How To Connect Wired Mouse To MacBook Air?

MacBook Air is a notebook computer developed by Apple Inc and has gained popularity among PC users because of its good performance and amazing, attractive design. If you own a MacBook Air, it’s good to use it with a mouse. The good thing is that MacBook Air works with any (wired or wireless) mouse.

Connecting the mouse with your MacBook Air is easy. It’s not rocket science, but if you still don’t know how to connect the wired mouse to MacBook Air, don’t worry because this article will help you understand the proper way to connect the wired mouse to MacBook Air.

Connecting wired mouse to MacBook Air

1. First, turn on your MacBook air.
2. The MacBook Air model 2018 and later models come with two USB-C type USB ports. So, if you have a wired mouse, you will need a USB C to A adapter to connect them.
3. Plugin the C-end of the adapter into your MacBook Air and the A-end into your mouse.
4. Your MacBook Air will automatically detect the mouse.
5. If, unfortunately, it fails to detect your mouse, change the USB port, then check if your adapter is working or check your mouse if it has any problem.
6. Otherwise, the MacBook Air will detect the mouse if everything is okay.
7. After the successful connection of the mouse, open the Apple menu, which is on the top-left corner, to change the mouse settings.
8. Open the system preferences option and select the mouse icon.
9. The newly opened window can adjust the tracking, scrolling, and double-clicking speed. Apart from that, the left or right can be selected as your primary button.
10. The next option for changing the mouse settings is to go to the Accessibility Window.
11. Again go to the Apple menu and open system preferences.
12. Open the Accessibility window from the system preferences options.
13. Choose the Mouse & Trackpad Tab from the left side panel.
14. Here, you can adjust different settings of the mouse like double-click speed, spring loading delay, or more options like that.

Connecting Bluetooth mouse to MacBook Air

If you want to connect a Bluetooth mouse to MacBook Air, go to the Apple menu, open system preferences, click on Bluetooth, switch on your mouse, and wait for it to search. When your mouse is visible, click on pair, and your Bluetooth mouse will be connected to the MacBook Air.

What if the Bluetooth mouse doesn’t work with MacBook?

1. The first thing you can do is to turn off/on your Bluetooth.
2. Forget the device from the list and then search and pair it again.
3. Check the Bluetooth mouse battery.
4. Turn off/on the mouse.
5. Hopefully, it will reconnect with your MacBook.

Final words

That’s how easily you can connect the wired mouse to MacBook Air. Follow the steps mentioned above and your wired mouse will be connected to MacBook Air.