A rodent-shaped device used to move a pointer on the screen
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Holding the mouse button automatically on OSX
Is there some sort of app that will let me, preferably toggle able with a keyboard shortcut, hold down the left mouse button? (Not click fast, just hold down).
Any help appreciated,
Thanks in ...
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After a while, the trackpad or mouse requires me to click twice to be able to register a single click
I have two macbook pros, one summer 2009 model and a late summer 2011 model. Both of these macbook pros seem to require me to click twice just to be able to register a single click. It's almost like ...
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Is Mac OS X's two finger scrolling damaging to your hand?
I've noticed an unusual feeling associated with Mac OS X's two fingering scrolling. Any chance this might indicate a repetitive stress injury in the making? I've been trying to rotate the fingers I ...
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Was Apple menu 'sticking' for certain dual monitor setups removed in Lion?
This use case is a bit niche, so I'm not sure if this is something on my end, or an undocumented change. I'm throwing this out there to see if anybody else can help test and report back.
I have a ...
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Why might a MacBook not detect an Apple A1152 Mighty Mouse?
It seemed that the USB connection was OK.
Is there any way to solve this problem?
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Mac Mini won't boot. Is it the monitor or the Mac?
I just bought an old Mac Mini to start developing for iOS. The Mac Mini has a DVI port, so I connected it to my Dell 24" display which has a DVI connection. But it appears that my Mac wont boot. I ...
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Logitech Wireless Mouse Non Functional After Sleep?
I have a Logitech Wireless Mouse with Unifying Receiver plugged into my iMac - and when the computer is put to sleep (cmd alt eject), after wake it will not respond to mouse movement. If the computer ...
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FocusFollowsMouse, cut-paste from browser to Terminal in 10.8 (duplicate)
Added: this was discussed in
focus-follows-mouse-plus-auto-raise-on-mac-os-x on SO in 2010. In short, accept it,
or buy an addon:
how-can-i-make-focus-follow-the-mouse-cursor.
The sequence:
cut ...
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How do I invert the scroll direction on my Magic Mouse? [duplicate]
I'm used to Windows so I'm not used to the natural scroll with the Apple bluetooth mouse. How do I change this to be the standard, scroll down goes down functionality?
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Mac External Monitor Touch Screen Mouse Not Working
I just connected a Mac external monitor (touch screen) to my MacBook Pro.
After spending awhile calibrating it to my liking, I thought I was ready to use it. I notice that when I tap the touch ...
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Mouse sensitivity is set to zero on game startup
I'm currently using a Macbook Pro and wanted to play a game and came up with Warsow. I downloaded it, dropped the app in my applications folder (is it even called folder on Macs?^^). As soon as I ...
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Mouse not reacting to hover when bamboo tablet unplugged
I have a mid-2010 15" Macbook Pro with 10.8 installed, and I use a Wacom Bamboo tablet (one of the older ones, it's model MTE-450). I've noticed that whenever the tablet is plugged in, many hover ...
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Apple magic mouse only works on surfaces that are slightly reflective after 10.8.2 update
My magic mouse suddenly stopped tracking on the mousepad I have been using for a month now. Everything about the mouse works (gestures, clicking, etc) except tracking. Strangely enough, the mouse ...
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How do I disable hiding of the mouse pointer while typing text?
I think I'm finally annoyed enough with my mouse pointer disappearing as I start typing to want to do something about it.
I want to move the mouse. I want to click. I want to start typing, but I want ...
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User Control screwed up but unable to click on icons with Mouse on OSX 10.8
I dont know what has happened, but today user control with mouse and trackpad on my macbookpro is screwed up.
I rebooted twice, it made no difference.
The trackpad moves the cursor okay, but I ...
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Mouse tracking speed randomly resets?
For whatever reason, the tracking speed of my mouse resets to the midway mark every once in a while.
Running Mountain Lion (10.8.2), and I've got two mice connected: Magic Mouse, WoW Legendary Gaming ...
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Select and drag text on Mac OS X 10.6 doesn't allow me to drag
I have just been enlightened on what I previously thought was a short-coming of the whole Mac OS X platform - that like Windows, a user may select a block of text and drag it. This is particularly ...
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Is there an OSX workaround to configure a “unifying” receiver without Logitech's control center?
I have two Logitech wireless devices (keyboard and mouse) that work well on my ppc mac (running OSX 10.4.11). Each has a little USB unifying receiver that came with it, each receiver being paired with ...
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Mouse pointer disappears in web browser
I have this issue and from what I discovered a lot other people do - my pointer disappears. I can see stuff beneath reacting to the movement, but the pointer is gone. It happens rarely, but is ...
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Mouse Buttons Unclicking after Mountain Lion
Since I upgraded to mountain lion, my mouse buttons seem to release in the OS, even though I'm holding them down. I've changed the batteries, adjusted the double click speed with no effect, and the ...
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Why do wired and wireless mice have different accelerations?
For some reason, when I plug in a wired mouse to my iMac, and then plug in a wireless mouse, the acceleration of both are totally different.
The acceleration curve for the wired mouse seems to be ...
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Looking for a new mouse with touch surface and gestures [closed]
My 6 year old Razer Deathadder is starting to fail and I'm looking for a mouse that meets most of the following criteria (and #1 is a solid requirement).
Is NOT an Apple Magic Mouse or Magic ...
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Need to perform multiple clicks in MacBook Pro 2011 running OS X Lion
I have noticed that I need to perform clicks multiple times if I want to close some window e.g. Firefox or even to close a tab. It happens frequently but not all the time. When I use the Eclipse IDE, ...
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Lion not responding to mouse clicks over VNC
Under Snow Leopard, I had no problems with VNC connections from my Windows 7 64-bit PC to my Mac mini. However, after upgrading to Lion, my Mac mini no longer responds to mouse clicks when using any ...
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Optical USB Microsoft mouse stops responding after computer wakes up
I am using Lion, and the usb optical mouse works fine until the computer sleeps. Then when it wakes up, the mouse no longer tracks. The buttons still work, right clicking brings up a context menu, but ...
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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 ...
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How can I switch to Space 1 with the mouse?
What can I do to be able to switch to space 1 easily with my mouse only ? I touch about an Exposé corner but there is a limited list of actions possible... I though about the 3rd mouse button but ...
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How to map touchpad to screen?
Touchpad shape is more or less like to the screen shape. Isn't there a way to map each position on touchpad to the position of mouse on the screen, so you simply tap at any point on the touchpad and ...
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How can I remap the right mouse button to the left mouse button?
My googling abilities have failed me and I can't figure out how to remap the mouse buttons.
My 3 year old niece is having trouble using the mouse on the computer because she is right clicking by ...
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Cursor selection behavior
When clicking something on the Mac screen, the cursor will
a) take up residence as directed,
If I click again, it will
b) select the whole word,
If I click again, it will
c) select the whole ...
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iHome Mouse drivers for OS X
I have an iHome wireless 5 button laser mouse model iH-M130ZR and I can't find any drivers to be able to program the buttons. By default, left/right/scroll clicks work, but I can't get any response ...
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Using different bluetooth mouses and keyboards on a MacBook
I was wondering if it is possible to get a wireless mouse and keyboard less expensive than Apple's that would still work the way Apple's do - without the need to use extra USB toggles for bluetooth ...
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How Do I use the Logitech G600 mouse with my Macbook pro?
How do I make all the buttons work, how do I configure different modes on this gaming mouse?
I've tried steermouse but that did no good for me? Any help with this will be awesome, I plan on using it ...
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Can I map mouse mouse buttons 3 and 4 to control the system volume?
Is it possible to map mouse buttons 3 and 4 to control system volume on a Mac? KeyRemap4Macbook doesn't seem to have the functionality, nor SizzlingKeys. I have them both. Is there some way to ...
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Mouse not Working, need to operate Mouse through Keyboard
I have been working on my computer and my Mouse has stopped working. Its optical light is still on, but the cursor is not moving.
But i have no time fix mouse.
I am in real emergency to operate the ...
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Mouse scrolling by 'page'
How can I configure OS X Mountain Lion to scroll one 'page' at a time?
OS X's Scrolling Speed in Mouse preferences doesn't have the effect of what I'm looking for.
The default/current behavour is ...
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Can I dismiss a Notification Center Alert using the mouse?
Is it possible to dismiss a sticky "alert" (from Notification Center) from the upper-right corner of the screen by using the mouse?
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USB keyboard and mouse freeze OS X when being reconnected (MacBook Air)
I use my MacBook Air (OS X 10.7.4) with the Apple USB keyboard with numpad and the USB mouse (connected to the keyboard). Perhaps unrelated, I also use an external monitor.
If I am lucky, the ...
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Locked out of Mac OS X Lion, but keyboard and mouse are not connecting
I'm at the lock screen of Mac OS X Lion (not login, but the quick lock screen), and I know my password, but the keyboard and mouse are not connecting. I am using an iMac that did have Bluetooth on ...
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How to lock the mouse to one monitor in a multi-display setup. (On a Mac)
I've been looking for a way to lock the mouse to one monitor in a dual, or more, display setup.
[Edit:] The application that I am programming will be run in full-screen mode only, at all times. This ...
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How to use external mouse and keyboard normally in bootcamp with windows 7?
I just installed windows 7 using bootcamp.
I then connected an external keyboard and mouse. I understand that I need to change settings in order to use right click on the trackpad. My problem is that ...
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Strange looking mouse pointer with squiggles and 24
I opened up my macbook this morning (resumed from sleep) and found that my mouse pointer looked like this:
If I hovered over a button, the pointer part would change to the little hand, but the ...
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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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drop of water on mousepad of macbook pro and now the mouse is being odd?
I had wet hair and some drops of water landed on my trackpad. It happened on last friday or thursday, so like 4 or so days ago. And basically now my mouse will just randomly click on stuff and right ...
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microsoft mouse trackball explorer new driver doesn't work
Otherwise known as "intellipoint."
There's a page where it's suggested that mountain lion users go into library/preference panes, and put the microsoft mouse pref.pane in login items. But there is no ...
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Is there a hand tool for xcode's storyboard (scrolling without scrollbars, PDF style)?
I guess the title says it all. I was looking for a way to e.g. hold down a modifier key and "grab" the storyboard so that I can stop trying to aim for the scrollbars every time I want to scroll freely ...
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Need to set mouse setting to default
In no pop up when right click, I ask how to make right click. The right button works as the same as the left button and it bothers very much!
I searched on google and someone said he set the ...
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no pop up when right click
There is no pop up menu when I right click. I have set right button to secondary button as in the following picture.
Using ctrl+left click, there is a pop up menu so I can copy/paste selected or do ...
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Microsoft Arc Mouse on Mountain Lion
Does the Microsoft Arc Mouse work on Mountain Lion 10.8.2? I'm especially interested in the touch gestures that are described on the product page.
If it works, do I have to install software that runs ...
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OS X Mountaion Lion, Retina Mouse Resolution?
I'd really like some HiDpi mouse resolution in os x.
Currently with Retina display, the mouse still acts like it's on a 1440x900 resolution. It's chunky and very noticeable to me. OS X won't use high ...
