Mouse freezes frequently (Magic and USB both)

My mouse freezes frequently. I have tried a Magic Mouse with fresh batteries and a USB mouse, and the problem happens in both. It is very frustrating! It will freeze for 5-20 seconds, sometimes every minute for several minutes, sometimes it will go an hour without freezing. What can I do?

I have been having this problem for a few weeks now.
I researched lots of threads but haven't seen this problem happening recently or in the latest update / with multiple types of mice / etc.
I should add that the keyboard (USB) is not having any connection problems.

Similar Messages

  • Mouse freezing frequently?

    I am working in iMovie 4 (home movies for the grandparents for Christmas). As I hold the mouse down to scroll through a clip, the mouse freezes. Completely stops working. Cursor frozen. Most of the time, if I unplug the mouse from the keyboard and plug it back in it works again. However, sometimes, I need to plug it into another USB port on the computer and it works. And sometimes, only a restart gets me going again.
    The longer I hold down the mouse for scrolling, the more likely it will freeze.
    I have 5 Mac mice in the house. It works the same on all 5. Changing the mouse does not make it work any better.
    Really frustrating. Any clues?
    iMac   Mac OS X (10.3.9)   768MB RAM, 800 MHz

    30 gigs left on a 60 gig drive. I'm using a LaCie external firewire 250GB drive for the movies.
    Ran repair permissions. Lots of issues, but it seemed to clear them up. Ran disk first aid, no problems found.
    I got that horrible grey box that said my computer needed to be restarted about 8 hours into burning a DVD today.
    I just put in 512MB of new memory. It showed up correctly when I put it in, but now when I check it it only shows up as 256MB...
    Maybe an intermittent hardware problem?

  • Mac keeps turning off during OS installation: from dvd and usb both

    I'm trying to install a new ssd, and mac keeps shutting down while installing 10.6 from retail official dvd.
    so I made a bootable OS in my usb in disc utility (the whole "source" and "destination" tech), but mac still shuts down while installing OS from it.
    what is likely to be wrong?
    Corrupt boot files made from corrupt dvd?
    macbook 2007, 10.6 snow leopard

    Format the external drive as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) - Partition Map Scheme: GUID
    If the drive is not formatted as GUID, it's not bootable.

  • Wired USB mouse freezing intermittently, becoming more frequent

    I have an old Mac running Snow Leopard.  I have been having an intermittent problem with the USB wired mouse freezing.  However, the frequency of occurance is increasing to the point where it has moved beyond occasional annoyance to multiple times a day problem.  The keyboard still works but it requires a Crash reboot into safe mode to get the mouse working again.  Changing to a different brand mouse doesn't help.  Repairing disk permissions doesn't help.  Turning off the energy savers doesn't help.  Doesn't seem to matter whether bootcamp is running or not.  Doesn't seem to matter whether VMWare is running or not.  Occurs with more frequency when camera is hooked up to the USB, but only increases the occurance rate.  It still freezes when the camera isn't hooked up.

    Try setting up another admin user account to see if the same problem continues. If Back-to-My Mac is selected in System Preferences, the Guest account will not work. The intent is to see if it is specific to one account or a system wide problem. This account can be deleted later.
    Isolating an issue by using another user account
    If the problem is still there, try booting into the Safe Mode using your normal account.  Disconnect all peripherals except those needed for the test. Shut down the computer and then power it back up after waiting 10 seconds. Immediately after hearing the startup chime, hold down the shift key and continue to hold it until the gray Apple icon and a progress bar appear. The boot up is significantly slower than normal. This will reset some caches, forces a directory check, and disables all startup and login items, among other things. When you reboot normally, the initial reboot may be slower than normal. If the system operates normally, there may be 3rd party applications which are causing a problem. Try deleting/disabling the third party applications after a restart by using the application un-installer. For each disable/delete, you will need to restart if you don't do them all at once.
    Safe Mode
    Safe Mode - About
    Maybe this will help.
    https://discussions.apple.com/message/20681705#20681705

  • Keyboard and mouse freeze randomly

    My keyboard and mouse freeze up for 2-4 seconds at seemingly random intervals.  I could go for a couple hours without it happening, or like now, it has happened twice while writing this.  If I'm typing something when it freezes, nothing I type while it's frozen ends up showing up, but if I had hit a key right when it froze, it will repeat itself until I press something else after it unfreezes.  They keyboard and mouse both freeze at the same time, it's not one or the other.  It has nothing to do with standby like the topic below...it can happen right after I boot up or anytime thereafter.
    My hardware is an eMachines M6805 laptop (upgraded to 2GB of RAM) and just a basic Dell USB mouse and keyboard.
    I tried searching the forums, but the search box on here searches the entire web for some reason even if I tell it to search TechNet, so I apologize if this has already been answered.

    I just had my Desktop freeze whilst I was using Media Player minimised to the taskbar.
    I came back to my PC and couldn't use the keyboard or mouse. I plugged in a wired USB mouse and this did not work either. I then used the mouse and keyboard buttons on my MCE remote and still nothing happened, actually something happened as my hard drive
    became very busy, but there was nothing happening on screen. I had to reboot to get back to normal operation.
    I use a Logitech Bluetooth MX500 keyboard and mouse and have been having problems since I had Windows 7, but thought it was the keyboard and mouse at fault. This is the first time that I have encountered this problem, but I have had problems with the keys
    sticking, very annoying when you're in Visual Studio and it goes and deletes a load of code for you because the backspace key was the one that stuck. The cursor also randomly jumps lines occasionally and inserts text where I don't want it. This wouldn't be
    such an issue if I was a touch typist and could look at the screen whilst typing, but I am not and only realise the errors when I have finished typing.
    Anyway, Mine is a custom built PC(all drivers and windows fully up to date) which ran XP with zero problems:
        Gigabyte mboard and graphics card (Nvidia) with I5 processor and 4GB ram.
    If this was a USB hub Powersave issue, then I would still expect the hub to wake up when a new device was pugged in, so I'm going to count that fix out.
    I'm not sure that the freezing was a mouse/keyboard fault, I suspect that this is more a video driver fault as the computer did become very busy doing something when I used the MCE remote, it's just the screen didn't update to show what it was doing.
    I should have looked at the taskbar clock to see if the time had updated, I'll do that next time if it happens again.
    I've disabled the Power Save options for the hub that controls the mouse and keyboard, perhaps this will stop the keys sticking and jumping around when I'm typing in Visual Studio.
    Mick Doherty
    http://dotnetrix.co.uk
    http://glassui.codeplex.com

  • Magic mouse freezes

    magic mouse freezes and freezes apps and the whole computer. another keyboard and mouse work fine. yes, I changed to new batteries on both.
    is it mechanical or a softwear problem?
    I have a newish imac and 10.7.3

    no, not in warrenty anymore.
    what about the track pad instead if I have to replace it?

  • Keyboard and mouse freeze

    my keyboard and mouse freeze completely/unresponsive sometimes shortly after re-start.  I have to push the on/off button and hold it for the mac to reboot.  How do I find out what is causing this freeze?

    Hello Lucy1949,
    Sounds like the entire system is just locking up. So it's not really your mouse and keyboard, but the system becomes unresponsive.
    Make sure your anti virus programs are up to date and you have ran a virus scan lately.
    Put your computer into a clean boot state and see if the problem still happens with minimal programs running.
    You should also check to see if the problem reoccurs while in safe mode.
    You can find instructions for both of those in this forum thread.
    http://goo.gl/w3KQH
    If I have helped you in any way click the Kudos button to say Thanks.
    The community works together, click Accept as Solution on the post that solves your issue for other members of the community to benefit from the solution.
    - Friendship is magical.

  • Mouse freeze and sound cutting out

    Since I've upgraded to OSX 10.9 (Mavericks), when I switch between open programs, my Logitech Performance MX mouse (uses USB receiver) stops responding for about 30 seconds.  When this happens,  the audio from my Bose speakers cuts out.  While the Logitech mouse is forzen, I can still use the Apple bluetooth trackpad.  To be clear, this mouse.audio chain reaciton issue doesn't happen every time I switch between open applications.  It doesn't seem to happen specifically when switching out of any particular application but it does seem to happen more frequently when switching out of Firefox.   But like i said, even with Firefox completely closed it still happens.
    Sometimes the audio will stutter a bit and then will kick back in, but sometimes even after hours the only way to get audio is to either switch to the iMac's internal speakers, or restart the computer.
    I opened the console to see what was happening when the mouse freezes and I get the following lines:
    11/3/13 1:43:49.000 PM kernel[0]: com_Logitech_HIPointing::terminate(kIOServiceSynchronous) timeout
    11/3/13 1:43:49.000 PM kernel[0]: USB Sound assertion in AppleUSBAudioStream at line 4767
    11/3/13 1:43:49.000 PM kernel[0]: IOAudioStream[0xffffff8039764000]::clipIfNecessary() - Error: attempting to clip to a position more than one buffer ahead of last clip position (478,209a)->(4a4,f26).
    11/3/13 1:43:49.000 PM kernel[0]: IOAudioStream[0xffffff8039764000]::clipIfNecessary() - adjusting clipped position to (4a3,209a)

    Alright, so I solved this myself by changing the resolution. Would've liked to resolve it a different way, but this works for now! So, anybody else who may see my issue.... go to system preferences>display and change the resoltuion.

  • USB mouse freezes after wake from sleep.

    Since the 10.8.2 update my Logitech USB mouse freezes after waking up the computer from sleep or when it goes into energy save from non use. This also happens to my brand new MBPR. I tries repair permissions and reset the smc. Any suggestions?

    I get a frozen mouse (Microsoft Intellimouse Optical) on my 2012 Mac Mini running Mavericks (it did it with Mountain Lion also) when waking from sleep about 75% of the time which works again if I unplug/replug it (light is on and mouse buttons work when it's frozen, but the pointer won't move).  It does this whether I use a built-in USB3 port, a USB2 hub and now also with my new USB3 hub. 
    However, my 2008 Macbook Pro also has an Intellimouse connected to it when docked and it NEVER freezes when waking from sleep whether using the built-in USB2 port or a Gmyle USB3 card port.  Either way, the mouse wakes fine and it's the SAME MODEL MOUSE and SAME OSX verison.  I have no idea why the inconsistency.  It ***** because "Wake on Network Activity" FINALLY works right here in Mavericks with XBMC on my Mac Mini so there's a perfect opportunity to save some electricity.  I got excited when it woke up two times in a row with 10.9.1 and set up my sleep controls only to find it wouldn't go to sleep with the Energy Savings menu because I have an external USB3.0 3TB media drive connected (at all times).  I finally found out (through more patient testing) that once the drive spun down (possibly on its own power saving timer as I'm not sure the "Shut down hard drives when possible" setting works in Mavericks; it was messed up in Mountain Lion in 10.8.4 and even though 10.8.5 fixed it, I'm not sure Mavericks is using the same code.  It doesn't seem to shut down any faster with or without the setting on and shuts off several minutes after the computer attempts to go to sleep (on a 1 minute test setting; I think WD defaults to 10 minutes in firmware). 
    Anyway, once that was resolved and I saw it would go to sleep eventually once the drive spun down (it will sleep instantly if I select SLEEP from the Apple menu which I find odd if it's such a big deal that it's connected....), I thought OH BOY!  I'm all set.  Then I woke it from that sleep and found my mouse was frozen again..... :-(  What a PITA to unplug/plug the mouse every time it wakes from sleep.  It's not worth it.  I'll just have to pay the extra few bucks in electricity each month I could have saved to avoid such a freaking nightmare hassle.  Why on God's Green Earth, Apple CANNOT or WILL NOT fix their darn energy savings features is just beyond me.  Instead of spending all their time making horrible horrible ugly icon/GUI updates to iOS and making it slower and slower and slower, why don't they actually fix some darn bugs in OSX for once in their lives.... I'm starting to think I should give Windows another chance I'm so annoyed right now.  But then I think about having to run a malware program and have that program update and Windows software/security updates 3x a day and I think I can just deal with the Mini not sleeping.....
    I'd like to know why Apple couldn't figure out those of us with multiple monitors would want a dock on BOTH monitors all the time either (first side-mount docks wouldn't migrate and now in 10.9.1, bottom-mounted docks won't migrate here either, leaving a dock on one monitor all the time and if that's the monitor that is showing full-screen video, you lost your dock completely while the video is playing.  They finally figured out after a full decade that having a menu bar on both screens would be a good idea, but it just didn't occur to them that the same is true of the dock.  How much are they paying these guys?  Too much apparently (or is it too little to attract talented thinkers? Nah, it couldn't be since we give them feedback and they just ignore it).

  • Want Mac mini and G4 to share Display and USB keyboard and mouse

    I bought a KVM switch at a local electronics store. I got the only one that claimed Mac compatibility (PPA Int'l). I can't plug the switch into the G4 Cube. No such ports. With the adapter that accompanied my brand new Mac Mini, I can plug the KVM monitor port into the mini's monitor port, BUT that port is currently being used by the Apple DVI-to-ADC adapter I bought so I can connect my Cinema Display to the Mac mini.
    The KVM switch wants 3 ports on each computer: a VGA (monitor) port, the keyboard port, and the mouse port; but the keyboard/mouse connectors are not USB.
    As things stand--without the switch--I can shut down whatever computer I'm working on (mini or Cube), unplug the display from one, connect it to the other, power up and everything's fine. I suppose the only advantage with the KVM switch is being able to power off, switch, then power on without having to move the display plug.
    My QUESTION is, does anybody manufacture a KVM switch I can use between two Macintosh computers to share use of my USB keyboard powered from a USB port on the display, and my USB mouse powered from a USB port on the keyboard?
    Or is the answer NOT to go for the convenience of a KVM switch?
    Does it matter that the mini OS is Leopard, and the Cube OS is Tiger?
    I am heartily impressed with the mini. Setup was over in 5 minutes, and I must say it's fast. Appreciate any help from the experts. --Spot

    I had the same problem, and finally came up with two other alternative solutions.
    First, if you have a recent LCD monitor, it is fairly simple and cheap. The Mini has a digital connection for the monitor. My G4 400 MHz has both digital and analog connections. I have a Samsung 19 inch widescreen monitor that has both a digital and an analog input. I connected the G4 to the monitor using the analog input with my old cable, and connected the Mini using the digital input. The Samsung has a switch that will use either the digital or analog input - very easy.
    Now the keyboard and mouse. I got a 6 foot USB cable with the A plug on one end and B plug on the other, plugged the A plug end into the G4, and ran the cable with the B plug up near the Mini. It helps to keep it close. You already have the keyboard/mouse plugged into the Mini. You simply unplug the keyboard cable from the Mini, and plug it into the B plug from the G4. Switch the monitor from digital to analog, and you have the G4 (remember to start it up). Once you have run the cables, it takes about 10 seconds to make the switch.
    Second, and I use both ways, is to get an inexpensive wired router. I bought a Belkin 4 port router (about $30, I think), got a couple Cat 5 cables, hooked both the Mini and G4 up to the router, along with my internet connection, and have both computers available on one monitor with no physical switching involved. You will need to go to System Preferences/Sharing and turn on Personal File Sharing (there may be another change, but I can't remember it right now).
    When all is hooked up, you go to GO in the Finder Menu Bar (make sure the G4 is booted before doing this) click on either NETWORK or CONNECT TO SERVER, find your G4 and connect. It may be confusing the first few times, but it works great because you have access to both computers at once, along with your internet connection - the best of both worlds!
    I did this in January of this year, so please forgive me if I have forgotten a step somewhere. Ask me and I'll be glad to try to walk you through it. The first solution is the simplest to do, and the second in the most versatile. It's your choice.
    Hope this helps. Just don't be intimidated by it - if I can figure it out, we can get you connected. Good luck!

  • Magic Mouse No Right Click and 10.10.1

    Updated to the latest version of OS X, and now both of my Magic Mice won't register a right (contextual) click. Is this a known bug? it's obviously not a device problem, given that neither of my mice have a problem. I'll have to look and see if my laptop is on the previous version and is exhibiting the same problem.

    Got imac 27" i7 yesterday loaded , migrated among other things clicked mouse preferences under system prefs and also clicked to enable right click on new magic mouse.  Ran fine until next day, got a hole bunch of keychain authorization accesses requests for icloud and it's products, everyone I had clicked the day earlier for the initial setup on this new imac, but also more to the point the right click on the new magic mouse was now not functioning.  So I check the mouse perfs again, and the right click was checked so unchecked and re-checked, but no fixes , still right click not functioning, right click was acting like normal left click on any browser links.  So I simply shut down, ( the iconic fix all solution no one wants to believe in ) and upon reboot functionality of right click on magic mouse came back. So I'll call it a fluke, if it comes back randomly I'll assume it's a possible bug in osx 10.10.2  as well as possibly 10.10.1?  Anyway that's it so far.

  • Strange issue with USB mouse and USB headset.

    Good day everyone.
    I was experiencing a rather strange issue with my mouse and headset(both USB).
    I am using KDE and ALSA, if that matters.
    They are working just fine, but sometimes, when I try to lower\raise volume, my mouse derps out. I can move it around, but I can't click on anything(sometimes though, I can click on stuff in window that was active before and sometimes only on KDE panel) until I re-plug my headset. Then, nothing can use my headset until I reboot.
    Anybody ever had that problem?

    I've had similar problems for some time now. Unfortunately, I don't know what the issue is either, but perhaps we can come up with some setup similarities and narrow it down. I have similar trouble with just alsa or with pulseaudio, so that's not it. It is unrelated to the DE, as it happened for me in both gnome 2 and xfce 4. It is not related to the machine either, as the same quirks occur in other machines with the same headset. I have had inconclusive results with downgrading to kernel26-lts, the ancient kernel. I thought at some point it messed up and I was sure the older kernel didnt help, but after trying recently-ish, I had no trouble for days -- until I found that I didn't have trouble on the main kernel either. ... then a few days later, it showed up again. Very irritating!
    https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=122475
    Does my old thread sound like your issue somewhat?
    Essentially, at times, if the headset (wireless) is changed into a different power state (unplugged/plugged) or the mic state is toggled (mute/unmute), things that could be clicked on normally cant unless theyre in the window already focused -- mostly.
    What headset are you using? 32 or 64 bit arch? Have you tried downgrading to kernel26-lts?

  • BT keyboard and mouse freeze one or two times a day

    New iMac, started freezing up about once or twice a day after a couple of weeks. Took a few occurrences to realise it was a KB/mouse problem rather than the computer itself. looking at forum posts it seems to be a common problem, though not often both devices at once. Powering the Mac off and then on again fixes the problem every time. Battery strength is good on both devices.
    As suggested in several posts, I've tried removing the BT .plist file and rebooting. Assistant took some time to relocate the KB and mouse but managed eventually. However problem still recurring.
    Next time it froze, plugged in a Logitech mouse which worked ok and the BT mouse started working immediately too (why would it do that?), but not the keyboard. BT Preferences say both devices connected, and paired and discoverable. Tried to run Set Up, says 'not found' (for mouse also, even though it's working). Turning the Mac off and on again restored normality.
    Hung again twice today already. Following another post advice, I've removed Bluetooth from the Networking list (although it wasn't connected to anything). But it's just hung again while i was typing this (at least powering off then on again doesn't lose any data)
    I'm new to Macs, so please excuse my descriptions of the problem being more anecdotal than technical. If anyone can suggest a logical course of action to resolve this problem, I'd be grateful.

    I spent some time around to read all posts here and there.
    I've got a brand new 20" imac with BT mighty mouse & a wired keyboard
    My mouse used to freeze once or twice a day.
    I used to type ctrl & space bar to open spotlight, type "bt" to get acces to bt panel in pref system, which was enough to reconnect.
    I found two issues when reading things in forums:
    Some people are facing a hardware issue with the metallic part behind the mouse cover being too folded to make a proper contact
    Some other, like me, are facing a software issue. The problem appeared juste before 10,5,6 release, with an airport package.
    I downloaded on apple website an older airport package and installed this:
    airport utility.app 5.3.2 (instead of 5.4.1)
    airport base station agent.app 1.5 (instead of 1.5.1)
    com.apple.airportbasestationagent.plist dated 29may2008
    These files are to be found there:
    http://support.apple.com/downloads/AirPortUtility_5_3_2_forLeopard
    And you'll need "pacifist" shareware to be allowed to install older versions
    A bit complicate, but 3 days now and I didn't have any freezing!

  • Magic mouse deconnect frequently

    hy i have problem with my magicmouse, that's randomly frequently disconnect, and reconnect automaticaly...
    somebody knows why ?
    thanks a lot .
    i find on discussion of barry ! now i know about the favorite mouse in preference system !
    thank mac communitie !
    and sorry for my bad english .. i'm french.

    Hey Paul,
    I'm getting the same issue, and if you look around on the web, it seems to be a pretty widespread thing particularly when it is connected to the Mac Pros. I have a MacBook Pro and a Mac Pro, and I have never had a connection issue on my MacBook. However, I can't say the same with my Mac Pro.
    Are you using a Mac Pro with the magic mouse?
    I've read there are ways to fix it by mixing up the airport cables with the bluetooth cables, though that was on older mac pros (mine is 2010) and on mine I can't find where it is located.
    Currently, I am talking with apple for help and see if they can work it out. Had me do a basic reset of everything.

  • Ps2 mouse and usb problems

    sometimes when using my logitech cordless mouse on the ps2 port it will lock up, i have to unplug it and put it on the usb port instead to get it to work.
    other times it stops working on usb.
    a freind with the same board has the same problems with his typhoon cordless mouse.
    any ideas ???

    Same problem here with my Destop Optical Cordless from Logitech (Keyboard + mouse)
    I must admit I changed MB and installed my actual 875P Neo FISR without reinstalling windows XP, I just made a repair install to detect new hardware since XP refused to boot when I changed MB.
    Then, on a basis of 1/2, when I reboot the system, my cordless PS2 mouse wasn't detected, and this is really 1 windows start on 2.
    I just unplugged the PS2 connection of the receiver, including the keyboard and mouse, and used the single followed USB cable (part of keyboard cable) to plug the wireless receiver. Now my mouse and keyboard work perfectly through a single USB connection for both.
    I thought it was maybe not enough power delivered to the wireless receiver through the PS/2 port
    If your problem persists on USB, it's clear the explanation is elsewhere

Maybe you are looking for