Thanks to the joys of open source software Rohitpid forked the repo and has added support for the Magic Mouse 2 scroll. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was a very easy setup and you can just follow the instructions in their readme. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Install via DKMS is very straight forward. You may or may not need to install DKMS so you can omit the first line. <\/p>\n\n\n
\nsudo apt-get install dkms\ngit clone https:\/\/github.com\/rohitpid\/Linux-Magic-Trackpad-2-Driver.git\ncd Linux-Magic-Trackpad-2-Driver\/scripts\nchmod u+x install.sh\nsudo .\/install.sh\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I’ve been trialing Ubuntu 19.04 on my Dell XPS15 for the last couple of weeks and I was wanting to use an external mouse with the machine. I dug around in my drawers and found an unused Magic Mouse 2 not being used. I turned on Bluetooth and was able …<\/p>\n
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