Jumpy wired Apple Mouse issue solved

I just want to share this with you whom has the same issue I had.
A few weeks ago I got myself a new Mac Mini and I used Migration Assistant to transfer everything (including Applications) from late 2009 Mac Mini to my new mid 2011 Mac Mini. Both Macs use Lion OS. It was a successful migration accept the mouse is acting funny on my new Mac. The mouse behaves jumpy.
The jumpy mouse happens when QuickTime 7 Pro, QuickTime X or/and iTunes are launched. When I quit them, the mouse goes back to normal behavior. I also notice that when any of these applications are launched, CPU usage reaches between 100% and 230% certainly and then drop back to 45% inconsistently. I believed what causes the CPU spike is totally QuickTime related. I realized it’s either its extension, preference or somethings else that needed to be taken care of.
Since I just purchased my new Mac Mini, I was entitled to free Mountain Lion upgrade. So I upgraded and hoping it will resolve my jumpy mouse issue. Somehow, it didn't but I love the new features from Mountain Lion though.
Finally, I decided to delete QuickTime 7 Pro completely. I also deleted com.apple.quicktime.plist in the Preferenc folder. Restarted my Mac. Voilà! Jump mouse stops completely. I launched QuickTime X and also iTunes, it doesn't cause any jumpy mouse issue anymore.
I hope this will help.

I have a Mac Pro 2007 (2,1) at work. Recently I upgraded from Snow Leopard to Lion (10.7.5) which is the last supported OSX for this model. After updating is finished, jumpy mouse symptom appears. I tried deleted all the preference filies but it did not work. To make long story short, it's the video board that caused the problem.
About a year ago I upgraded my video card to ATI Radeon HD 5770 Graphic Card. It works fine on Snow Leopard but not on Lion. On Lion, not only it causes jumpy mouse but also screen flickering on second monitor every few minutes or so.
So I uninstalled the card and put back the original OEM video card that came with it. The jumpy mouse stops and everything is back to normal.

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