A rodent-shaped device used to move a pointer on the screen
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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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Wireless Mouse only works with USB hub
I have a Microsoft Wireless Mobile Mouse 4000 and a mid-2012 Macbook Pro (non-Retina). I normally have a lot of USB devices that I need to have plugged in so when I got my Macbook Pro I just continued ...
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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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Mouse stops working in Bootcamp (XP)
I've been using Bootcamp (XP) with no problem for quite a while now. Today, when I tried booting to XP, my mouse will work for about a second and then stop working. If i unplug/replug it, it will ...
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Dell mouse triggering double-click on almost every single-click
My generic Dell mouse behaves pretty strange compared to all other mice I have used with my MacBook. Almost every single-click is treated as if it were a double-click. Both the right and left button. ...
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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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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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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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Wireless keyboard/mouse problem with iMac during start-up
I have an iMac 21.5 inch (late November 2010, 10.6.8 with latest update). I bought a wireless keyboard and mouse at same time. When I started up with shift or optionkey down, the computer starts up ...
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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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Shift Key Problem Display jums [closed]
I need help. This Problem is making me crazy!!!! I coudn find any help on the web.
Everytime i use the shift key for important short cuts on my wireless keybord the display jumps up or down / changes ...
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Is there a way to turn off BeamSync of the mouse cursor in Mac OS X?
The mouse cursor in Mac OS X has a lag to it that drives me crazy. I love everything else about the OS though so I'd like to solve this.
In an earlier attempt to get rid the lag, I used a couple of ...
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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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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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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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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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Scroll button on Logitech mouse won't left/right “click”
I just got a Mac and couldn't stand the Mighty Mouse it came with, so I got a nice little Logitech wireless USB mouse (Model M325).
It's much nicer, but when I have Finder in column views and go to ...
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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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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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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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How do I prevent accidental double clicks?
My Magic Mouse is going bad and sometimes detects a double click when I single click.
I know that there is a setting which allows you to set the upper threshold for double click speed, but not a ...
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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 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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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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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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How do I make OS X auto focus on the window in the screen the mouse moves into?
I work with two screens. On the primary screen, I have XCode on. On the other screen, I have the browser. While reading docs, I am usually focused on the XCode screen, typing in code.
So I want to ...
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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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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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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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Keyboard Shortcuts for Volume
Real quick, I own a Macbook Pro 2010.
I recently purchased a new Razer Naga mouse, and aside from using it for gaming, I've been adding various keyboard shortcuts into my mouse's side buttons. ...
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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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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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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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How to reset Logitech mouse's back/forward buttons?
I've been using my Logitech Anywhere MX with my Mac succesfully for a couple of months, but suddenly last week the functionality of the back/forward buttons changed from navigating to previous/next ...
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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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Comfortable mouse tracking speed not available in system preferences
The mouse section of the OS X version 10.8.2 system preferences has 10 different tracking speeds for my mighty mouse.
Unfortunately, the 4th fastest option is too slow for me, and the 3rd fastest ...
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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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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 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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How do I use the Logitech Webcam 9000 on my Macbook Pro?
I have OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion installed on my Macbook Pro. I want to use my Logitech Quickcam Pro 9000 webcam with it, but Logitech does not include drivers for OS X.
I need an camera that is not on ...
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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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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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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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Change mouse pointer in iTerm2 (or disable mouse pointer)
In iTerm2 (fullscreen mode) my pointer is permanently a "text select" pointer. It bothers me, so I would either like to change it (to the regular arrow-type pointer) or disable it when in my ...
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Is it possible to simulate multi-touch mouse down events?
I'm wondering if there's some application that allows you to simulate mouse-down events?
I looked at BetterTouchTool and it can bind to specific actions, but I can't do something like Hold Down a ...
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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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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 ...
