This Microsoft Sculpt Comfort Mouse looks and feels like a quality item. It installed easily under Windows 10 and being Bluetooth I like the fact that there's no USB receiver unit to worry about. The unit is powered by two AA cells which are supplied and easily fitted. I have a 2016 Mac Book Pro that I have bootcamped and installed Windows 10 on. My Microsoft Sculpt keyboard conntected with no problems but my mouse will not connect. The device recognizes it, but will not actually connect. Apr 12, 2014 Microsoft Sculpt Mobile Mouse and Mac. Tl;dr: Everything works properly, except the Windows Button. But you can remap it to Mouse Button 4 using KeyRemap4MacBook. I just got a new mouse: Microsoft Sculpt Mobile Mouse. And because I only use Mac OS X, I didn’t expect that all the features are available on OS X.
Update note: Unfortunately, Karabiner does not work well with MAC OSX Sierra or High Sierra. They are working on Karabiner-Elements which has been released, but does not support this button. See below for a sort-of workaround.
My trusty Microsoft Blue Wheel Mouse started playing up recently and a friend suggested I go for the Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic mouse:
Cute lil fella, ain’t it?
Microsoft Sculpt Comfort Mouse For Mac Osx
I read a bunch of reviews and people DO love it, however there was some concern about it working with Apple’s Mac OSX operating system. (I have El Capitan).
I decided to bite the bullet and buy it. I could always return it for a refund if I had issues.
After plugging it into my MacBook Pro, it seemed everything worked fine (including the tilt scrollwheel functionality) except for the blue Windows button on top.
A bit of researching showed it can work nicely with the Karabiner software for OSX, but you need to edit the private.xml file. (There’s tutorials on how to do that. I won’t go into it here).
The main thing to know is what to add to the file to activate this button. My requirement was for it to work as a FORWARDS button, particularly in a browser as that’s my main use for it. Below is my code for private.xml:
Don’t forget to enable it by clicking the new checkbox once you restart Karabiner:
Unfortunately, Karabiner and Karabiner-Elements don’t support the Windows key. The best I could come up with as a replacement is using the TILT on the Scroll-wheel to go Forwards/Backwards. This can be configured with the help of USB Overdrive.
Download and install USB Overdrive.. and throw a few bucks to the developer for this awesome application, if you wish. Use the following settings to make your Scroll-wheel Tilt work :
Microsoft Sculpt Comfort Mouse For Macbook Pro
Tilt Left
The left button on the mouse will work to go backwards. You just need the above for going forwards (and backwards if you wish) with tilting the scroll-wheel left/right.