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?

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Magic trackpad tracking speed changes

My Magic trackpads tracking speed changes to slow when I log off. I have to reset it when I log on.
How do I set the tracking speed to stay put?

If you use MagicPrefs, some people believe that causes the Magic Trackpad to default back to slowest tracking speed on restart/relog. Have a look at the Magic Prefs preferences pane for the Trackpad and see if you can change the default tracking speed in that instead of the System Preferences pane.
If you don't use MagicPrefs, there is a fix using Terminal for the same problem with the Magic Mouse, and it may work for the trackpad too. I'm adapting this from Tyler Nicols' post on his blog.
Open a Terminal Window
Enter the following command to see what your current setting is:
         defaults read -g com.apple.trackpad.scaling
This will return a numeric value. To speed up (or slow down) your mouse tracking, you can simply change this number accordingly by typing the following command, replacing the “your_trackpad_speed” with a new number such as 5.0. Notice that read has been changed to write:
        defaults write -g com.apple.trackpad.scaling your_trackpad_speed
So, for example:
        defaults write -g com.apple.trackpad.scaling 5.0
You may need to restart your mac to see the changes take effect.
Let me know if it works for you.

Trackpad tracking speed settings changes by itself.

Ok, this is only happening whenever I play Starcraft 2 Beta (which is what I'm currently playing on the Macbook), I use a wireless laptop mouse whenever I do so.
I remember a while back I changed the trackpad settings a little higher because I just thought it was a little too slow in the game, but I later reverted to the default settings because I was just used to the old speed.
Now, whenever I open up Starcraft 2 Beta and close the game, the trackpad settings get back to the high setting I had it setup before. How does this keep happening? I want to keep the default tracking speed settings.

While in my case, I got the in-game mouse settings all set to default, mouse sensitivity is set to 50%.
I even tried Cmd+M which minimizes the game, and within the System Preferences change the tracking speed back to the default settings. However, when I fullscreen the game again the setting goes back to high.
I was thinking at one point to open the preferences file in the home directory for Starcraft 2 to see if there was any text file that would have any mouse settings in it and edit to default but wasn't able to find it.
Anyone have a solution to my problem?

Trackpad tracking speed keeps changing

I see lots of posts with trackpad issues, but I can't find one about this problem.
If I plug into an external mouse into my computer, which I do when working on my external monitor, when I unplug the mouse the speed setting on the trackpad changes.
It doesn't change to the mouse speed setting, it changes to something totally random. This happens whether the mouse was a generic USB wired mouse, or my Logitech wireless.
Not a show stopper, but really, really annoying.
Any insights appreciated!

I don't know about Mountain Lion but I used to use Tiger (OS X v10.4) and it had crazy, complex and unnatural (to me) mouse acceleration. Perhaps that's what you're referring to? Back then there were a few replacement mouse preference panes and mouse drivers available which improved things to some degree, but it wasn't an easy thing to change because of the (very bad) way the mouse acceleration feature was implemented.
I don't know if Apple has either changed the mouse acceleration or made it more straight-forward to customize since then.

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.

My mouse keeps reseting it's tracking speed?

So yeah, I have this Engage wired mouse that I just recently got. Only problem with it is that ever since I got it the tracking speed of the tracking speed of the mouse keeps resetting to the default one which is pretty fast for me. I don't think it's the mouse's fault because I replaced it with another mosue of the same model, make, everything and it still does it. Anyone know why this may be?

Perhaps your mouse is misbehaving whilst you are not there?
Do you have the latest drivers from the mouse manufacturer installed?

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

Double-click speed resetting after reboot

Hi,
Every time I start my MacBook the mouse and trackpad double-click speeds resets themselves to very slow.
I've installed all the software updates, and tried repairing permissions from single user mode, but nothing seems to change.
It's tough to live with because I'm a very fast clicker (drink lots of coffee) and prefer the double-click speed to be set to maximum.
I'm using Leopard (10.5.5) on a brand new 15" MacBook Pro.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
(I'd even settle for a startup script that sets the speed on boot.)
Thanks!

I have been having this exact same issue for several months now. I followed the instruction re: deleting the .plist files, but the problem persists... however... today I discovered something new, and perhaps it might help with the troubleshooting.
I started my machine today and opened my System Preferences to reset my double-click speeds (before my system finished it's start-up routine), but to my joyful surprise they were already set where I like them (2nd fastest setting). I started working in different programs (Mail, Firefox 3.0.3, and Adium 1.3.2) and noticed that my double-click speed had slowed down. I re-opened System Preferences and indeed... both double-click speeds had been reset to zero.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Tracking Speed Setting Not Saving

Hey MacBook owners, try this:
* Open System Preferences, click on Keyboard & Mouse, and then click on the Trackpad tab.
* Set the Tracking Speed so that its on the third tick from the right (or under the second "e" in "Speed").
* Quit System Preferences.
* Reopen System Preferences, click on Keyboard & Mouse, and then look at where the Tracking Speed is set: Is it now on the fourth tick from the right (under the letter "p" in "Speed"?).
Well, that's what's happening to me. It doesn't sound like a big deal, but I'm wondering if it's a preferences glitch, or an issue with the trackpad itself.
Thanks.
13-Inch MacBook, Intel Core 2 Duo (Black); Power Mac G4 Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Mine does the same. Put it on the third tick from the left, and it comes back on the second tick. I just leave mine on "fast" and it stays there.
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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.

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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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

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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!

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