Mouse goes AWOL

For no apparent reason, the Magic Mouse pointer freezes. I do Prefs > Mouse and it says that the mouse can't be found. I do Searching and the pinwheel goes for some time. It than says "Mouse Found" but no change. I switch off the mouse (the mechanical switch on its bottom) and on, and its tiny green light flashes. Then "mouse found" but no change. I press Continue and after a few seconds the mouse works. Mouse battery = 55%.
My Magic Trackpad has no trouble.
Anyone else got this (my only problem with Lion, ain't I lucky!) New (2011) iMac 21".

If you have a multi-coloured Apple in the top left then: go to  Apple Menu > Control Panel > Monitor > In there you will find controls to adjust the CRT display up, down, left, right and the keystone. slowly adjust these until the whole display is visible on the screen.
If you have a blue Apple in the top left then do the same but go:  Apple Menu > System Preferences... > Displays > .
Let us know how you get on.
mrtotes

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Another option would be to use the following extension to push those messages into the status bar. It could be a convenient way to have your messages visible when you want them, but with less distraction.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/status-4-evar/
If you try it, let us know what you think.

My computer has been acting weird lately. Shuts itself off, the mouse goes off in all angles, does not go into sleep mode sometimes and instead shows on a gray screen definitions of words in 3" letters! Do I have a virus?

My computer has been acting weird lately. Shuts itself off, the mouse goes off in all directions, does not go into sleep mode sometimes, instead shows a gray screen with word definitions in large 3" letters that continuosly flows across the screen. Do I have a virus?

Doesn't really sound like a virus.
See if the Disk is issuing any S.M.A.R.T errors in Disk Utility...
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH7029
How many of these you can answer...
Open Activity Monitor in Applications>Utilities, select All Processes & sort on CPU%, any indications there?
How much RAM & free space do you have also, click on the Memory & Disk Usage Tabs.
Open Console in Utilities & see if there are any clues or repeating messages when this happens.
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Can I stop the "Attempting to Rebind" after EnvMgr goes AWOL...

Hi All.
In the last few weeks I have had the Environment Manager (for development)
go AWOL in as many weeks.
During a restart - after cleaning up (stop/id) all other Forte processes - I
run into virtual memory limitations - and the restart fails.
A larger virtual memory quota (doubling the pagefile quota actually) did the
trick.
However the quota is too large to be kept and I have reverted to 400,000
blocks (OpenVMS talk for about 200MB).
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"With Forte Release 3, this rebinding process is asynchronous" (see
TN11537).
Q: Can I disable the attempted rebind so to reduce memory needs on a restart
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Supplementary Q: If so - How?
TIA and Seasons Greetings,
Dirk
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Hi All.
In the last few weeks I have had the Environment Manager (for development)
go AWOL in as many weeks.
During a restart - after cleaning up (stop/id) all other Forte processes - I
run into virtual memory limitations - and the restart fails.
A larger virtual memory quota (doubling the pagefile quota actually) did the
trick.
However the quota is too large to be kept and I have reverted to 400,000
blocks (OpenVMS talk for about 200MB).
The problem appears to be caused by all this attempted rebinding.
"With Forte Release 3, this rebinding process is asynchronous" (see
TN11537).
Q: Can I disable the attempted rebind so to reduce memory needs on a restart
after the EnvMgr goes AWOL?
Supplementary Q: If so - How?
TIA and Seasons Greetings,
Dirk
To unsubscribe, email '[email protected]' with
'unsubscribe forte-users' as the body of the message.
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Mouse goes off screen

Have a slot loading iMac where the mouse goes off the edges of the screen. Even if I change the resolution. I heard there is a fix for this but can't find it anywhere. Help please if you can. Thanks!

If you have a multi-coloured Apple in the top left then: go to  Apple Menu > Control Panel > Monitor > In there you will find controls to adjust the CRT display up, down, left, right and the keystone. slowly adjust these until the whole display is visible on the screen.
If you have a blue Apple in the top left then do the same but go:  Apple Menu > System Preferences... > Displays > .
Let us know how you get on.
mrtotes

My mouse goes nuts when listening to any au

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Note:
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wow dancing mouse that react to music?? :smileyvery-happy: joking.....hehe
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When i trie to use a Trust optical mouse with my T8000, this mouse goes crazy. The "internal mouse" in the keyboard keeps working perfectly... but that's who wants to use that?
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Hi
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Check also BIOS settings. There is an option called Pointing Device or something like that. Try to change from Auto-selected to Simultaneous.

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Hi, pisquared -
If the machine is unresponsive to the keyboard, then no keyboard command will work.
The issue addressed in this Apple Kbase article may apply in your case -
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Hi All,
I couldn't find a discussion group that specifically addresses mice. If there is one, point me in the right direction and I'll re-post there. Here's my problem:
I have a wired mighty mouse. LOVE it! But, I think the left button area is going. It "lets go" or double-clicks when I don't. Which results in my having to select things twice, or undo, or whatever, which is annoying, as well as inefficient. The rest of it seems to be okay. A couple weeks ago the scroll wheel wouldn't scroll downwards, but it was fine in all other directions, and eventually worked itself out on its own.
So, thoughts? I haven't had this thing but a year maybe. I'd hate to have to buy a new one already.
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The standard hardware warranty on Apple computer products is one year (three years if you purchase the AppleCare Extended Warranty). If you've had the mouse less than a year, it's a clear-cut case; if you've had it say 13 months per your "about a year", then taking it to an Apple Store and politely describing the problem to whomever is staffing the Genius Bar may well indeed get you an exception (and a replacement mouse). Being nice does help!

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I found a video of someone with the same problem here: http://www.vimeo.com/3553224 ... as well as a few other posts from people with the same problem, but seemingly no solution.
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I have been having the same problem with no solution. In addition to the mouse clicking noises and dark/light desktop in the video that Trapezzoid referenced, any open windows also jump on the screen when the mouse is moved.
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Although I am enjoying this Mac after 15 years of microsoft products, this issue is unacceptable.
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Mighty Mouse going crazy

Hi,
When my mighty mouse first freaked out, it was time to clean him.. So problem solved but this time, he 's going nuts. When I only tough him, all of my windows disappear, the same way they disappear when you click to see your desktop.. When it goes that way, I try to click and when I do that it freaks out. My windows appear - disappear, appear - disapear. Only when I use the mouse-pad on my MacBook, it stops.. What could it be and can somebody please help me?

Are you using only a MacBook? Or is this connected to an iMac G5? In any case try resetting the PRAM and see if that calms the mouse down. You might also try changing your mouse pad to a solid color.

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Start with a PRAM zap:
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2. Hold the keys for 3 "bongs", and release.
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Imac G%, Microsoft optical mouse goes psychotic...

Have an imac and using a Microsft Wheel Mouse Optical.
Works great, except...
Sometimes, it goes 'psychotic'. Like click the left button and it acts like I clicked the right one.
Used to happen about once a month. Usually when it was on for a long time. A restart fixed it. Well, it's happened three times today... Reboots didn't fix it this time...
I've tryed swapping ports, both on keyboard and the back of imac. Chatted with Apple support and got the 'too many USB devices' thing. Is there a limit? Do un-connected devices cause some kind of phantom load?
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hey real gonzoid - I think I know what you're saying... you've got an iMac G5 and your using a Microsoft mouse with your machine instead of the original 1 button mouse or mighty mouse that came with your iMac...
I think one of the problems maybe that the Micorsoft mouse needs a USB 2.0 for high speed devices, the keyboard USB's are 1.1 not really useful for much, I can't even use these for Jump Drives or Digital cameras... this is probably why it's working now, you plugged into the back of machine using the USB 2.0. Hope this helps explain some of the stuff going on with the MS mouse.
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