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I just bought a Magic Mouse for my MacPro. I downloaded and installed "WirelessMouseSoftware.dmg"
Got it BT connected, but the multitouch surface doesn't works. I can't scroll or swipe or anything as it should do.
Any tips for such problem?
Thanks
I shut down my machine after doing a superduper! clone every night and restart automatically in the morning. The swipe doesn't work unless I do a manual restart. I have found no solution as yet other than this one. So, you might want to try a reboot. I can't explain why a 2nd start gets the swipe working while it doesn't after the first one. Very weird!
Hi!
Glad to see that we are - at least - two in the wide world with similar "magic mouse" problem!
As it seems we have also same computer, may be there is something with such machine?
Who knows?
I had the same problem. I have a Macbook Pro purchased in Feb 09. I did a clean install of OSX on an external drive, and the multi-touch surface still didn't work. The mouse was paired via bluetooth, and I had the magic mouse preference pane in system preferences. But the Mac didn't see the mouse as a magic mouse, just a one-button wireless mouse. I returned mine. Good Luck.
Even more strange!!!
I went to an iMac and tried the mouse
Mouse was immediately recognized after installing "WirelessMouseSoftware.dmg" on it.
I came back home and re-install Snow-Leopard, as I thouht it may be a software conflict with the SL version delivered with Mac Pro few days ago
Still doesn't works!
Amazing!
Any tips or suggestions will be very welcomed!!!
I got it!
After different tests regarding the mouse , then the Mac, I found out that it was some very old files within "System Preferences /Others) where problem lays.
I trashed some quite old apps on mouse speeding. Then: "Eureka"!
But don't forget to re-start the mac after each trash
If it could help somebody else!!!
Bye!
Could you be a little more specific about the files? On which path had they been? Which files had them been? So other people could eventually benefit from your experience...
As I said:
within "System Preferences /Others) where problem lays.
I trashed some quite old apps on mouse speeding (swiping speed)
One of them was "Mouse Zoom"
Can't remember other
I found it out!
Within the several apps I threw out yesterday, that's USB Overdrive which brings "panic" within Magic Mouse controls.
The problem seems well known by USB Overdrive developer:
http://www.usboverdrive.com/USBOverdrive/News.html As I not quite convinced by the quality of the Mighty Mouse I've tried yesterday; I got back to my "old" Logitech MX revolution" and re-install USB Overdrive. The problems above mentioned came back immediately.
A glance to developer'site indicates that problem is known and under "treatment"
Wait and see!
Alrighty, it looks like I have figured out the source of the problem. The program is called "USB Overdrive." What I did was went under System Preferences, and did a right-click on the USB Overdrive to remove the item from my computer. Turns out that that is not enough. The main problem is inside Extensions. Click on the Apple at the top of the screen, and go to About This Mac. Then, go to more options, and go under software, and then under Extensions. It should take about 10 seconds to load. Once that is done, scroll down to near the bottom of the list, and if you see one called USBOverdrive then open up a new window in Finder. Click on Macintosh HD, and then go to System, then Library, and then Extensions. Find the one called USBOverdrive.kext and drag it to the trash. You may have to enter the admin password to allow Finder to make changes. Empty the file from the trash and restart the computer, and get rid of the mouse from Bluetooth prefs, and then pair it again. That should solve the problem. By the way if you don't have Snow Leopard (10.6.2) run a system update, and if not, then buy a copy, it's well worth the cost.
I had the same problem. I have a MBP and I didn't even install anything first, just paired it up with my MBP. Scrolling/Swiping didn't work.
Then I restarted my MBP, clicked on the apple logo in the top left, and clicked 'Software Update'. I updated my mac by installing the required software and I restarted at as it prompted me to do so.
I installed my Wacom Bamboo touch the other day and now my Magic Mouse swiping won't work. Scrolling works just fine though. Anyone else notice a connection between their mouse / wacom device?
I had a strange iTunes issue where I could not get it to play a song,rebooted and I have been swiping for about 6 hours now,,I hope it holds. I do not thing it is an issue with wacom though,of course wadda I know!
