How to fix a Nonresponse Left-Click on a Magic Mouse

First, this posting is not a problem but a solution to a problem with the OS X 10.6 System Preference/Mouse/Double-Click setting.
I have a new Magic Mouse and it was non responsive on normal every day left-clicks.
It got so bad I was having to go to the File menu and use the Open command to do
just about anything.
I checked the Mouse settings and the Double-Click option setting was hard up against
the Fast peg on the right. I remembered a tip from long ago that using the max settings
was not good. I backed off two clicks on the Double-Click option setting and the new
Magic Mouse became responsive as expected. It is now working great!
I hope this tip or reminder to not use extreme Mouse settings will be useful to someone.

Tried to correct my typo in the Subject from to Non-responsive

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www.afrigeneas.com

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