A rodent-shaped device used to move a pointer on the screen
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How can I select buttons with just the keyboard?
Many user interface (UI) elements or dialog boxes have buttons. I would like to be able to select a button with just the keyboard, without the mouse. How can I do this?
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Change the mouse wheel scrolling acceleration
I am new Mac user and I don't really like the Magic Mouse so I reverted to a good old 3 button mouse with a scroll wheel.
When I turn the wheel slowly, it only scrolls pixel per pixel (or per two ...
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How can I make focus follow the mouse cursor?
I will often click on a button expecting it to be clicked but instead all that happens is the application it is in becomes active, and I have to click again to actually click the button. It would be ...
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How can I set a different scrolling direction for mouse and trackpad in Lion?
I want to give the new scrolling behavior in Lion a try (both on the built-in as well as on the magic trackpad).
But on my Mouse (a Logitech Anywhere MX), I don't want reverse scrolling. In ...
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Macbook Pro with Lion: scrolling via trackpad vs. mouse
So the default scrolling behavior for the trackpad in Lion is to scroll in the direction of your finger movement similar to the iPad. This can be changed in the trackpad preferences by un-checking ...
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Disable mouse acceleration
Is there any way to disable mouse acceleration on a mac?
Mouse acceleration is what causes the mouse to move slowly when moving it a tiny bit, and a farther distance when moved fast. In other words, ...
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Sharing a Bluetooth Keyboard and Mouse sequentially between two Macs
I work out of my house where I have two computers: a mid-2010 Macbook Pro (for my day job) and a mid-2010 iMac (personal). During the workday, my iMac acts as a second display for my Macbook Pro via ...
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Is it possible to make a mouse accelerate like it did in Windows?
15 year Windows guy here, slowly going full Mac on everything and enjoying it.
But there's one thing that's killing me: the USB mouse acceleration curve in Snow Leopard drives me crazy. I've looked ...
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Mouse cursor jittery when hover state on browsers in OS X Lion
I recently upgraded to OS X Lion from Snow Leopard. One bug I've found is that in browsers (Firefox, Safari, Chrome, Opera), when you hover over any link, the cursor doesn't only change, it jitters ...
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Has anyone experienced ergonomic problems with the Magic Mouse?
I used a Magic Mouse for the past few months. Very soon after I started using it I developed some aching in my hand. Over time this has grown to be more or less constant, even when not using the mouse ...
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How do I change the OS X Mouse Pointer's color?
I have some visual impairment, and I often have problems finding my mouse pointer on the screen. I want to change the color of the pointer.
I know in "Universal Access" you can change the size, but ...
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How can I disable the trackpad when my mouse is plugged in on Lion?
For the last few hours my trackpad has been behaving terribly, jumping all over the place and sticking. I believe I remember there being an option to disable the trackpad when a mouse is plugged in in ...
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How does HTML mouseover work on apple multitouch devices?
I asked about this in connection with this network of websites, but it brings up a more general question that I don't know the answer to.
Is it a problem that mouse over events are not able to be ...
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What application can record a cursor location and multi-touch input heatmap?
Are there any applications out there that can record mouse interaction, and save a standard image1 that adequately conveys the exact situation that using the mouse created?
Due to the proliferation ...
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USB Optical Mouse not working with Mac Mini
I have a Mac Mini. I also have a cheap optical mouse.
The two do not seem to be able to co-exist.
I've tested the mouse on a Windows PC. I've tested the USB ports of the Mac with the keyboard and ...
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Does the Microsoft Intellipoint software work with Mountain Lion?
I've been using the Microsoft Intellipoint software with Leopard, Snow Leopard, and currently Lion, to provide mouse cursor movement that feels a lot more like Windows. Has anybody tried installing ...
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How to jump to a location using mouse on iTerm/terminal?
I work on a terminal most of the time.
Is there an application / plugin over iTerm or any other terminal like application using which I can control the cursor location of my terminal using a mouse ?
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How do I clean the apple mouse so that it can scroll down?
My current apple mouse works fine for moving, clicking and scrolling down. The scrolling functionality with the tiny ball on top is not working while going down. I had the same issue back in 2008 at ...
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How can you change the mouse cursor in OSX?
I can't find many solutions for changing the mouse cursor on OSX 10.6
I've seen http://unsanity.com/haxies/mightymouse but it does not support 10.6 at the moment.
Any hints or tricks to change the ...
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Is there a 3rd party program that can change the cursor size?
I've always used a larger mouse icon in Windows (made it easier to find when zipping around multiple screens :p). Recently switched to using OSX and discovered that the option to enlarge the mouse ...
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adjust battery-warning-level of magic mouse
How can I adjust the level at which Mac OS warns me about the battery of my magic mouse?
I always have a lack of batteries, so I would prefer if the battery warning comes up at 15 or 20%, so I could ...
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Is it possible to enable “Focus follows Scrolling”?
I tried out Focus follows mouse and found too many occasions when it really annoys me. Thinking about the cases when I would need focus follows mouse, I realized that it's only necessary when I'm ...
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Is there a UNIX-style triple click to select path in Terminal.app?
In Red Hat, if there is a path somewhere on my terminal window and I triple click it, the whole path is selected. I can then easily copy it using middle-click or a regular copy-paste.
This doesn't ...
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How do I make full use of a generic 6-button mouse?
Somebody gave me a 6-mouse button. I want to make full use of the extra buttons as opposed to just using the basic 3 ones (left, on-scroller, and right buttons). First of all, I want to know where the ...
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Disable system wide Ctrl+Click in OS X
I'm used to navigating through my code using Ctrl+Click. In OS X this function still works in my IDE, but it opens a context menu as well, which is very annoying!
I've done lots of Googling and ...
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How can I use Lion's “look up” feature without the trackpad?
Lion introduced the new "Double-tap with three fingers" to Look up, which pops up a small definition of whatever word you double-tap. Is there any way to invoke look up without the trackpad? For ...
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How can I increase the mouse sensitivity of Magic Mouse?
I have a MacBook Pro, running Snow Leopard and I'm using a Magic Mouse which connects through Bluetooth.
While I like the mouse, it's way too slow for my taste. Moving the mouse cursor takes ages. On ...
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Striped Macbook mouse pointer
For a few months my Macbook (white, 1.83Ghz Core Duo, OS 10.6.recent) has been showing the mouse pointer in a strange way. It's as if alternating vertical rows of the pixels making up the pointer are ...
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Is there a way to refresh symbolichotkeys.plist without logging out?
There is an extremely annoying bug in OS X with a non-Apple mouse where every time I reboot I have to go into ~/Library/Preferences and delete com.apple.symbolichotkeys.plist, logout, then reset my ...
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Linear and fast mouse speed in OS X Lion. Possible?
I've got a 27" display and, at present, I need to use the whole mousepad just to get across the screen.
How can i make my mouse (Logitech MX 400) movement linear AND fast? How do i speed up the mouse ...
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What might cause mouse and keyboard freezes after updating to OSX 10.8.2?
After the 10.8.2 update, keyboard and mouse input is hanging intermittently on my 2011 MacBook Air. It occurs in several applications (have tested with Safari and App Store). The keyboard input and ...
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How to get VMware Fusion on Mac to use Logitech extra back/forward mouse buttons in Windows VM?
Scenario:
I have a Mac running OS X Lion, and then VMware Fusion 4.x running Windows XP and Windows 7 as virtual machines.
I use a Logitech MX310 Optical Mouse. It has 6 buttons and I think it's ...
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Can I have multiple mice & keyboards for one Mac?
I would like to control two cursors with two mice in the same time, as well as have two keyboards for separate control and text input.
My goal is to have two users on one computer, so I can let my ...
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Mac Wireless Mouse, not apple brand
Which mouse is able connect to MBP 2011, But not apple brand.
I'm looking for mouse that can connect without need to use the USB port permanently.
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How can I easily toggle the cursor size back and forth between normal and largest?
I'm using Mac OS 10.8.3. I have a huge display and bad eyes, so I like to have the mouse cursor be the largest possible size. (under System Preferences: Accessibility: Display: Cursor size.
However, ...
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Have Voiceover read out just paragraph or sentence under cursor
I work with a disabled user who controls their iMac using keyboard and mouse input from their communication-aid. They have dyslexia and would like to use voiceover to read certain paragraphs or ...
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How do I use my Logitech G9x mouse on Mac OS X Lion?
I've got Logitech G9x mouse. Gaming mouse. Great mouse.
Logitech doesn't support it under MacOS X.
Mouse works perfectly (as far as I can see ) with standard Mac OS driver. (ie right/left/middle ...
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How can I enable natural scrolling for my trackpad, but disable it for my mouse?
Is there a way to enable natural scrolling on the trackpad, but disable it for mouse?
I think that natural scrolling does make sense on a trackpad, but with a mouse it doesn't feel natural at all
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Weird mouse issue with OS X 10.7.4 on 21" iMac
I'm having some strange problems with my year-old iMac running OS X 10.7.4.
After clicking on a menu item on the top menu bar, the drop down menu that appears disappears instantly. This also happens ...
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Raise/lower/move/resize windows with mouse + modifier keys
I'm a longtime FVWM user over on the Linux side and have developed some keyboard + mouse shortcuts that I find very helpful in managing windows. Specifically:
left click + command + shift = send to ...
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Unflip mouse buttons in Microsoft RDC client
I have used an older version of Microsoft RDC client on an old MBP with mouse on the left side of the keyboard. I had flipped the left and right mouse buttons of the mouse in preferences, which made ...
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Mouse pointer intermittently jumps to corner of screen
I recently got two new Macs, an iMac (with magic trackpad) and a MacbookAir (both the most recent models - mid 2011 and both with Lion). They are both suffering from the same issue so I don't think ...
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Secondary click and primary click at the same time?
Is it possible to do this without owning an external mouse or having the latest multi-touch trackpads?
I need to do this for games originally made for windows, but either run through wine or ported ...
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How to get rid of different mouse tracking speeds on dual screen setups
I am using a MacBook Air 11" 2011 Model with Mac OS X Lion hooked up with a Cinema Display 27" and I am getting two different mouse tracking speeds (I am using a Apple Magic Mouse) when I move between ...
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Cursor stuttering: “IOHIDSystem cursor update overdue. Resending.”
My 2011 iMac running Lion recently developed a new problem; the mouse cursor stutters. At random intervals when I move the mouse it lags, then jumps, like it missed a couple of frames. Ordinarily I'd ...
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Screen brightness decreases when I middle-click
I have a logitech wireless mouse hooked up to a macbook pro running 10.7. Whenever I middle-click the mouse button, the laptop's display brightness decreases. It behaves just as if I had pressed the ...
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Why does my mouse cursor stick as the default arrow instead of a text selector?
I use NetBeans, and when I activate other applications or windows then return to NetBeans, the cursor no longer changes to the text selection cursor, but instead it remains as the default mouse icon. ...
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magic mouse vs other mouse for graphic design
I've saw some review that the apple magic mouse isn't recommended by designers.
How do you find the magic mouse in your daily graphic design work? Would you recommend it? If not what are some good ...
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Single Click in Terminal to Select Text
I've been searching for a while on this one and the only answers I can dig up are "use X11"...so I thought I would bring it to the experts. Is there a way to configure mouse gestures/actions in the ...
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lion: assign buttons on a Microsoft mouse
I have an old 5 button Microsoft mouse (Laser Mouse 6000) and forever I've assigned the thumb button to "back" in the browser and the middle mouse button to "next app" on the desktop. Since I've ...
