Cleaning a Mighty Mouse

Currently I use a Mighty Mouse but recently the track ball on the top has stopped working in one direction and this is most probably due to dirt accumulation in the mouse. Anyone have an idea how to open the mouse to clean it? Thanx.

The Apple Store (Genius Bar) told me to get a hard and flat surface, and cover it with a lint free thin (preferably light-coloured) cloth.
Then "rub quickly (but carefully! with gentle pressure) running on the trackball from side to side, up and down"
The cloth will then show any debris from underneath the trackball that is left.
Note, I personally think that moisturiser on the hands might impede the life of the trackball-mechanism (due to oils that deteriorate the rubber ball).
Hope that helps
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Si

Hello nymph - I think you went through this on another thread... my only thought would be to check out the Last Post on the other thread, in case the cleaning doesn't help... Rick
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Cleaning your mighty mouse

dont where to post this, there is no place to post questions on mouse cleaning. i need to open my mighty mouse to clean the track ball. i tried everything the support page said , upside down wiping wife link free cloth cleaning ball. nothing works, i need to open it, why doesnt apple have it so you can open this stupid thing? install they want you to buy a new mighty mouse for 50.00. this is stupid.

Dust, dirt, and such are apt to getting in there. Unplug the mouse, and with a damp cloth, rub up and down, pressing down firmly on the track ball 10-15 times. Repeat side to side, making sure to apply some pressure. This works every time for me when the mouse is acting up or not operating properly.
I have to do this about every other month. Kind of a design flaw with the Mighty Mouse, though I love it and put up with it.

How do you clean the mighty mouse

The scroll ball is getting stuck. Every once in a while I can get a little gunk (technical term) to roll out. This used to be the case with the old hockey puck mice too. How does one get into the mighty mouse to clean it out?

Hello Ian,
Instead of using water and risking damage to the mighty mouse by causing a short circuit I prefer using pure methyl alcohol.
Methyl alcohol does not transmit elecricity, dissolves grease and easily vaporates...
I also used methyl alcohol for years to clean Intel and AMD Cpus off of heat transmitting fluids.
I described the whole easy cleaning process at
http://www.macsibbern.de/content/view/421/27/
in german.
Sorry for my poor english as I am a non-native speaker...
Greets macSibbern

My wired mighty mouse no longer scrolls down - only up and sideways.

My wired mighty mouse no longer scrolls down; only up and sideways. It could be a hardware problem and I guess I should go and by a new mouse but before I do I thought I'd check whether there was any parameter I could change to fix or test this. Anyone else had this problem? Cheers.

Hello and welcome to discussions,
Several ways to cure this one...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1537
http://www.mightymouserepair.com/
http://cultofmac.com/how-to-clean-your-mighty-mouse/4946
Any better now?
Regards.
Ian.

MIghty Mouse Scroll Ball

Not really a MacBook Pro question, but it's the laptop I have so I wasn't sure where else to put it.
The scroll ball on my mighty mouse has been acting up lately. Yesterday it wouldn't scroll down, but it would go up. I noticed when I pressed down really hard I could almost feel dirt or something. So I pressed down, moved it around in all directions, seemed to take care of it.
Today it scrolls down but not up. Same trick didn't fix it. I suspect it just needs a good cleaning, but not really sure how to go about doing that. Any suggestions?

Click here for instructions to clean the Mighty Mouse.

Mighty mouse scroll ball cant be used as a button

does this sound typical? My ball was stuck so I rubbed some alcohol on it with a qtip as ive read to do..and the ball scrolls. Now, the center button doesnt work at all. I changed settings to different things in pref pane ( i.e. dashboard, expose..) and no go. It keeps functioning like right click... Is it possible I could have fried something inside?
is there anything i can do?

How to really clean your Mighty Mouse (with caution!):
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1537
and:
http://web.mac.com/karelgil/iWeb/MacWebSite/MightyMEng.html

Wireless Mighty Mouse/Bluetooth problems

Good day to you all, ladies and gents!
Right, well I have attempted some research on this and it seems that there's quite a few other people that have issues with the Wireless (not so) Mighty Mouse.
Mine keeps cutting out. Basically just clicking and moving it around like a mad hatter reconnects it in a matter of 5 seconds, but it's getting really bad, and I've had this iMac for well over a year, I've only really been noticing it in the last 3/4 months or so...
The upgrade to 10.5.7 didn't sort it out either...
I don't use my bluetooth for much else, just transferring photos from my phone, and that works fine... My Apple remote seems to work fine too..
Sorry if there's already a forum dedicated to this issue, if there is I couldn't find one an I'm a noob!
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Hi and Welcome to Apple Discussions ...
How to Clean a Mighty Mouse
Minimize Bluetooth Interference
(I have to keep my TV remote more than 3ft away from my wireless MM, other wise is disables the mouse and TV remote isn't Bluetooth)
Check System Preferences/Keyboard&Mouse and click Bluetooth.
Sometimes just re-pairing the mouse can help
Carolyn
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Mighty Mouse won't scroll up, only down

I had this problem again tonight, but this time a restart didn't work.
So I took the mouse and turned it upside down, and rolled with pressure the scroll ball on my mouse pad. I rolled in all directions, then plugged it back in. It worked. Which leads me to believe that the first time it happened, the restart didn't have anything to do with it.
Before I rolled the scroll ball, I tried just unplugging and plugging back in, besides the restart. It seems that the scroll ball got "out of whack" as I now can here a a louder "zipping" sound as the scroll ball moves around.
I read some other posts about this problem, you might want to try rolling your ball around your mousepad and apply some pressure.
Bryan

<q>I read some other posts about this problem, you might want to try rolling your ball around your mousepad and apply some pressure.</q>
...and while you're at it, perform this action on a slightly moistened (I used Glassex) tissue. My MM wouldn't scroll down and I suspected dirt and grease from my finger to be the culprit. The cleaning solved the problem, and I even didn't unplug it.
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How to clean your Mighty Mouse.
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I am now onto my 3rd Mighty Mouse in 4 months and I am am having problems with this one as well. Each time the problems have been different, but always centred around the scroll button.
This time round I can scroll, but have no zoom capability. No settings have been changed and the function has been working previously. I have checked system preferences and zoom is set with use of the ctrl button as normal, but nothing happens.
Can anybody help? Does the fault actually lie within my Imac and the mice have been fine and something in there needs fixed or do I need yet another new Mighty Mouse (Wireless version).

Hi tom101-
You must clean it: How to clean your Mighty Mouse
Luck-
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Mighty mouse scrolled not working

Hi,
My mighty mouse scrolled has broken i can't scroll up and down neither right and left.
Please help me.
Thank you

First, try System Preferences/Keyboard&Mouse/Mouse and make sure your scroll settings are correct.
Second.. How to clean a Mighty Mouse (not with jeans)
Carolyn
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Mighty Mouse (wireless) will only scroll up & not down

Has anyone come across an issue like this, I think it is hardware, but thought I would ask around first?
I tried using our 2nd wireless mighty mouse that is paired with the iMac and that worked correctly (scroll both up and down) when paired with my MacBook Pro. However, when I re-paired the mouse in question, it still only scrolls up.
Any thoughts are greatly appreciated.
Thank you

Hi bbwc-
Greetings and welcome to the Apple boards
You must clean said mouse: How to clean your Mighty Mouse
Luck-
-DaddyPaycheck

Mighty Mouse will scroll down but not up.

All of a sudden my mighty mouse won't scroll up. It will scroll down, left and right but not up. The mighty mouse is about 6 months old and has worked fine on my old Dual 1GHz G4 MDD.

your mighty mouse should have a 1yr warranty on it, take it to an apple store and let them know what the problem is.
as I have never used a mighty mouse I cant offer advice, other than perhaps its dirty inside and maybe you could clean it...
How to clean your Mighty Mouse
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302417
and another site with photos
http://www.flickr.com/photos/shirster/67089152/

Wired Mighty Mouse

The rollerball on the mighty mouse toward the top will not let me scroll down. Does anyone know how to troubleshoot this problem. Any help of suggestions is appreciated! Thanks in advance

Hi Hotinthedesert-
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Hi, HV.
See "How to clean your Mighty Mouse."
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