Crazy Mouse?
Hello! Unfortunately I have an update woe. I had updated to 10.4.9 when it originally came out, but had so many problems I reverted back to 10.4. Since everything was running great for a couple of months or so, silly me decided to try the 10.4.9 combo updte again since the updates are really suppose to help your mac work better. ((???))! So now, my usb mouse that has always worked great has gone crazy skipping, jumping, sticking and totally disappearingWhich is a sick reminder of what I went through the laast time. The lovely spinning beach ball has reappeared also. After reading about the 10.4.10 nightmares on the forum I am leary of it. Is there a fix or should I revert back again?
Powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.9)
I am having a similar problem, without being wireless: all of a sudden yesterday my mouse started acting funny; I can not use any function while I push it down (selecting, dragging, etc.), windows switch with each other if I move the mouse over them. If I turn off the computer the problem starts again after about 20 minutes.
I checked on the Console and I got this message:
Anonymous function hack: eating identifier doc_mousedown
Does it mean I have been hacked? If so how do I take care of this problem?
Thanks for the help
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First I have done a search through the archives and i don't see a defining answer. At times my mouse seems to do a lot of strange an erratic movements. Say I drag the mouse down, the curser goes wiggly and in an erratic direction. This is frustrating when I'm in PS drawing specific lines. I have zapped my Pram & repaired my permissions, but am at a loss to know what to do to fix this. Any insights would be very appreciated. Thanks Jeff
mighty mouse that came with the 2.8 2008 Mac Pro (not wireless)Hi ArchFotos,
Well, I hope this Mac newbie (from PC) can save you some time, because I'm having the same issue on my brand new system.
It's a grounding issue. To experiment:
- Touch your Mac Pro while moving the mouse, or;
- Touch your keyboard (the metal parts) while moving the mouse.
If things seem fine, then you've found the issue.
I've disabled the bottom left/right "buttons" for sanity purposes. However, you'll still hear the constant "clicking", like a real mammal in there is trying hard to get out , which means that the sensors are still firing like crazy. I'm sure that's not healthy for the mouse (living or not).
So, I hope this prevents you from constantly going to the Apple store and replacing your mouse, or worse, do a classic PC thing like reinstalling the whole system ...just find a way to deal with grounding yourself.
What's really surprising is that it seems to be an unresolved issue for some time. Nothing "official" from Apple....sigh....
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KDE 4.2: Crazy Mouse after pacman -Syu -.-'
Hi
I made yesterday a sysupgrade and now is my mouse crazy!!!
Example:
i click a window to move it but the window will be maximized
i make a right click in taskbar but nothing works
HELP -.-'bash-3.2# cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Section "Module"
# This loads the DBE extension module.
Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension
# This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables
# initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module.
SubSection "extmod"
Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension
EndSubSection
# This loads the font modules
# Load "type1"
# Load "speedo"
Load "freetype"
# Load "xtt"
Load "evdev"
# This loads the GLX module
Load "glx"
EndSection
# Files section. This allows default font and rgb paths to be set
Section "Files"
# The location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally
# no need to change the default.
# RgbPath "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (which are concatenated together),
# as well as specifying multiple comma-separated entries in one FontPath
# command (or a combination of both methods)
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/"
# FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/"
# FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/OTF"
# FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"
# FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/CID/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType/"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/freefont/"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
# FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
# The module search path. The default path is shown here.
# ModulePath "/usr/lib/modules"
EndSection
# Server flags section.
Section "ServerFlags"
# Option "blank time" "5"
# Option "standby time" "10"
# Option "suspend time" "20"
# Option "off time" "30"
EndSection
# Input devices
# Core keyboard's InputDevice section
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "ch"
EndSection
# Core Pointer's InputDevice section
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "PS2-Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "USB-Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
# Monitor section
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor"
HorizSync 31.5 - 64.3
VertRefresh 50-90
Option "DPMS"
Option "ReducedBlanking
EndSection
# Graphics device section
Section "Device"
Identifier "Nvidia GTX260SSC"
Driver "nvidia"
# Option "NvAgp" "1"
# Option "FSAAEnable" "yes"
# Option "FSAAScale" "16"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
# Option "UseEvents" "false"
# Option "TripleBuffer" "1"
# Option "DamageEvents" "1"
# Option "BackingStore" "1"
Option "PixmapCacheSize" "70000"
# Option "OnDemandVBlankInterrupts" "true"
Option "InitialPixmapPlacement" "2"
Option "GlyphCache" "1"
# Option "Coolbits" "1"
EndSection
# Screen sections
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen"
Device "Nvidia GTX260SSC"
Monitor "Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1900x1200" "1024x1024"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection
# ServerLayout sections.
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Simple Layout"
Screen "Screen"
InputDevice "PS2-Mouse" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "USB-Mouse" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
# Compiz Fusion
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSecti
I have no pacman.log because i reinstalled Arch... -
Somewhere between this AM and this PM my mouse went crazy amd even touching the touchpad or usb mouse sent the cursor zooming out of control around the screen like a mad thing.
I seem to have fixed this by switching to evdev driver and following the wiki guide for static mouse but since then my touchpad won't work, which is disappointing because both _were_ working together. After some checking I found this page and grabbed this from my X.log:
[~]: cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep -A 10 synap
(II) LoadModule: "synaptics"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.o
(II) Module synaptics: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 XInput Driver
ABI class: XFree86 XInput driver, version 0.3
(II) LoadModule: "radeon"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/radeon_drv.so
(II) Module radeon: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 4.0.3
Module class: X.Org Video Driver
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.8
(II) LoadModule: "ati"
(II) LoadModule: "synaptics"
(II) Reloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.o
(II) LoadModule: "kbd"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/kbd_drv.so
(II) Module kbd: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 1.0.1
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.5
(II) ATI: ATI driver (version 6.5.8) for chipsets: ati, ativga
(II) R128: Driver for ATI Rage 128 chipsets:
ATI Rage 128 Mobility M3 LE (PCI), ATI Rage 128 Mobility M3 LF (AGP),
ATI Rage 128 Mobility M4 MF (AGP), ATI Rage 128 Mobility M4 ML (AGP),
I seem to be missing the part about:
(II) Synaptics touchpad driver version 0.13.4
And the binaries seem to be for XFree! What's that all about? Not sure if that is the problem but I thought I'd just "put it out there" and see what bites...What do you think it was? Here is my pacman.log
[05/12/06 07:41] synchronizing package lists
[05/12/06 07:41] starting full system upgrade
[05/12/06 07:43] upgraded exo-svn (21552-1 -> 21592-1)
[05/12/06 07:43] warning: extracting /etc/fstab as /etc/fstab.pacnew
[05/12/06 07:43] warning: extracting /etc/group as /etc/group.pacnew
[05/12/06 07:43] warning: extracting /etc/ld.so.conf as /etc/ld.so.conf.pacnew
[05/12/06 07:43] warning: extracting /etc/passwd as /etc/passwd.pacnew
[05/12/06 07:43] warning: extracting /etc/shadow as /etc/shadow.pacnew
[05/12/06 07:43] upgraded filesystem (0.7.1-5 -> 0.7.2-2)
[05/12/06 07:43] upgraded gzip (1.2.4b-2 -> 1.2.4b-3)
[05/12/06 07:43] upgraded libxfcegui4-svn (21535-1 -> 21555-1)
[05/12/06 07:43] upgraded mkinitrd (1.01-29 -> 1.01-30)
[05/12/06 07:43] upgraded shared-mime-info-cvs (20060414-1 -> 20060511-1)
[05/12/06 07:43] upgraded thunar-svn (21551-1 -> 21593-1)
[05/12/06 07:43] upgraded xfcalendar-svn (21546-1 -> 21594-1)
[05/12/06 07:43] upgraded xfce-mcs-manager-svn (21551-1 -> 21573-1)
[05/12/06 07:43] upgraded xfce-mcs-plugins-svn (21550-1 -> 21572-1)
[05/12/06 07:43] upgraded xfce-utils-svn (21522-1 -> 21561-1)
[05/12/06 07:43] upgraded xfce4-appfinder-svn (21522-1 -> 21564-1)
[05/12/06 07:43] upgraded xfce4-panel-svn (21551-1 -> 21587-1)
[05/12/06 07:43] upgraded xfce4-session-svn (21551-1 -> 21588-1)
[05/12/06 07:43] upgraded xfdesktop-svn (21551-1 -> 21567-1)
[05/12/06 07:43] upgraded xfwm4-svn (21551-1 -> 21604-1)
[05/12/06 07:53] warning: /etc/lftp.conf saved as /etc/lftp.conf.pacsave
[05/12/06 07:53] removed lftp (3.4.6-1) -
I don't know where else to ask this so hear goes.
The mouse on my system has some stupid actions that I want to get rid of. When I click I get a circle drawn around the pointer. In PPRO it makes it hard to do most stuff. When I try to move the time pointer, if I click and don't move it fast enough the circle draws and I can't move it.
Anybody here know how to turn this stuff off?
Thanks,
JoeAre you talking about the mouse pointer for a) "busy" or b) "working in background"?
a
b -
MBP going crazy mouse and keyboard and everything in between
Oh this is my third attempt at posting this thing and I am ready to slam my MBP in a brick wall!!!!! the only reason i know this time it won't mess up is that i am typing from my Pmac G4.
anyway.... two issues... the first one happens occasionally while i am typing, the last 2 times while i was typing in this post to ask for help, for no reason that i can see out of nowhere the computer just started deleting everything i had typed as if someone were holding down the delete key, i did the updates recently and fixed the issue the update had with version CUE, but now this is happening
the other issue unlike the first locks the keyboard and renders it useless, or sometime it will lock the mouse/trackpad, sometimes if i put it to sleep and wake it the problem is usually gone temporarily, but that doesn't always work.
last thing i should mention is that this is my 3rd MBP the first won was giving me the green lines on the screen, the second was whinny and hot, and now this.....am i just unlucky or do they just sell their craptacular laptops to me onlyI just got home from the apple store and discovered a whole new problem with the laptop, when i woke it from sleep my desktop icons were all distorted as well as the menu bar on the top. Luckily, given that this was my third MBP the management at the local apple store agreed to allow to me to exchange the machine beyond the 15 days which have already expired.
The best part is that the 1.83, is discontinued so i should be getting a 2.0 plus a one-hundred dollar refund as the price has also dipped since i purchased it, i would have still prefered to get a working machine back in march when i made the initial purchase, but looks like i'll be spending most of tomorrow, re-installing all my applications.
Hopefully for the last time! -
Mouse button 4 conflict or virus problem horrifying me.
I have a mouse button 4 problem which occurred a week ago on my first Imac which I returned to the Apple Store for another Imac. However the same thing happened on the second Imac where everything including the USB extension cable was completely replaced and absolute no parts of the computers were the same. The problem happened on the two different Imacs where in the first case on the first computer expose which was assigned to the Mouse button 4 kept turning on and off by itself as I merely rolled the mouse back and forth and where in the second case on the second computer dashboard which was assigned to the Mouse button 4 kept turning on and off by itself as I again rolled the mouse back and forth. In both cases, in completely different computers, fluky things started to happen, all beginning with the same Mouse button 4 and the function assigned to it.
Today, a week later, it happened again but did not start a cycle once I clicked the Mouse button 4 again. In the other two cases, the continued appearance and disappearance of the Mouse button 4 function apparently caused the mouse to become so confused and crazy that merely by pointing at a menu item like File or Edit or View, the drop down menus came down all by themselves without pressing the left side of the mouse! In both computers, first with expose turning on and off and then with dashboard doing the same, it became very difficult to carry out the technician's instructions to click the blue apple, click system preferences, go to mouse and keyboard, etc.
I informed the technician at Apple Procare when this happened on the second new computer that the left and right mouse buttons seemed to be self-actuating and clicking by themselves without me touching them. He had me shut down the computer, unplug all wires from the USB ports including the power cord and hold down four keys at the same time while rebooting to reassign the devices to the USB card ports presumably.
The genius at the apple store told me that there was never anything wrong with either my first or second Imac and that there was some other factor responsible for the strange goings on like my two peripherals a Canon N676U scanner or my new HP laserJet 1022 printer in the way of a conflict with the mouse control especially most notably mouse button 4 actuating without pressing it at its own whim!
Up till the time that I talked to the genius, I had theories of my own. I did a virus check with two separate trial versions of anti-virus software for Mac, I erased and installed Tiger in each computer after each identical occurrence and finally even erased and installed Leopard which I bought. My theory was that my backup disks from my PC were hosting a Mac virus which I may have caught on my backup disks because a friend of mine with a Mac goes all over the web into dangerous and exotic sites. She once gave me a Trojan virus in a download of some music which apparently was hosted on her Mac and transferred over with the download of music as a strange setup.exe file.
I used the antivirus to scan all my backup disks from my PC which I introduced into both my first and second Imac. No infections.
I changed the USB extension cable, not trusting the one I got from the apple store nor did I trust the replacement one I got from them with the new machine. I used a Radio Shack cord instead which fits more snuggly.
I called Hewlett-Packaged and Canon to find out if there were any known issues of conflict between control of the mouse and the drivers of either my printer or scanner.
It seems like in both computers only the mouse button 4 was affected and by my turning it on and off, on and off, on and off, the USB card lost control of the other buttons of the mouse so that the technician had to reset each of the computers during their separate occurrences of the same exact "bug".
I went into safe mode but I don't know what that proved by shutting off the drivers of the printer and scanner. Right now I have the scanner driver and printer driver totally uninstalled and am monitoring the IMac for the odd behavior without the peripherals attached. What I don't know is if the problem if there is some conflict between my printer driver or scanner driver and the Mouse is confined to the Mouse button 4 which constipates the rest of the button by turning on and off repeatedly while rolling the mouse back and forth...or if the conflict if that is the problem really affects more buttons than just the mouse button 4 where Mouse button is the most obvious sign because it starts up expose or Dashboard (which ever program is assigned to it in the mouse and keyboard settings).
If there really is any important conflicts, if they are confined to mouse button 4, should I merely turn off that button in mouse and keyboard settings in system preferences and run dashboard and the nifty widgets from the taskbar or from mouse button 3 even, and disable the crazy mouse button 4. This will only work if the conflict or whatever it is, is confined to only mouse button 4.
I don't know yet whether the constant actuation of Mouse button 4 clogs up the use of the other buttons which apparently become self-actuating with a mind of their own, or whether the possible so-called conflict if it exists and is the cause is really affecting more than one button. What supports my belief that it is a one button problem is that I substituted a logitech mouse which doesn't even have Mouse Button 4, and the problem haunting the technician and me moments before plugging in the different mouse disappeared! Before putting in the logitech and at the height of the problem the pull down file, edit, view menus dropped down by merely pointing at the label without even pressing the left button on the mighty mouse! At this point the left clicking was self-actuating!
I either need to disable mouse button 4 so it doesn't clog the USB Card port for the mouse or use another mouse.
I need to know if my theory of an overloading of the mouse is feasible? Or must I isolate the offending printer or scanner which I am presently doing by uninstalling them all if it is really even caused by one of them would need to be replaced with a compatible new peripheral. Expensive!
If my scanner or printer is incompatible which I am not sure I know how to test for which is the real cause of the problem. If you think that my theory is right-on about Mouse button 4 clogging up the rest of the buttons then it would be better to just turn it off or use another mouse or an older Apple Mouse than uninstalling each peripheral one by one and troubleshooting until next summer. Hope to hear from you guys. I really need help. Note: every aspect of my Imac purchase during these events have been replaced and replace again. I have had 3 separate apple mighty mice, 3 USB extension cable replacements, and two Imac in the time since October 12th when it started. I have called tech support until it is coming out of my ears. Now I am relying on you all. Oh, I have erased and reinstalled every operating system twice to make sure it was not a corruption in the OS in each computer.
Sincerely,
Stephen BorisoffJames,
Sorry I am so lengthy. The problem is that with the technical support guy on line, when the Mouse button 4 event occurred I described to the tech that I was pushing and pulling the mouse from the back end to avoid touching the buttons on the side and every time I rolled the mouse a few inches forward the dashboard assigned to mouse button 4 appeared and next when I rolled it back the dashboard disappeared, I rolled it forward and it reappeared and so on. Then the tech wanted me to click on the apple and go into system preferences and as my cursor touched the file menu to get to the preferences that menu dropped without me left clicking the mouse. As I passed over edit and view they just dropped down.
What do you make of that? I am presently running OSX leopard without my printer and scanner installed. If I see no problem in two days, I will plug in the printer and install it. Then after that the scanner and see if the problem happens. I will follow your suggestions about relearning the mouse though.
Stephen
Stephen -
Wireless Mighty Mouse jumps around?!
Hi there!
I have an quite annoying issue with my wireless mm:
Sometimes it lets the cursor jump around and it is almost impossible to control it.
I am pretty sure it does not have to do with dust on the lens or shiny surfaces, because for 2 weeks it worked without any worries in the same environment. I almost believed the problem was gone.
Most of the time I manage to solve the problem by switching the mouse on&off for a couple of times and/or reinitializing the bluetooth connection.
Then it usually works for a while. But next time i wake my MacBook it starts all over again!!
Does anyone know this problem?
Thanks for any help!I too am having this problem. I bought the mouse about two months ago and the day I synced it with my iMac it started freaking out too. I tried all the usual things, i.e. cleaned it, tried different mouse pads, tuned down tracking, resync it, everything. It just didn't work, but then I went on a trip and decided, "What the heck, I'll take the mouse and try fixing it on my MacBook Air." I get to my destination and resync it with the Air and it works perfectly, so I figured my desktop was the problem. I get home a few days latter after having used the mouse flawlessly and try it again in my house, when suddenly, it begins to jump around my MacBook Air. So I turned off the Bluetooth on my iMac (only a few feet from me and the Air) and the problem went away... for about 30 minutes, then my mother got on her iMac in her room, one room away, and lo- the problem did recur!
I believe the problem has something to do with the fact that the Mighty Mouse and the Wireless Keyboard both use the entire gamete of frequencies the Bluetooth has, thus, it is trying to sync with anything with Bluetooth in it, cellphones, PS3's, ext... Because if I take one of my MacBook's out into my ranch, far from anything, including my iPhone, the Mighty Mouse works! But the second I bring something with Bluetooth in range of the mouse, BAM! CRAZY MOUSE TIME!
I have dug around the Bluetooth shell inside OS X and found you can limit which bandwidths your computer receives, but this solves nothing if it is the mouse itself trying to sync with every computer and phone within range. I doubt this is how Apple intended the thing to work but they may have assumed that it was only meant as a traveling mouse, or perhaps to be used by people with only one Mac?
Perhaps there is a firmware patch out there that might solve this? I have seen ones for OS 9 and below, but nothing about OS X -
Magic mouse suddenly acting strange?
My magic mouse stopped functioning normally... single click acts like double click... Text selection tool is wonky; drag select words ends up selecting entire paragraph... could not move objects around in InDesign... can barely move finder and application windows, it lags and move only a short distance... delayed reactions all round. I cannot even move icons around on the desktop…I am using Wacom tablet (usb) right now.
Changed batteries
Tried to turn bluetooth off and back on; no change.
Tried removing apple and bluetooh related plist's: no change.
Also tried to lower the 'power' setting on my Bell modem default was 4 went down to 3 (whatever that means) also made no difference. I Don’t want to reduce the quality of my internet connection to fix interference on my bluetooth signal (if this is the issue). I even pulled the power plug on my modem no wiFi
... and still, my mouse has gone rogue!
I have read quite a few posts (some go back a few years) with similar issues and have yet to find a solution. Zapping P ram seem a little excessive - any thoughts?
Any solutions? Is it possible, these little magic mice just simply have a short lifespan : (
The only computer/software changes were done months ago (new internet service & hardware Early Jan) and (Mavericks when it was released last year)
Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance!
DbonteHi seventy one, Thanks again for all your help. I finally got the magic mouse to work properly... After I spent two days reading posts, troubleshooting and finally posting my querie... It came back to the 1st thing i looked at!
The batteries.
I have been using (the same 4) rechargable AA batteries since the life of the mouse. And even though they showed as 100% charged in the system mouse preferences, the batteries must have weakened over time.
I popped in a fresh set of (off the shelf) Duracells and POW! no more crazy mouse action. I know that Apple has it's own charger & rechargable batteries for its products; so I may look into this. In the meantime, I think it pays to have good quality batteries for something I use (and need) every day.
Im a bit embarrased that I didn't figure this out in the beginning : [
happy that its working again : )
Db -
My mouse is not working with my computer. The batteries are good. The cursor arrow will move where I want it but when I click,nothing happens! Ugh! Is it thecomputer or the mouse? How can I fix it if the mouse doesn't work?
I was having all kinds of crazy mouse and trackpad problems after installing Lion.Reset PRAM and that helped briefly. Then found out my main battery was bad. Now that I have replaced it my mouse and track pad are behaving. It may have been coincidence or it may be that Lion is more sensitive to battery issues?
Worth checking your battery as this can cause all kinds of problems apparently..... -
Multitouch trackpad double tap not working ????
yesterday i was having oily food nd by mistake oil get on to the trackpad nd then my laptop went crazy, mouse started moving itself !!!!!!! after few min.i cleaned it with wet tissue paper nd afterwards every thing was fine rtoday i noticed that double tap is not working i am not able to drag any folder with double tap iam doing it with click plzzz help
It sounds that you still have contaminants in your track pad. Take it to a qualified repair facility. As a last resort you may spray the track pad with non-residue electrical cleaner to wash away the contaminants. This may or may not work and entails an element of risk.
Ciao.
PP: Ditto to shldr2thewheel's advice (or drink). -
Crazy movements of the magic mouse and lost precision. I swip on my shirt or I the start again my MacBook Pro, the problem continue. During this time , the pad run correctly et my Bamboo pen too. I have the same problem with my Magic TrackPad and my Mini, in other room. Anybody has a solution ? Thanks.
Thank you for the star. I'm wondering if you have seen this Apple document?
Wi-Fi and Bluetooth: Potential sources of wireless interference -
New Bluetooth Mightymouse goes crazy on certain mouse pads
I just bought a new wireless Mightmouse from Amazon UK and started using it, only to discover that it goes crazy when placed on certain mouse pads. The cursor starts moving all over the screen if I even place the mouse on the pad without moving it. I have three mouse pads here and only one can be used (it has a plastic cover). The other two, a thin one and a thicker, rubbery one (both cloth covered) cause the mouse to get a life of its own. A plain white desktop works ok, too, but in some cases I need to use a mouse pad, for example, when working on a garden table that has slits.
I tried it with all wireless stuff off (airport unplugged, etc.), but still the same. From what I have seen posted here, there seem to be some odd problems with this mouse. I wonder if I should return it? Could it be a hardware problem? Or maybe a software problem?
(This is on a new Macbook Pro 17inch.)Hello Apple:
Welcome to Apple discussions.
I would return it. There is no reason that the mouse would be +"pad sensitive."+ I have found that the optical mice do need a pad to work well.
Barry -
My Macbook pro is acting Crazy....the Cursor just keeps on jumping everywhere and not responding when I use the trackpad....Even when it does respond it is very slow...I thought it was the trackpad acting up but realized it wasnt when i plugged in a mouse and it still did the same thing...this happened one other time and shortly after my computer froze...I had to restart for it to work but restarting dosent help this time...can someone please help?...Is this a Virus?
It is not a virus. See my Mac Virus Guide*.
As to what it might be, that's hard to say. You should try some basic troubleshooting... Repair the hard drive with disk utility. Boot in safe mode and see if it happens then, log in to a different user account and see if it happens there, reboot from another system and see if it happens.
Apparently some people have had this kind of problem caused by swelling batteries that push on the underside of the trackpad and cause all kinds of strange problems. Is your machine's underside deformed at all?
* Disclaimer: links to my pages may give me compensation, and should not be taken as endorsement of my services by Apple. -
My macbook pro mouse and touchpad is slow and crazy?
it first started was when i was watching netflix and the mouse did not want to move and the mouse started feel slow and when i click something it would be if i right click. Now the mouse is slow and sometimes when i scroll down or up it would be if i press F4 with the touchpad or F3. Sometimes it would get stuck of F3 and i would not be able to use it and i have to restart the computer. When i am using Safari or preview it would zoom and unzoom all the time and it gets annoying. I put on safe mode and it was working right and when it was normal it started going crazy. I heard that if i change the battery the issue would go away is it true?
Go step by step and test.
1. Restart
2. Shut down the computer.
Clean the trackpad with moist not wet microfiber cloth.
System Preferences > Point & Click
Try turning off three finger dragging and then turning it on after testing.
3. Is there any Bluetooth device nearby with failing batteries? If so, replace the batteries.
4. Reset PRAM: http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14222
5. Reset SMC. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
Choose the method for:
"Resetting SMC on portables with a battery you should not remove on your own".
6. Close all windows and quit all applications.
Click the Spotlight -the magnifying glass icon- in the menu bar. Enter Disk utility in the box.
Select Disk Utility from the drop down. When the Disk utility window opens up,
select Macintosh HD, then First Aid.
Click Repair Disk Section: "Try Disk Utility" Permissions button.
Ignore the time remaining estimate.
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