Mouse Problems Since 10.6.8 Update

Since I applied the OS X 10.6.8 update to my MacBook, I have started to have very annoying mouse problems. Sometimes the mouse gets stuck on a window or icon as if I am dragging it. More often, the left mouse button stops doing anything and the right mouse button starts acting like the left mouse button. At the same time, the mouse is often incapable of clicking on a highlighted button. Safari often seems to be open when this happens.
I have tried two different wireless mice and, most recently, a basic corded mouse. I have also tried both USB ports with the corded mouse.
Has anyone else seen this and figured out how to fix the problem?

Same problem here with a macbook pro. I desactivate teleport to see if the problem is related.

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Is there any way to use a 10.5.7 wireless .kext files on Snow Leopard? And where can I find the files?

Ok, I have the fix!! After several frustrating days it finally just works.
The process:
Upgrade your Macs to 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
Powercycle your modem AND time capsule / airport TWICE
Reset your time capsule with a pin or paperclip on the back
Follow the prompts to setup your time capsule / airport access
-- On your Macs
Go to System Preferences > Network > Airport > Advanced > TCP/IP
Click "Renew DHCP Lease" then click "Ok"
Click Apply
Turn off Airport
Turn Airport on
IT WORKS!!!
One of the magical people at tech support walked me through it earlier today. The whole process took about 1.5 hrs because Show Leopard takes about an hour to install on one machine.
Hope this helps-
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Yesterday, when I booted up, a small camera appeared mid-screen with a face alternating with a question mark. The camera blinks back and forth for a long time. Once startup made it to the login screen, but I didn't want to login, since I didn't know what it was. Today I tried to login again. The camera is still there--no surprise--but this time startup is stalled at the gray screen and the fans starts up and runs with no progress.
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bwelch:
Welcome to Apple Discussions.
Begin troubleshooting with"
Repair Disk
Insert Installer disk and Restart, holding down the "C" key until grey Apple appears.
Go to Installer menu (Panther and earlier) or Utilities menu (Tiger) and launch Disk Utility.
Select your HDD (manufacturer ID) in the left panel.
Select First Aid in the Main panel.
(Check S.M.A.R.T Status of HDD at the bottom of right panel, and report if it says anything but Verified)
Click Repair Disk on the bottom right.
If DU reports disk does not need repairs quit DU and restart.
If DU reports errors Repair again and again until DU reports disk is repaired.
If DU reports errors it cannot repair you will need to use a utility like Tech Tool Pro or Disk Warrior
Please post back with update or further questions/comments.
Good luck.
cornelius

Battery problems since 10.4.3 update?

I know that there a quite a few threads about battery problems, but has anybody experienced significant decreases in battery life after installing the 10.4.3 update? I installed it a few days ago and I'm noticing now that my battery life is much worse than it used to be.
For example, I was just watching a movie on my iBook. Before I started, my battery was FULLY charged, and Energy Saver was set for "Better Battery Life". I had airport turned off and left the screen brightness at default.
My battery died within 40 MINUTES! I had the sound turned up a little bit but I don't think that would drain enough power to reduce my batter life to 40 minutes when set for "better battery life"....
My battery's less than 2 years old.
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I just found a useful util called CoconutBattery 1.3 available from :
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Updated the other night on my imac 24" since then it has been freezing. I restarted my mac and I can move my mouse but not one application I click on
opens..I mean nothing. I have tried rebooting with the start up disc still the same problem. I hope someone can help me I searched and searched this website and didn't see anything close to my problem.
Thank you in advance for your time and help.
Karen

Open Disk Utility (Applications -> Utilities), highlight your internal drive, and click on "repair permissions". You should do this after every software update. You may see some cryptic messages; as long as it says "permissions repair complete" at the end, no need to worry about them (everyone has been getting some after a Java update).
Also, if it should ever become necessary, you can also verify your disk. If that results in a "needs repair" message, you can't do that while booted up from the internal. You can do it while booted up from your install disk.

Problems since downloading panther sec updates

since downloading a panther security update, my email account won't open, safari only works with the mouse (as soon as I touch the keyboard, it quits) and many of my soft ware applications give the error message: the pllication could not be opened because of a shared library error: <CarbonLib><CFMPriv_CarbonCore>. I am not sur that my troubles coincide with the panther update download. I would post the crash reports, but I can't log onto the discussion groups with the computer with troubles because safari crashes whenever I touch the keyboard.

Hi John,
boot from the Panther install CD 1 by holding down the c-key during boot. Once the installer has started select "Disk Utility" from the MENU and repair the disk and permissions. Restart. Now re-apply the Mac OS X Update 10.3.9 (Combo) and check if the problem persists.
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Wireless Keyboard/Mouse problem since 10.4.9

Hi All,
Not sure if this has been posted by anyone else, but since updating to 10.4.9 on my 17" G4 iMac and and 17" G5 iMac - I have had ongoing problems with bluetooth on each computer where the keyboard continually drops out with "Connection Lost" error (Usually once a minute when I am using the keyboard). (Keyboard problem on the G4 iMac)
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I would troubleshoot this way:
On a different partition on your internal drive or ext firewire drive, install a fresh copy of OX 10.4 or even 10.3. Booth from this partiton. See if your bluetooth works. If so, then update to 10.4.9 and see if it still works.
If not, then your culprit is the update and I would not update on your permanent boot partition.
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Safari needs a long time to load web pages, images in HTML mails or NNW posts load 10 to 15 seconds after the text and so on.
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RandallDC wrote:
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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1223499&tstart=0
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1452009&tstart=0
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Hi,
I have installed the latest software update..OSX10.4.11
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"Try Disk Utility
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2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
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