Mouse Problems on new DC G5? or just normal mighty mouse behaviour?

Hey guys i bought a Dual core 2.0 G5 about 6 days ago, and i love it to death, theres just one thing thats bothering me, the Mighty Mouse tends to be annoying at times.
Let me go into detail, sometimes i will be searching up documents or going on the internet and if the page hasnt loaded or even if it has, the mouse disapears and runs me to the bottom of the page and wont let me scroll up and then the mouse disapears and keeps disapearing if i try to move it in that window, unless i click on the desktop and go back to the window....
what causes this? I know its only a software gltich or the mouse itself but cant be anyhting major but still its annoying, i heard others are having some of the same problems, any solution?

Ok I had the same problem when I got mt new DCG5. The MM would think I was holding the button down all the time among other wierd things. It cleared up after I did my usual reinstall to clean all the apps off I don't want that come stock. Not sure if that helps but it did go away so it wasn't a bad mouse like I originallt thought.

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Any issues you are having with a "Logitech" product, should be dealt with their tech/customer support department.

Does anyone here have a defective mighty mouse?

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i really think to put two grey buttons on the two sides of the mouse is innovative and handy, but the problem is those two buttons just "too smart"... whenever I move the mouse, it's "Expose - all windows"... really annonying... right now I have to disable the functions for those 2 buttons.. I do have applecare, but just dont know if I can call apple to replace this one again? or maybe after the replacement, the same problem? Anyone met the same problem? Is this a general defect for mighty mouse? sigh...

I'm left-handed. Would you please pubish a photo to show how you use the mouse? I wanna know if I hold the mouse in a wrong way...
I'm right handed, Miky, but as the mouse is symetrical, I guess the idea is pretty similar.
Like this:
Not this:
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I have a brand new Mac pro and Wireless Apple Mighty Mouse & Keyboard.
The mouse however is not operating properly, it is jerky and slow to respond on a intermittent regular basis. I can move the cursor around the screen but it will stutter and jerk slowly then pick up ok?
I had the mouse and keyboard with my iMac and it worked fine. I have run all updates and re-installed but to no avail. The keyboard is fine.
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Hi, there's a quite a few people with similar problems, including myself.
My keyboard likes to drop it's connection for no apparent reason, which in turn likes to mess up my mouse and cause it to stutter for a while. Pairing up new devices can do this too, I've found.
It's been thought that some Mac Pro's came with their WiFi and BT wires incorrectly fitted, if you have a search you should find a link to the tutorial if you want to try switching them around.
That said, it didn't make any difference to my BT keyboard and wireless Mighty Mouse, so I switched them back.
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I have a wireless Mighty Mouse and a new MacBook. If I turn on my mighty mouse first, then turn on my MacBook, the mouse works fine, but if I forget to turn on my mighy mouse until after I have already turned on my MacBook, it will not connect automatically!!??
When I had a Windows PC, I had a wireless keyboard and mouse from Logitech. Even if I turned on my PC first, then turned on my mouse or keyboard, it would automatically start working, but now I am using my Mac, unless I turn on my mighty mouse first, my Mac will not find it. Why is this and is this normal??
I have just purchased a wireless Apple keyboard, I have not used it yet, but will the same thing happen with this also??
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Hi again Dai Bach,
Thanks for your help mate.
I was wondering, you use a wireless mighty mouse as well. I have now own 2 mighty mouse, my current wireless one and a wired one I had with my old Windows PC before I switched.
I am having great difficulty using the right click, which you are supposed to be able to do with the mighty mouse instead of control clicking to get the contextual menu up. If I do use the right click, it very rarely works, if it does work, I am amazed, but I can never repeat it!!!
I have to resort to control clicking with the mouse to get the contextual menu to appear, which sort of misses the point of having the mighty mouse in the first place!!! If this was the first time it had happened, I would say it was a problem with my mouse, but this is the second mighty mouse I have had and the same thing happened with my first one.
I tried changing the mouse settings to see if the mouse hardware works correctly. I went into the keyboard and mouse system preferences and switched the primary and secondary mouse buttons over so it was configured for a left handed person. The left click and right click actions then worked perfectly, but when I put the mouse back to the standard configuration, so the primary click was the left mouse button and the secondary cllick was the right, the right mouse button stopped working when I wanted to right click something!!
Why does the right click work when I have it set as the primary button, but not work when I have it set as the secondary button? Do you or anyone else have any ideas? Does this happen to you too? Is this a well known problem?
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None of the answers to this topic solved my problem. All of a sudden my bluetooth mighty mouse won't scroll. I can set it to 360 degrees and it will scroll horizontally. But it won't scroll horizontally or vertically if I set it to both. Help!

Have you tried resetting bluetooth?
I have been having the same problem since nearly as long as I've had my mighty mouse, and cleaning it never solved the problem.
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The final problem has now been solved. I am a little embarrassed about this because I now realize I had no clue how to operate the mighty mouse. All the problems listed above I have now discovered were due to my own operator error. Oops. I did not know the mighty mouse had a left and a right button! Its so elegant that you cannot see this. I thought that when you click down on a mighty mouse, it was always a regular click. What I discovered today was that the mighty mouse can sense if you click on its right side or its left side. What a smart mouse! It can distinguish between pressure on its left versus its right. If you click on the right side of a mighty mouse, that signals a right click. I wasn't aware the mighty mouse was so sophisticated. No wonder the submenus (that traditionally pop up when you control-click) kept appearing so often when I clicked the mouse - I must have been right clicking without being aware of it.
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This guide is to help Apple users connect their wireless keyboard and mouse with Windows Vista. The following system requirements must be met before proceeding:
1. Apple Computer with Bluetooth Connectivity
2. BootCamp with Windows Vista (Home, Premeium, Ultimate, etc)
3. Wireless Keyboard and Wireless Mighty Mouse
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1. Cick on Start (bottom left corner), then select Control Panel.
2. Click on Bluetooth Devices, this will now open the Bluetooth Devices window.
3. Enable (turn on) your Bluetooth Wireless Mouse (bottom of Mighty Mouse).
4. Click the Add button in the Bluetooth Devices window.
5. Check the selection box 'My device is setup and ready to be found'.
6. Click Next, your computer will search for devices within range.
7. Your mouse should appear with 'your name - new device' under the label.
8. Click on your mouse, then click Next.
9. The next screen is for the passkey, leave the default item selected 'Choose passkey for me'.
10. Click Next, your computer will pair with the Mouse now.
11. Windows Vista will now install the device and necessary drivers.
12. Click finish.
Now you will notice that you may have no movement from your mouse. If you have movement please do not read section B. Section C has keyboard configuration with your Mac.
B. Configuring Bluetooth Services for your Wireless Mouse.
1. Please navigate to your Bluetooth Devices window again (panel stil may be open).
2. You will see your mouse here, this is normal.
3. Click on the mouse and then click the Properties button lower right hand corner.
4. You will see two tabs on this scree 'General' and 'Services'. Click on the Services tab.
5. Give the computer and minute and will search for services within your Bluetooth mouse hardware.
6. Check the box 'Driver for keyboard. mouse. etc (HID)'.
7. Finally, click the Apply button. Your computer will install 'Bluetooth HID Device' drivers again.
8. Click OK button to close the keyboard properties window. Click OK again to close the Bluetooth Devices window.
9. You will now have movement of your mouse.
C. Setting up your Mac (in Windows) to connect to your Keyboard:
1. Cick on Start (bottom left corner), then select Control Panel.
2. Click on Bluetooth Devices, this will now open the Bluetooth Devices window.
3. Enable (turn on) your Bluetooth Wireless Keyboard (bottom of Keyboard).
4. Click the Add button in the Bluetooth Devices window.
5. Check the selection box 'My device is setup and ready to be found'.
6. Click Next, your computer will search for devices within range.
7. Your keyboard should appear with 'your name - new device' under the label.
8. Click on your keyboard, then click Next.
9. The next screen is for the passkey, leave the default item selected 'Choose passkey for me'.
10. Click Next, you will be prompted to enter the passkey on your keyboard OR the passkey will automatically configure the keyboard for Windows.
11. Windows Vista will now install the device and necessary drivers.
12. Click Finish.
D. Configuring Bluetooth Services for your Wireless Keyboard.
1. Please navigate to your Bluetooth Devices window again (panel stil may be open).
2. You will see your keyboard here, this is normal.
3. Click on the mouse and then click the Properties button lower right hand corner.
4. You will see two tabs on this scree 'General' and 'Services'. Click on the Services tab.
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6. Check the box 'Driver for keyboard. mouse. etc (HID)'.
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Hey Matt,
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System Requirements
Mac computer with Bluetooth wireless technology
Mac OS X v10.5.8 or later with Wireless Mouse Software Update 1.0* or Mac OS X v10.6.1 or later with Wireless Mouse Software Update 1.0
Existing keyboard and mouse for setup
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http://www.apple.com/magicmouse/
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~Lyssa

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