Sreen kind of floats in certain online apps

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Sreen kind of floats in certain online apps

I never experienced this before. The problem started with the latest Safari and when I try to go back to 4 it does the same thing.

In certain online apps I attempt to move the screen around, in this case it is a game screen. If you push with the mouse it will continue to move after your motion stops. It is driving me crazy and I cannot find a pref that might control this. I want the screen to stay with my mouse rather than float past it.

I hope this makes sense to someone.

Mac Pro 2.66 5gb ram, Mac OS X (10.6.4)

Posted on Sep 10, 2010 9:07 PM

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Answer 1

Sep 10, 2010 11:10 PM in response to Cindy

HI,

The problem started with the latest Safari and when I try to go back to 4 it does the same thing.

You tried to go back to 4? I don't understand....

Also, open System Preferences / Mouse and adjust your settings.

If that doesn't help, cleaning a mouse can make a difference.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3226?viewlocale=en_US

Carolyn 🙂

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Cindy Author

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Sep 11, 2010 7:54 AM in response to Carolyn Samit

This problem is specific to Safari. It does not happen in Firefox. It is not my mouse. I went back to Safari 4 because it is new after updating SL to 10.6.4 but the problem did not go away. It is in a pref somewhere.

If you have Photoshop CS4 it is similar to when you want to move to a different area in your picture using the move tool. You can kind of toss it across the screen but in the browser it does a very bad job of this.

I cannot describe it any better than this.

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Answer 3

Sep 11, 2010 8:01 AM in response to Cindy

Ok...

Install the v10.6.4 Combo Update

Then repair permissions.

Launch Disk Utility. (Applications/Utilities) Select MacintoshHD in the panel on the left, select the FirstAid tab. Click: Repair Disk Permissions. When it's finished from the Menu Bar, Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac. If you see a long list of "messages" in the permissions window, it's ok. That can be ignored. As long as you see, "Permissions Repair Complete" when it's finished... you're done. Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac.

🙂

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Cindy Author

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Sep 11, 2010 8:13 AM in response to Carolyn Samit

This is the process I always use when updating.

Come on over to my house and I will show you. Sorry, I think I can't describe the problem adequately so carry on.

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Klaus1

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Sep 11, 2010 9:49 AM in response to Cindy

My theory: you have accidentally activated Zoom.

Go to System Preferences/Universal Access/Seeing and turn off Zoom.

You could also check under the Zoom options whether you have set one of the choices for moving the screen image.

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Cindy Author

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Sep 11, 2010 11:00 AM in response to Klaus1

I got all excited hoping that was it....sigh...it was not.

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andyBall_uk

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Sep 11, 2010 1:20 PM in response to Cindy

Come on over to my house and I will show you

Cindy - maybe you can make a screen recording with Quicktime player-File-New Screen Recording ?, then up it to youtube, or flickr, or somewhere.

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Sep 11, 2010 1:30 PM in response to Cindy

HI,

Andy's idea for a QT screen recording may help.

If you do this keep the file size to less then 4MB use a 640 X 480 resolution HD480p

An Apple employee helped me "tweak" mine several years ago and gave me these tips.

🙂

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andyBall_uk

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Sep 11, 2010 1:40 PM in response to Carolyn Samit

it may eh

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Cindy Author

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Sep 11, 2010 1:47 PM in response to andyBall_uk

So far I have done a lousy job recording for the web. But from doing the recording I was able to see it is a tracking problem. There is a huge delay in the screen moving following where I am trying to take it with my mouse. Bare in mind this is only Safari and only in certain online games.

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Cindy Author

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Sep 11, 2010 1:54 PM in response to Carolyn Samit

I do not have the full version of QT so I am having trouble doing it at the settings you suggested. The quality for the web is terrible and for the computer it is 20MB.

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Sep 11, 2010 2:58 PM in response to Cindy

You need to full version to do this. It was worth a shot.

Can you take a video of this with a camera, download to your Mac, then upload to a web based image hosting service such as Photobucket????

Before you try that... I wonder if this is a graphics or video card problem. Try running the Apple Hardware Test, instructions here. http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1509

That way you can rule out any hardware problems.

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Cindy Author

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Sep 11, 2010 3:37 PM in response to Carolyn Samit

Can you take a video of this with a camera, download to your Mac, then upload to a web based image hosting >service such as Photobucket????

Yes, I could..Would I? No. I'm not that motivated. 🙂

Before you try that... I wonder if this is a graphics or video card problem. Try running the Apple Hardware Test, >instructions here. http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1509

Nothing wrong with my graphics card. This is just Safari and just in one program.

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Klaus1

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Sep 11, 2010 3:50 PM in response to Cindy

This is just Safari and just in one program.

I beg to differ.

It is certainly a problem with your system, but nobody else has ever reported this in connection with Safari!

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Cindy Author

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Sep 11, 2010 4:33 PM in response to Klaus1

+It is certainly a problem with your system, but nobody else has ever reported this in connection with Safari!+

Ok, and what have they reported it in connection with? And what is generally the problem?

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