Rogue Mouse

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Rogue Mouse

Periodically when using my mouse the cursor shoots to one corner for no apparent reason. Anyone ever experienced this? This is particularly irritating since I use Exposé. It's been doing this since day one BTW. Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Brian

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.7)

Posted on Jun 4, 2009 12:35 PM

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Answer 1

Jun 4, 2009 2:30 PM in response to Brian Gil

Yes, I have also had this happen, but rarely. I've had it happen on a surface that is uneven, has a crack/split, is has differently dense/translucent or I get to the edge of the board I keep the keyboard and mouse on. Sometimes it is because grime has built up in the area where I use the mouse, think skin oil and dust. Hope that helps.

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Allan Jones

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Jun 4, 2009 4:35 PM in response to Brian Gil

Welcome!

I presume you mean you have a USB mouse attached? If so, what brand and model? Some brands have downloadable software that gives you more control over the rodent.

If it's your trackpad doing this, post back--there could be other issues at play.

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Courcoul

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Jun 4, 2009 4:53 PM in response to Brian Gil

My old Logitech MX1000 mouse was prone to do this, which was somewhat ameliorated after one of the many driver updates that had the option to reduce sensitivity. My newer MX Revolution and MX Air don't have this issue anymore.

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buz

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Jun 10, 2009 9:51 AM in response to Courcoul

This happens to my kids when I'm 'ScreenSharing' spying on them and my cursor crosses their screen on my display.

I do this on rare occasion just trying to keep them safe, they're 11 and 12 and love their little social sites which scare the begezuz out of me.

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Brian Gil Author

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Jul 15, 2009 8:52 PM in response to Allan Jones

It is an Apple mouse. It does it with both my Apple wireless and Apple USB mice. It doesn't seem to matter what surface either, it happens on both my desktop at work with the fake wood grain and my mousepad at home. I'll be moving the cursor towards something I want to select and it will dart to the bottom of the screen or a lower corner.

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