Mouse Track speed either slow or fast no in between

I changed the batteries in my apple bluetooth mouse and now the track speed is either slow or fast there is no in between

You know, I have. I know there are options in the Bluetooth preference pane to "Allow Bluetooth devices to wake this computer" and that usually takes care of it. But, as is the case with me, sometimes the prefs revert to this option being checked so when the mouse sleeps, it wakes the computer because the computer just HAS to notify the user that the Bluetooth mouse has disconnected.
Personally, what I've begun doing is cradling the mouse before putting the computer to sleep. That way, if the software is going to have issue with the mouse being suddenly off, it'll happen before it sleeps. Now if your problem extends further beyond that, where even cradled the thing still wakes your computer, that's a problem I haven't experienced yet...

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Cf# file, lost help viewer, & mouse tracking speed very fast...

Yes really ! - I do believe it all happened at once.
No recent system changes/updates/hacks - OS has latest updates - all worked splendidly...until:
put the mac to sleep, back 1/2 hr later & changed mouse batteries - woke it up & mouse speed is superfast,help viewer wasn't working & files starting with cf# keep appearing momentarily in ~/library/preferences/ . the format seems to be cf#xxxxx - a different one each time
maybe the file thing is nothing to do with it? - but would be interested in what it is.
Help viewer fixed by trashing cache & plists - now fine
Mouse speed can be slowed to a crawl using sys prefs-mouse & keyboard-tracking speed but just one step up from that; it's superfast again. The speed does increase even more if the slider is moved higher.
So Question - finally! - is this lot related in any way?
what's the cf#7zgE1 file about?
what other files might compromise the mouse tracking speed ( I have no mouse-enhancing software )
Thankyou

re: cf#xxxx files, you wrote:"I'd love to, but they appear/disappear in an instant - took 7 attempts with grab to get a shot that included one. Nothing in console, no startup/login items at all."The information macjack provided in the link you cited isn't particularly relevant. All that document describes is the Mac OS X facilities for creating and managing preferences files, part of Core Foundation Framework. It doesn't explain the cf#xxxx files, it merely discusses preferences from a programmer's perspective.
Since the appearance of these, and their mention on the Discussions, is a relatively new phenomenon, I'd be more inclined to suspect they are the side effect of some third-party application you may have installed recently, e.g. some bit of new shareware, a widget, etc. Such an app may be temporarily writing and removing those files, but the fact that they begin with "cf" may have been a developer's choice. The file names don't even correspond to the standard for preferences files. Just because they're in the Preferences folder does not make them preferences.
I don't see them on my system. You'll have to monitor apps you launch, running widgets, third-party menu extras, etc. to see if the creation of the files begins after some such process is launched.
If they show up, as you noted, with just Mail and Safari running (assuming you did not open Dashboard, which results in all widgets being launched), then they could be the result of either an Internet plug-in or a Mail plug-in you might have installed.
Good luck!
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Mouse tracking speed not saving in Lion

Lion does not appear to remember/save my mouse tracking speed setting. I set it to a faster speed but it reverts every time I restart. Is there a .plist file somewhere that I can delete to maybe fix this? Anyone else experience this? Thanks.

Im using Razer Death Adder also on my iMac27"
Since i upgraded to OSX Lion... im having the same problem as well..
Everytime i turn on my computer... it resets to the lowest speed..
I have to re-adjust my mouse speed setting....
oh also... if i change the speed as soon as OSX is booted, and open up an application afterworth.. like firefox or WoW..
it resets again!!
So now i have to open up an application first and then change the mouse speed setting... so i dont have to change the setting twice......
this is stupid...
seems like no promise of driver or firmware update from both apple nor Razer....
anyone have solution to this?
btw i do not use Magic Prefs

Mouse tracking speed, 3rd party help!

I have a Kensignton Mouse and I am running Kensington Mouseworks. I have a 23 inch screen and the mouse tracking speed even at the slowest setting (in Mouseworks software) is MUCH too fast. I am doing 3D work which requires precision.
I have contacted Kensington but they are terrible, they keep telling me to change the setting in the Mouseworks software, or re-install the software, but I have done this to no avail.
My question: is there another way to do this? Can I use other mouse software, or is there any setting in OSX to get my result?
thanks in advance

it says that bluetooth functionality isn't yet available, is there another driver that works with bluetooth?
i just bought a logitech bluetooth mouse with ... a whole bunch of buttons. osx recognizes the mouse and it works great with the two mouse buttons, basic scroll functionality (it has omni scroll direction mouse wheel, but osx only lets it scroll up and down like a normal scroll wheel) and i can program any 3 of the 14 buttons (scroll wheel buttons included) to make expose work. The thing is, i want to be able to program every one of those buttons to do something, and i want to have the scroll wheel work properly along with the two page up/down buttons just in front/back of the scroll wheel. essentiallyl, a driver that will make it work the way it should.
i've already checked the logitech website
thanks
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Why does my mouse tracking speed randomly shift to the slowest level?

Since I downloaded Mavericks OSX 10.9.3, my mouse tracking speed randomly shifts to the slowest speed. Is there a way to change this?

If it's a wired mouse, check the battery level in System Preferences > Mouse often.
If it's USB, try a another USB port to test.

Mouse tracking speed decreased in Mavericks

I've noticed that after upgreading to Mavericks my Mouse tracking speed decreased in comparison to Mountain Lion. (I have tracking speed in preferences set to max)
Do you have any idea how to increase tracking speed? If not, Apple you should leave the range of tracking speed as it was.

I was experiencing the same problem after updating to Mavericks and as a graphic designer it was driving me absolutely CRAZY. After doing some research online I found this: https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/34817/mouse-acceleration
It's a quick, free download and it completely solved my problem. Now I actually enjoy Mavericks.
Apple why do you keep changing things that work fine to begin with? This is iTunes 11 all over again.

Apple Magic Mouse tracking speed

Is there a reason that every time I restart my 15" 2010 MBP that system preferences forgets my tracking speed for the magic mouse? It is very annoying to have to go into system preferences and changer it everytime I do a system restart. Operating system is the latest Version of Mavericks.
Thank you for any help to answer or resolve this issue.

Thank you I had that program installed and the tracking speed in that application was set slower and was overriding the mouse preference. Simple Fix. Thanks again!

Login window mouse tracking speed

Hi I was just wondering if there was a way to make the tracking speed of your mouse faster on the login window. I have made the speed in my account as high as possible through terminal and was wondering if there was any way to do this for the login window. Thanks in advance.

That's a setting of the root account.
If you're familiar with the setting via terminal for your own account, you might just be able to do it via terminal but for the root account.
Otherwise, you need to enable the root account. Login to the account, adjust the setting, log out, disable root again.

Mouse Tracking Speed

I have found a few articles online that discussed upping the tracking speed on my mouse. I tried this method...
open ~/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist
and it doesn't stick on my personal machine (details below) but it worked just fine on my work machine, and it's also 10.5.2.
Any ideas? I also tried mousezoom, with no luck. This slow mouse is really killing me.
Thanks for any help.

Malcome,
Thanks, I had steer mouse installed initially. Worked flaky on my macbook pro, so didn't bother transferring it to the tower, but I will give it another shot.
thanks

Mouse tracking speed always reseted

when i plug out my mouse (razer deathadder) then use the trackpad only and plug the mouse in again the tracking speed ist always reseted to the 4th bar.
why is that happening and how can i make the os the save my setting?
thanks!
ps: apple i hate you for removing the possibility to shut down the trackpad while mouse-use. it is so annyoing while typing. saussage fingers helps a bit but i want the old option back!!

mr.omsn wrote:
when i plug out my mouse (razer deathadder) then use the trackpad only and plug the mouse in again the tracking speed ist always reseted to the 4th bar.
why is that happening and how can i make the os the save my setting?
make a new user account and log into it. does the same thing happen there?
thanks!
ps: apple i hate you for removing the possibility to shut down the trackpad while mouse-use. it is so annyoing while typing. saussage fingers helps a bit but i want the old option back!!
they didn't remove it. they just moved it. this option is available in system preferences->universal access->mouse&trackpad.

Question about mouse track speed and interpolation.

To give context it's a regular practise for windows gamers to set their mouse/pointer speed to 6/11 (middle notch, 6th out of the 11) in your system settings.
The reason being that setting provides a 1:1 ratio, signal from your mouse translating into pointer movement without any interpolation.
Which brings me to my question: On what setting, in Leopard, do you get that 1:1 ratio / zero interpolation.

To give context it's a regular practise for windows gamers to set their mouse/pointer speed to 6/11 (middle notch, 6th out of the 11) in your system settings.
The reason being that setting provides a 1:1 ratio, signal from your mouse translating into pointer movement without any interpolation.
Which brings me to my question: On what setting, in Leopard, do you get that 1:1 ratio / zero interpolation.

After upgrading to 20.0.1, my mouse scrolling speed is slow

I've just updated to 20.0.1 from 19.0.2 and suddenly, the speed of my mouse scrolling has decreased dramatically. When I tried other browsers, it was usual/normal speed but for firefox, it was very slow (i.e around 5+ lines decreased).
I have looked at one of the recent post about this problem (https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/948356?esab=a&s=mouse+wheel+scroll&r=0&as=s) however, even setting mousewheel.enable_pixel_scrolling to "false", it didn't revert back to normal/usual speed.
FYI, this is without smooth scrolling. I don't use this feature due to personal preference.
Help would be appreciate it.

I had a similar problem where it seemed like smooth scrolling was always "ON". Whenever I moved my mouse scrollwheel for 1 notch, the page only scrolled for a few pixels. So it looked like smooth scrolling was enabled somewhere even though it was set to "OFF" in Firefox options.
It turned out that it was a Logitech extension that was causing the problem, more precisely Logitech SetPoint software which was smoothing the scrolling and overriding Firefox's settings.
So if you have a Logitech mouse and Logitech SetPoint software installed, go into Firefox menu Tools -> Add-ons, then click on "Extensions" on the left and then find Logitech SetPoint entry and DISABLE it. I did that and scrolling was then back to normal, as configured within Firefox settings.

Trackpad tracking speed resets since 10.5.6

Since 10.5.6 and the new solo trackpad preference, I've had an issue with the trackpad tracking speed resetting from my fast setting to a slower one. It seems to happen when I use my mouse and wake from sleep with the mouse plugged in.
It may be a conflict with either the Kensington Mouseworks preference panel (I have a trackpad at work) or the software for my Razer mouse. But before I start tinkering with those, I wonder if anyone else is having problems with the speed setting?

See if this will work for you. Let us know.
http://www.tkjune.com/2008/11/07/enabledisable-touchpad-on-new-macbook-when-mous e-is-present/
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Logitech V270 tracking speed - options?

Well, I bought a Logitech V270 for my MBP today, and I should have listened to the reviews at the Apple store. In a nutshell, the second-slowest tracking speed is far too fast, and the slowest is far too slow.
Do I have any options here, or should I just return the thing? If the latter, does anyone have a suggestion for a better Bluetooth mouse for my MBP? I like the V270, but the tracking speed is killing me.

Hi dalamar,
You are right about that. This mouse works with Apple bult in BLuetooth. Here is what Logitech says about the V270....
No Logitech software is required to use the V270 Cordless Optical Notebook Mouse for Bluetooth with a Macintosh computer.
In order to set up the mouse on a Macintosh, first turn on your computer and install the 2 AA batteries in your mouse.
Then turn the mouse ON.
1) Open System Preferences from the Apple Menu
2) Select Bluetooth under the Hardware pane
3) The Bluetooth control panel should default to the Devices tab. If it does not, select Devices, then click the Setup New Device button
4) Make sure the mouse is turned ON, and press the Reset button at the bottom of the mouse (the "ON" green light should be blinking).
5) Follow on-screen instructions in the Bluetooth Setup Assistant.
Repeat the steps 1 to 5 if the mouse does not connect the first time.
If the mouse is not working properly, see the “Troubleshooting” section of the Installation Guide.
http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/downloads/software/US/EN,CRID=322,contentid=11 016,OSID=9

Mouse Tracking Problem

I've had my mac for quite a while and one of the only problems I have is with the mouse's acceleration. I know how to turn the speed up in sys. prefs. and the speed once I get it moving is fine. Except you can notice that as you move the cursor slowly it only moves very slowly on screen. And the same for faster quite obviously. The point here is that when you go to move the cursor to where you want it slows down dramatically as you reach the desired position, instead of maintaining its velocity despite the mouse's actual speed.
Is there someway to override this inconsisent acceleration/tracking speed. Sure the default way the mouse tracking speed is set in osx is great and moves rather smoothly, I would prefer it to move rigidly.
There have been other posts on this problem, none of which were resolved easily or without purchasing 3rd party apps. Please clearly read this issue I and other experience thoroughly so that this post doesnt end up with bad resolutions as others have. Thanks very much for your help in advance, and feel free to ask any questions if I've been unclear in what I'm actually asking.

The following from: http://forums.macosxhints.com/
Okay. I went back and found an old trick that never worked for me before but now it does. You need to edit the user/library/preferences/.globalpreferences.plist. This file is invisible. What I did was open it with SNAX (it can show invisible files) by dragging the pref file onto TextEdit's Dock icon. You could also use TinkerTool to make the file visible or perhaps do the whole thing in the Terminal.
Look for a couple lines that looks like this:
<key>com.apple.mouse.scaling</key>
<real>1.000000000000000e+00</real>
[the first digits might be "1.7" or something depending on how you've got your mouse speed set]
Change the last part to look like this:
<real>1.000000000000000e+05</real>
This should bring the acceleration tracking curve to "normal." You can try changing the first part to speed up the mouse like this:
<real>4.500000000000000e+05</real>
You need to log out for the changes to take effect. If you go to the mouse System Preference and change a thing it will overwrite your changes and you're back to square one. I'm not sure that I've had much success in changing the mouse speed but the more annoying thing, the weird acceleratin curve, is fixed.

Mouse Track speed either slow or fast no in between

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