Middle Click on mouse doesn't work anymore

I used to have a White MacBook (early 2008) and used a Kensington mouse. When I pressed the middle click (scroll wheel click), it would change the cursor into a scroll arrow and I could scroll up and down a page just by moving the mouse up and down. Today, I just bought a 13 inch MacBook Pro and the middle click does not do what it did anymore. When I go into system preferences -> Keyboard & Mouse, I can not modify the middle button anymore. Anyone have a solution?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.7)

Posted on Jul 13, 2009 10:55 PM

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Jul 14, 2009 10:21 AM in response to Mac-Medic

Ok, I installed the mouseworks application and I can now modify the middle-button. It still does not do what I want it to do. The best I can do is set it to scrolling so when I click the mouse, it scrolls up and down along with the mouse. The only part I don't like is I have to keep moving the mouse in order for it to scroll, whereas before I had only to move the mouse up once and it would continue to scroll up. Has anyone else had middle-button mouse problems with the new 13 inch pro?

Jul 14, 2009 3:32 PM in response to Mac-Medic

I contacted them. The name of the feature is auto scrolling. They told me the feature is not, and has never been, available on a Mac. I find this odd since the feature worked just fine on my old macbook. Anyway, I guess that puts an end to it. If anyone knows of another way to make the auto scroll feature work, it would be awesome to know. If not, than I guess nothing can be done.

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