How do I get my mouse to zoom when scrolling?

Question

I've set my mouse to zoom while scrolling in preferences but it doesn't work. Any fixes?

Answer 1

Hi Mike
Bit of a verbose answer but I have included a lot of useful information for you which as a newcommer to Macs you will find useful. Make a note of the webpages as you may need to refer to them in the future.
To find any downloads normally if you look at the top of this screen you will see "Downloads" click on that and you will see all those available - but make sure you get the right ones for the Intel. If you click on the description it will take you to an information page for that particular download where you can also download the update.
The Combo update is a complete overwrite of the system files if you want more details use the HELP in FINDER and enter "update" at the bottom of the page is a section called Support Articles look at the one called
About the Mac OS X 10.4.8 Update (combo)
When you use Software Update it updates using the Delta version i:e updates just the files changed from the previous release currently on your machine 10.4.6 to 10.4.7 etc. that is why you need to check again after Software Update completes to ensure you get a complete update with the latest apps etc
Using the Combo ensures all files for the OS are updated and can therefore clear out little wrinkles that can appear from time to time as the machine is used
Not all Firmware is updated by Software Update which is why you sometimes get a message saying you need a firmware update even though you have just used Software Update. They need to be checked separately see
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303880 Intel Macs
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86117 older Macs and which do not support OS 10.3 or 10.4
Before doing any updates to any machine there are steps everyone should take and MHunter has done an excellent job in preparing this post
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=668278&tstart=15
If you are using Safari - open Preferences and in "General"
"Save downloaded files to:" "Desktop"
Uncheck "Open safe files after downloading"
Close preferences
When download finishes open the image (double click) and follow the instructions it will install the system files.
Just leave it to do its job
chris