magic mouse and snow leopard

I cannot use the touch features of my magic mouse either. I have 10.6.2 installed. I bought the mouse, paired it and looked at the pref pane and it was for a standard mouse, no touch features. I found a Wireless Mouse Software. update for Snow Leopard so installed that, restarted and still no Magic Mouse pane, no touch features. Software Updates assures me I'm up to date.

Denis Ricard wrote:
I cannot use the touch features of my magic mouse either. I have 10.6.2 installed. I bought the mouse, paired it and looked at the pref pane and it was for a standard mouse, no touch features. I found a Wireless Mouse Software. update for Snow Leopard so installed that, restarted and still no Magic Mouse pane, no touch features. Software Updates assures me I'm up to date.

Check your software....are you running either USB OverDrive or Griffin's Powermate? Get rid of them long enough to try again - remove them from your account/startup/pref pane (USBOverdrive comes with an uninstaller), then restart and the updated pref panel specific to your Magic Mouse should appear. I had to remove both before it worked for me.

Could be anything 3rd party that isn't 100% compatible with Snow Leopard. Creating another user account, just for testing with no additional bells/whistles installed will help to determine if the issue is in fact only related to the configuration of your normal user account.

Next time please start a unique thread that pertains to your particular issue and configuration, etc. so that it can receive the unique attention it deserves and you can close when solved, etc.

Good luck in any case.

Just a little confusion. 10.6.2 has been out for quite awhile now and I'm running it on my MBP.
I bought the Magic Mouse, took it home and went to system preferences -> hardware -> mouse
At the bottom right of the mouse preferences pane there was a selection to install a wireless or Bluetooth mouse. I selected it. The mouse was already turned on, as there is a switch on the bottom, and it was quickly discovered. I then had two mouse connect to the system and both working simultaneously. I then disconnected the wired mouse and life was good. When configuring the Magic Mouse, there is a little video that plays when you drag the pointer over one of the configuration options demonstrating the correct touch gestures. It's a very nice mouse. One of the really neat features is the Zoom by holding down the control key and stroking the surface. It's great for people that have bifocals or other vision problems.

Thanks! Uninstalling USB Overdrive worked. I should have thought of that. Too bad since I wanted to use my Magic Mouse at one location and another mouse at a second location. Not having USB Overdrive will limit my options.

In any case, thanks for the help and I'll remember to start another thread next time.

Thanks,
Denis

Run Software Update after you've set up your mouse.
A Magic Mouse update will pop up.
Or download this:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL950