My desktop screen jerks to the right. It also goes to dashboard on its own.

After upgrading to OS X 10.6, my desktop screen jerks to the right. The screen also changes to Mission Control or Dashboard on its own. I am wondering
what I can do to stop this from happening?

ccino1 wrote:
I am using the same mouse I was using before the upgrade, and it worked perfectly before. It almost seems like the mouse might be the problem and yet I am not swipping it.
OS X 10.6.8 and before can be very glitchy with the Apple Magic Mouse. OS X 10.6.8 just makes it very slow and occasionally it will zoom in/out unintendedly but with OS X 10.6 and below it can be more glitchy and cause more problems. I had the same problem with my mouse and I bought a new Logitech M325 actually yesterday. It works great. There's never any glitches, there is navigating with the scroll wheel, and scrolling with the scroll wheel actually feels... good!

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Machine Name:          iMac G5
Machine Model:          PowerMac8,2
CPU Type:          PowerPC G5 (3.1)
Number Of CPUs:          1
CPU Speed:          2 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU):          512 KB
Memory:          1 GB
Bus Speed:          667 MHz
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 MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2011)
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 1 2 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4 cores
 4 GB RAM
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 (null) (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 200 MB
 Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 465.44 GB (229.26 GB free)
 MATSHITADVD-R UJ-898
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 Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
 Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
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FireWire Information:
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