Move magnetic-lock balls by shooting
For magnetic-lock puzzles, shoot the ball to push it. Use your shots to change its position instead of looking for a pickup prompt for this interaction.
If the sphere is already on a forked pedestal beside a green floor mechanism, the missing action is different: shoot the floor buttons.
What Bio-Magnetism attracts
Bio-Magnetism attracts health, energy and Protoplasm pickups. That pickup-attraction effect is separate from moving magnetic-lock balls with gunfire.
To reach the upgrade, follow the early Archives Depot route.