Optical Mouse Jumping/Skipping

I have had this problem with my old PowerMac G5 Dual 2ghz optical mouse and now my new PowerMac G5 dual 2.3ghz mighty mouse. In any application or even just moving around the desktop the mouse pointer will jump across the screen randomly. This is especially troublesome in photoshop or illustrator. I have tried multiple surfaces under the mouse with no resolve. I also know many others who are experiencing the same trouble.
Any suggestions?

Assuming there's no fluff in the LED, there's some discussion of surfaces here
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1510411&#1510411
If you search on 'mouse', no doubt there is much more.
Personally, I find a matt, black, lightly-textured-surface mat works best with my optical mouses.

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Aperture Brushes - mouse/pointer is jumping/skipping/delayed

I'm having an issue using the brushes in aperture 3. The mouse slows down and speeds up rapidly while I'm trying to brush.
An example - I add the black and white adjustment, and then start to brush black & white away, leaving one area in color. The first stroke works great, but I can tell it's processing the image and takes a few moments to show the result. Not big deal there. I got do a few more stokes, and suddenly the mouse jumps to another area of the screen when i start to move my mouse, as if the tracking was turned up 1000% (not exaggerating, a tiny motion flies the pointer from the left to the right side of the screen.)
I'm using a trackpad, but I plugged in a plain 'ol USB mouse and it did the same thing. Only happens in Aperture. Editing Canon 40D raws.
Ideas? Anyone else experience this?
Message was edited by: Vengance

Exact same thing here, using my Macbook Pro… it's been driving me crazy while editing.
But for me the issue didn't start with Aperture 3 - it actually began happening a few weeks ago while using Aperture 2.1.4, just randomly during any type of edit. Aperture has been installed since this machine was brand new, 16 months ago, and on previous Macbook Pros before this one, and this is the first time I've ever had such an issue... which makes me think it's either related to some other relatively recent software update (Mac OS X 10.6.2, perhaps?) or that my Macbook Pro has reached an age (16 months) where its trackpad has decided to malfunction just a little.
I'm really hoping that it isn't the latter. The issue only shows up in Aperture (2 or 3), and only on my Macbook Pro; no mouse-jumping so far in Aperture or any other software on my iMac.

Using an optical mouse with my s10e

Hi
I am not able to use any optical mouse with my s10e. Ayn driver available?
Thank you

Hi, but that didnt solve your problem...
I have a little quest for you, to near the fences around the wild mice ...
Did you use the factory installed XP ?
in that case...yes..
in case of no jump to END
Did other usb devices recognized , like flashdrive/external hdd/keyboard ?
have you try it on both ports ?
if not ...
have you activate /installed Quickstart ?,
if yes .
. then plug in the usb mouse and
start QS for testing...external mice/keyboard should be recognized...
if the answer is yes...
i think its better to set the XP system to fresh factory recover ,
if you answer all upper quest with no your S10e mainboard could be broken , so you have to call for service..
END
Did you install the system self... ?
yes
Did you have complete XP with SP3 install ?
yes
Did you have shrink windows with nlite ?
yes
Did you install all drivers chipset and so on ..
Did you have yellow signs in the system device manager ?
hope that you find the solution...
sincerely KalvinKlein
Message Edited by KalvinKlein on 06-06-2009 01:21 AM
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MacPro Magic Mouse jumping and crashing

Hi
I bought 3 MacPro. One configure 2.8 and 2 MacPro 2x2.4.
2.8 MacPro Magic Mouse no problem no crashing and jumping but
2 MacPro 2x2.4Ghz Magic Mouse jumping and crashing.
I tested new magic mouse problem is continue.
I restore MacPro and install system but problem continue.
İ search web pages same problem is alot of.
I dont fix this problem.
SAMPLE WEB PAGES
http://d43.me/blog/476/mouse-cursor-skipping-jumping-bug-in-mac-os-x/

If you searched you should have found you are not alone with that MM/Mac Pro problem. Probably the biggest thread in these forums (22 pages) is this one:
Poor Bluetooth reception and jerky mouse
Summary, add your own external antenna or get a USB Bluetooth dongle.
How far are your mice from the mac pro's? Probably more than 3 or 4 feet from the back of the mac pro is about the limit.
Are there any wireless devices nearby (e.g., routers). Sometimes they cause interference.
AirPort and Bluetooth: Potential sources of wireless interference
You coud try smc and pram resets but it probably won't help.

Mouse jumps all around

I have a mighty mouse and the standard mouse doing the same thing. I will be using them and all of a sudden they jump to the edge of the screen. On line or off line it is all the same.

It is not clear to me that anyone has a demonstrated solution to the problem. My wireless optical mouse recently started bouncing around. I don't believe it has anything to do with the surface of my mouse pad since the pointer will move without any movement of the mouse. I have cleaned the optical reader side of the mouse as well as the scroll ball. So far nothing works.
Has there been an identified solution to the problem?

Optical mouse

I bought my computer in April. (HP 400-224 PC) from BestBuy. This 3 button optical mouse came with it. The mouse has started flickering when I use the wheel to scroll up or down. Sometimes it jumps backwards as well.
The mouse is brand new. I've cleaned it, but it doesn't help.

Sandpines, welcome to the forum.
Have you tried plugging it into different USB ports? Sometimes one will work better than the others.
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Magic Mouse jumps all over the screen

*Magic Mouse is on Drugs*
OK so first, let me say that generally speaking i love my mac. There was a time in the 90's when i was a big Apple fan, but after a few dumb@ss business decisions by Apple, i decided to convert to Windoze (and my entire company at that) So here we are a decade later; and I'm back on a mac again.
Recently my MagicMouse started spazzing out. Randomly jumping to new points on the screen. At first it was mildly annoying. Now it's infuriating. I used Camtasia to record this behavior:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fX8ApUH6QOw
I called Apple to discuss this. First, they said "they weren't aware of any issues" A quick google of "MagicMouse Jumps" returned hundreds upon hundreds of links (including this forum) describing the issue.
Second, after assuring Apple this really was a problem, i got the ultimate insult. "If you would like to lodge a technical support ticket, we will need your credit card. This call will cost you $150.00."
You see, I bought this thing four months ago. Apparently you only get a 90 day free call period. After that you're warranty is actually a cost per call scenario.....
So -- While i love my mac, i'm of the distinct impression i've made the wrong choice. The only good news is I've now decided not to convert the rest of our 20 workstations in my business back to Mac....
Apart from my b*tching, has anyone actually solved this problem that according Apple, doesn't exist?
Oh by the way --- plugged in a USB laser mouse, problem does not occur with that device -- tried on all sorts of surfaces; mouse pads, no mouse pads, black paper, white paper, patterned, non patterned, special optical mouse pad for laser mice.... SAME results no matter what the surface is, and YES, i've also cleaned the optics with a lens cloth..... (And the battery is currently at 88%)

Hello g:
Welcome to Apple discussions.
I suspect a faulty mouse. However, try two things first. Trash a preference file (com.apple.bluetooth.plist) and restart. Reset the PRAM:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
Second, after assuring Apple this really was a problem, i got the ultimate insult. "If you would like to lodge a technical support ticket, we will need your credit card. This call will cost you $150.00."
You see, I bought this thing four months ago. Apparently you only get a 90 day free call period. After that you're warranty is actually a cost per call scenario…..
There is no Apple charge for a warranty issue and the mouse has a one year warranty. Call Applecare back (or take it to a store if they have one close to you). Unless I am badly mistaken, Apple will replace the mouse and pay for shipping both ways (I had one fail a couple of years ago myself). Do identify the call as a warranty issue.
Barry

I have an optical mouse that came with my Mac Pro plugged into the USB port on the keyboard. After a year of working normally, the trackball all of a sudden stopped scrolling down. It scrolls up just fine, but not down. Any thoughts?

I have an optical mouse that came with my Mac Pro, the only thing plugged into the USB port on the keyboard. After a year of working normally, the trackball all of a sudden stopped scrolling down. It scrolls up just fine, but not down. Any thoughts?

Well
I tried all of the suggestions, sort of. I did not have alcohol wipes, but I did take alcohol and pour some ona white paper towel and then rolled the mouse touch ball aroound and that finally cleared up the problem. Just inverting it on paper did not do the reick, it needed some help with the alcohol. Of course the probelm is the debris that gets inside and it really needs to come out.
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I have a desktop system with a Scrollpoint Optical Mouse, 33L3250, and with the latest Vista maintenance, the Mouse seems to be acting a bit funky. The mouse pointer will be going along fine, and then just stops for a couple of seconds.
I tried to go and find the latest drivers:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-66913
as near as I can make out is the latest. Shows:
Version: 5.18 Release Date: 2009/09/11
but this does not seem to recognize the Mouse, still using parts of the Microsoft Mouse driver. Mouse is plugged in via PS2 at the moment. When I go look at the programs installed, I cannot find anything from Lenovo or IBM related to the mouse, so I'm not sure if running Setup.exe from the appropriate directory worked (or, for that matter, how to uninstall it). What I do see is MouseSuite 5.18 on the Mouse properties, last (right-most tab). But the first tab kind of acts up, blank options, etc.
Has anyone else seen this problem, worked through it? Any later drivers I should be trying to use?

OK, tried a reinstall, got a little further:
Mouse Suite no shows up on the uninstall list (Mouse Suite, no manufacturer, no version, unfortunately, but does show a 1/3 date)
When I go into Control Panel/Hardware and Sound/Mouse, I see some anomalies:
Buttons Tab: Mouse: field is blank, Button: Function: same, pull downs also blank
Last tab shows Lenovo Mouse Suite, Version 5.18, etc.
However, any time I press OK on one of the screens, I get a Windows error:
Windows host process (Rundll32) has stopped working.
And then the whole thing goes down.
Looking at the application error messages, I see:
Faulting application rundll32.exe, version 6.0.6000.16386, time stamp 0x4549bb52, faulting module kernel32.dll, version 6.0.6002.18005, time stamp 0x49e041d1, exception code 0xc0000005, fault offset 0x0000000000012575, process id 0x8b8, application start time 0x01ca8c91ff6985bc
I should note that the Hardware is still showing Microsoft PS/2 mouse, and the driver is still showing Microsoft 6/21/2006 6.0.6001.18000
c:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\i8042prt.sys
c:\Windows\system32\DRIVERS\mouclass.sys
which kind of looks to me like the Lenovo install failed to update those (or conversely, on reboot, Vista 64 reverted). So not sure what to do next.

Optical mouse problems

I can't find answers or a closely related discussion.
My Logitech Optical mouse started doing strange things today and was really bad, is now a bit better..but still not right.
I can't open the 3 different volume icons on my desktop, except by highlighting the icon and opening it under Finder/File/Open....or Command O.
Also, the screen/desktop occasionally and suddenly turns a deep blue-green shade and the windows zoom to opposite corners like....what? Expose? (not sure..don't use it). Just rapid, zooming windows.
I can now scroll and open folders..couldn't earlier; windows would flash open and immediately close; couldn't drag/move the finder or application windows around the desktop; can now. Most of the improvements came after dumping the Logitech updates and all related files.
I updated the Logitech software and the problem got a lot worse. Now I've tossed all the Logitech software and installed USB Overdrive 10.4.5; I've repaired permissions, run disk repair from a backup; rebuilt the directory w/DW; unplugged and plugged the mouse cable in again directly to the computer; rebooted.
The problem occurs even when I boot from either of two external HD bootable system volumes. I have also run all utilities and created new directories for them. All is green on DW so I assume, from running on three different systems, that the common problem is the mouse. The remaining problems seem to be:
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Have now discovered that a Safe Boot doesn't change anything, so I ran this terminal command and the result said each pref listed (and there were a lot) was OK.
find ~/Library/Preferences /Library/Preferences-type f -name "*.plist" | sed -e"s/$.*$/\"\1\"/" | xargs plutil -lint
I also discovered that when I have any app open, I can cause the dark blue-green screen by moving the cursor to the top left corner of the screen.
This problem came on rather suddenly and I'm trying to think of what's new w/apps..think I updated ClamXav.app shortly before this started. I rarely use that but when I opened it, got the prompt for an update, so I did. Think I'll dump that and see what happens.
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Optical Mouse frozen?

My 8330 optical mouse is not working...I have taken the battery out of the back numerous times. I haven't dropped it or spilled it...Any suggestions?

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Anyone have any ideas on how to get round this, it is very frustrating not having the buttons do what I am used to them doing.

Mouse Jumps in Photoshop cs4

Hi,
I am having Adobe photoshop CS4 Version:11.0.1 installed in my laptop with oprating system Windows 7 64 bit.
I am having trouble of mouse jumps always, I am realy frustrated with this, please provide me soltion to get rid of this problem.
Thanks
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Here's two other ways when in cmyk, but the settings below may need some
tweaking depending on which cmyk profile your using and your idea of what sepia
should look like.
For these to work, you'll have to desaturate the layer: To retain the smart
object, you could double click on the smart object icon, then in the image
that opens, go to Image>Adjustments>Desaturate and then save. This will
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1. Add a Color fill adjustment layer and set the layer blending mode to either overlay, softlight
or color.
2. Use a color balance adjustment layer and only adjust the Midtones.
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Logitech Cordless Optical Mouse doesnt work with mac os x 10.4.5?

I just bought a Logitech® Cordless Optical Mouse in japan to use with my powerbook running os x 10.4.5...the mouse doesnt seem to work with the native bluetooth system. so I plugged in the supplied reciever and could get the mouse to move the cursor, but only that. buttons dont work. I down loaded some kind of device manager from the logitech web site but just as the apple bluetooth manager it does not "discover" the mouse.
I noticed that the system requirements for the logitech device manager is osx 10.3 - 10.4.2 so im wondering if my system is to new for this product.
all this i found out after i bought the mouse, and it is a little irritating...it said it was mac compatible on the box...
should I be waiting for an update from logitech or apple concerning this problem.
or is there an easy fix/ anyone else have this problem?
thanks
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Hi, © ! — or do you prefer Ulfur?
What model? "A Logitech® Cordless Optical Mouse" covers a lot of territory. For example, I have a CordlessOptical11 mouse that's several years old — and IrDA, not Bluetooth. This Logitech page contains a chart defining the name and "device model string" for each product, based on the M/N stamped into the bottom of your mouse. Better safe than sorry: Logitech's support — particularly for Mac folk — can be somewhat challenging. [1]
From there, you might try to confirm that you have the correct driver from Logitech's Support »» Downloads »» Mice page —
— but, Oops! — unfortunately, it may only link to Windows-compatible drivers.
Logitech has used their own patented RF technology for years — and some of their "Bluetooth" products "may not" actually provide Bluetooth functionality in Macs. (OK, that was tongue-in-cheek: I really mean "do not.") The mice usually work, though.
AFAIK, Logitech Control Center 1.6.2 is their latest driver for USB mice. (They have other mouse drivers, too.)
However, as this page explains, their V270 Bluetooth mouse supposedly doesn't require a driver separate from what's provided by Apple.
You may want to search this forum for differing views on this. Also, go to this Logitech user forums page and click to select the Macintosh forum. I won't deny you the (dis-?)pleasure of reading about others' experiences...
[1] Sorry, I don't mean to be as discouraging as I've probably made things sound. Most Mac folks have actually had pretty good experience with Logitech USB and Bluetooth mice — but Logitech Support's attitude toward Mac users could be improved. Please check things to confirm what's what — then post back, and I — or someone else who's using an MX900 or MX1000 or V270 or whatever Logitech mouse — will try to help further.
Looking forward to hearing back from you,
Sincerely,
Dean
[2] The links I've provided all work within Logitech's US website (I just tested). If appropriate, you may want to start fresh from the Logitech home page and find comparable international pages.
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Optical mouse DC172B on HP Pavillion laptop

Just purchased online HP USB 2 BUTTON OPTICAL MOUSE ALL DC172B . UNABLE TO UPDATE DRIVER TO ACCEPT IT ON MY HP PAVILION LAPTOP

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