any mouse, including the Apple Magic Mouse, is has a very quiet click.

It is not loud to me, but then again I was listening to loud Hard Rock in the 70’s and 80’s 😁

I actually prefer the Magic Trackpad. Its click is not very loud either, especially if you disable forced feedback. Also keeping in mind my misspent youth 🎸🙉

I believe the Apple Magic mouse is as quiet as they get.

akachman (Author)

Some makers offered roller-ball 'mice' instead of more pedestrian ones.

They were very quiet, never moved around; Ball would stay under your hand

- or more exactly, in Palm of your hand. The base kept Ball from running off!

This did tend to be heaver, to stay put ~ as palm rolled the ball in its base.

And when solid Ball did fall out of its Base, its weight hit the floor Hard!

The advanced touch-sensor Apple mice seem OK. Except for some users,

who seem to feel odd feedback from electronic sensors, in hand and wrist.

The mouse just arrived. Is it "silent"? Well, it's very, very quiet and certainly quieter than some others. But, clicking does make a small noise, although you best have good ears. 😎

Just ordered a Lenovo mouse that is supposed to be silent. We'll see in a couple days.

The mouse is due sometime today.

Is the mouse due to arrive wearing two pair ultra-quiet roller skates?🤣

🤣 I don't know. It hasn't arrived yet.

The one I ordered didn't make the list 😔