Questions tagged [mouse]
The mouse is a rodent-shaped device used to move a pointer on the screen
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Release mouse from VirtualBox in Mac automatically?
I installed Windows10 x64 and Unbuntu x64 in VirtualBox in Mac. When I moved the mouse outside of the Ubuntu VM window to get back to Mac, the mouse is automatically released. But when I did the same ...
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Magic Mouse with iOS 12.X?
Magic Mouse is supported under natively iOS 13, however, my iPad (iOS 12.4) does not meet the hardware requirement for iOS 13. I would like to be able to use a magic mouse with my iPhone / iPad ...
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How to use the navigation buttons of a mouse in Safari in macOS 10.13.6?
I have a generic USB mouse that has the navigation buttons for back and forward in the left side near where the thumb rests. These buttons work out of box in any Windows or Linux machine that supports ...
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2 finger swipe not working on Apple mouse
I have recently bought the Apple magic mouse and it is working great for the most part (including gestures). However, the 2 finger app swipe/switching feature is not working even though I have enabled ...
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Magic mouse USB cable [closed]
I LOVE my Magic Mouse. Unfortunately, at a new job, I can only used wired mice, NOT wireless (security issues).
Is there anything equivalent to the Magic Mouse, but uses a USB cable (for Emission ...
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Mouse battery warning percentage
I use High Sierra on a MacBook Pro with a Magic Mouse. I rotate among three pairs of rechargeable batteries.
Today I got the warning about low mouse battery charge when the charge was at 9%. But the ...
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How can I change the scrolling direction of the mouse, independently of the trackpad? [duplicate]
In System Preferences > Trackpad > Scroll & Zoom, there is a checkbox called Scroll Direction: Normal, which allows us to change the scrolling direction of the trackpad, but it also changes ...
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What are the remedies for a trackpad suddenly malfunctioning?
The trackpad on my 2017 MBP (no touch) has suddenly started functioning improperly, at times. It is ultra-sensitive at times, clicking everything every second while at other times it is inactive. No ...
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Reverse Mouse wheel zooming in Sketch
I am using a Logitech Mouse on my Mac and want to inverse the zoom direction inside Sketch (maybe in the whole system - until now I only zoomed in Sketch). How can that be done? I am scrolling using ...
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How can I pair my Apple keyboard and mouse to multiple Macbooks Pro? [duplicate]
I would like to use my Apple wireless keyboard and mouse with my work and personal Macbook without having to pair them every time. Is there a simple way to pair with multiple Macbooks and switch ...
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How to auto select new screen when moving pointer from one monitor to another?
I use Chrome browser on extended display, and its DevTools on built-in monitor. Both are using their own spaces in separate monitors.
My problem is when I move pointer from one monitor to other one ...
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Set tapping instead of clicking for Arch Mouse
I am looking for a way to TAP the arch mouse and NOT click the mouse button for the same clicking action. I am using a MacBook Pro 2017.
I go to System Preferences -> Microsoft Mouse and there is no ...
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Lost bluetooth connection with mouse
I have a big problem with bluetooth on my Mac Book Pro.
I bought my first MacBook about month ago. For the first week everything was ok, but then my mouse began to lose connection with the computer. ...
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Weird issues after updating to macOS 10.15 Catalina beta 8 (19A558d)
I have MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2016, Touch ID model), and I've been on macOS 10.15 Catalina developer beta since June without any issues. However, since updating to the latest beta, I have several major ...
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Click-lock Alternative?
I was wondering if there was an alternative to click-lock for mac? I can't use drag lock because of limited hand movement. I need something where I can move the cursor to where I want to drag, hold ...
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What is the maximum wattage/amperage the Magic Mouse 2 can consume?
Oddly I have to charge these things a lot and I'm trying to determine which power of AC-USB charger to buy without being wasteful.
For example, if I use a 12W (2.4 amp) iPad charger, will the magic ...
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Is scrolling considered a “keyboard input”?
Context: I installed an app called "Scroll Reverser" which will allow me to use the natural scrolling setting for my trackpad and the opposite scrolling setting for my mouse scroll wheel. The ...
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How to disable “right click acting as left click”
I have this problem where I press the right click, and the mouse moves a few nanometer over the contextual-menu. When a release the right click, the system acts as if I just did a left click on the ...
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Control volume with right mouse button + mouse wheel
Are there any programs that let me assign custom action such as changing the volume on mouse gestures (right click+scroll wheel), similar to Volumouse on Windows?
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Make mousing over a new window or screen change the focus to that window? [duplicate]
I have a multi-monitor set up with my Macbook Pro. Frequently, when I move my mouse from one monitor to another, I'll assume I'm now working in the window my mouse is over, but find myself typing and ...
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How can I remap mousebuttons in macos mojave
I use a wireless mouse (Anker vertical wireless) and the buttons which are supposed to go back or forward in a browser just turn on scrolling by mouse-movement. I'd like to remap these two buttons to ...
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How to change bluetooth frequency for magic mouse 2
Sometimes my Magic Mouse does not work when Wi-Fi is on!
When I turn Wi-Fi off, I can move it again!
MacBook freezes frequently and it really drives me crazy! I guess it isrelated to the Wi-Fi, ...
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AppleScript to connect Magic Mouse on iMac
I'd like to write an AppleScript that will connect my Magic Mouse 2. Basically, in words, I'd like a script that will show up in "Services" that opens system preferences, goes to Bluetooth, finds the ...
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How to increase mouse tracking speed beyond the maximum for MacOS Mojave 10.14?
I have been trying to increase maximum tracking speed for my 2018 Macbook Pro trackpad past the normal settings for Mac OS Mojave 10.14, but I am unsuccessful.
I have looking at the previous ...
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How can I navigate backward and forward using a Rapoo Optical Mouse?
I want to use the additional buttons of my Rapoo N3600 Optical Mouse to navigate backward and forward in my web browser. How can I achieve this?
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Magic Mouse 2 stops responding after a while
I just got a Magic Mouse 2 (the Space Gray version) and I've been having some really frustrating issues with it. The sequence of events is the following:
The mouse will connect just fine, it's ...
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VNC client like x2vnc
x2vnc is a program that lets you use two screens on two different computers as if they were connected to the same computer.
The overall result is that it works like a dual-display workstation, where ...
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Mouse cursor frequently disappears
On macOS Mojave 10.14.5, my mouse pointer becomes invisible frustratingly often.
The only way to make it visible again is to enter Mission Control or to click on the middle part of the menu bar at ...
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Mojave 10.14 Mouse Hover Suddenly Not Working
Today the mouse hovering functionality on my Mac simply stopped working. Moving my mouse to the dock causes one icon to enlarge, but then sliding left and right does not cause the others to enlarge.
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Redragon M602 mouse forward and backwards (page) button not working on mac [duplicate]
I've recently bought a redragon mouse, and connected it to my MacBook Air, everything is fine but the two side buttons and the right the are supposedly to be replacements for the back and forward ...
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Randomly my Mouse Scroll wheel controls volume
I was just doing some productivity on my mac and have my gaming mouse connected to my mac as usual but out of the blue without me changing anything, my mouse wheel is now controlling my volume and if ...
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How to separate mouse and trackpad scroll settings using terminal?
Currently the scroll direction for mouse is bound to trackpad. Is there any way to unlink them without downloading any third party apps?
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Utility to identify what mouse buttons are being pressed?
Is there a utility for mac to show what mouse buttons are being pressed?
Similar utilities for Windows are: Spy++ and WindowSpy from AutoHotKey.
For Linux I have used: xinput --query-state
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How to connect an MI bluetooth mouse to a MacBook Pro? [closed]
How can I connect an MI Bluetooth mouse a to mac book pro ?
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Cannot launch executable with source file using drag-and-drop in Finder
I always thought I could drag-drop a target file onto a src executable in Finder, and make macOS perform src target.
But I don't seem to be able to do it and I’m not even able to recall if this was ...
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Program mouse and keyboard movements to be run with input on Mac
This is a very specific question. I'm running a gaming server for my friends and I to play on (on my old iMac that I just use as an external monitor for my MacBook Pro now), and I have a firewall in ...
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Swipe between Spaces/full-screen apps: Uniform gestures for Multi-Touch Trackpad and Magic Mouse
I often run macOS apps in system provided full-screen mode. I switch between using an Apple Magic Mouse and MacBook's Multi-Touch Trackpad.
To switch between Spaces/full-screen apps, System ...
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I have lost magic mouse2 & keyboard Thanks
as above I think I have to uninstall and re-install both but theyare undiscoverable as well. . Am I on right track? I'm nogeek also could not find library anywhere. Appreciate help have been at this ...
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Hide mouse pointer after any key press in macOS Mojave
While using macOS Mojave, I would like the mouse pointer (cursor, carat) to become invisible as soon as any key is pressed, including modifier and navigation keys.
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The mouse should ...
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My Mac does “copy on select” - how to disable it?
Due to reasons I do not understand, my mac (macOS High Sierra, 10.13.6) does "copy on select". I have no idea when it started, and I assume it comes from one of the tools I am using. Is there any way ...
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How to enable mouse control (accessibility?) for Java WebStart application?
We have an demo application that our salesman launches through Java WebStart. It works fine, exception on Macs (running MoJave) for a section that uses AssertJ Swing to drive the mouse and the ...
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How to trigger enlarged mouse pointer without shaking the mouse
There's a feature on OS X at least since El Capitan, but possibly earlier that enlarges the mouse pointer when you shake the mouse. In fact, it's called Shake mouse pointer to locate (under ...
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Mouse Hover Not Working
This may be a simple question, but for a long time now Safari has not registered when my mouse is hovering over something (e.g. hover over a youtube video to show the progress bar, hover over a link ...
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xmouse button control alternative recommendation
Any recommendations for an alternative to the windows application X Mouse Button Control?
More specifically, I'm looking to rebind the mouse scroll up and down because it isn't supported by the ...
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Disable “right click release” from clicking options in the context menu
When I right click and the context menu pops up, I instantly move my mouse over the menu, sometimes so fast, that the release of the right-click actually clicks on the command below the cursor.
I ...
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Applescript temporarily stop user input/detect through mouse and keyboard
I've looking through apple forums and here looking for a solution. The only solution I could find was to permanently disable the built in Keyboard (which is clearly not a great solution).
Can anyone ...
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Plugging in Android/iOS device causes Bluetooth mouse to disconnect and not regain connection until reboot
I'm using a logitech MX Master 2s on my work iMac, my home iMac it works fine without any issues but when I use it at work it always has issues. It connects just fine and will work perfectly until I ...
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MacBook Pro's Keyboard and Trackpad stopped working
The Keyboard and Trackpad on my 13" Early 2015 MacBook Pro (currently running macOS Mojave 10.14.4) stopped working completely. I have tried everything, resetting SMC, NVRAM and such. Stayed with ...
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Is using the Magic Mouse 2 & original Magic Mouse on the same Mac unsupported in High Sierra?
I recently upgraded my mid 2011 Mac mini to macOS High Sierra. I purchased the Magic Mouse 2 about a year ago, but really loathe the charging port on the bottom (unbelievably stupid design, but I ...
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Plug in mouse on USB, Macbook crash then reboot
Sometimes happens that my macbook pro 2009, reboot when i plugin a usb mouse:
Anonymous UUID: F7E860F6-8C86-01A6-6879-40F90DC7168D
Sat Apr 13 09:30:00 2019
*** Panic Report ***
panic(cpu 0 ...
