setting different mouse speed for different mice

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setting different mouse speed for different mice

I have an Apple Magic Mouse that I've used with my iMac for a while. I recently picked up a wireless Kensington laptop mouse for my 4 year-old twins to use because the Magic Mouse is difficult for my daughter to use. The Kensington mouse is good because it is smaller and has two obvious buttons for her to use.

The problem is that the Kensington mouse tracks way faster than the Magic Mouse. Is there a way (either through preferences or third party software) to set a custom speed for each mouse?

thanks!

iMac, MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.5), Magic Mouse

Posted on Dec 19, 2010 2:58 PM

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Answer 1

Dec 19, 2010 3:13 PM in response to Daniel Lovall

USB OverDrive can customize speeds and button behaviouir differently for different input devices. You should remove the Kensington mouse driver. However it does look as if it disables Apple's own Magic Mouse drivers without replacing some of the facilities, so you would need to research that before proceeding.

Also note that USB OverDrive is so far not compatible with the Magic Trackpad, and prevents the latter's Prefs Pane from loading (thus preventing you setting gestures) so if you were thinking of getting a Magic TrackPad, USB Overdrive isn't a good purchase.

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Answer 2

Dec 19, 2010 3:55 PM in response to Roger Wilmut1

Thanks, Roger. I downloaded USB OverDrive and tried it out, but it's not for me. USB OverDrive isn't completely compatible with the MagicMouse (the developer says there's a workaround but I couldn't find that on his website). The pointing worked fine, but it completely lost the ability to scroll by swiping, even with specific settings for the Magic Mouse.

Is there a way to set different mouse behavior for different users? I tried that but it seems that the mouse settings get changed for all users.

Thanks!

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Answer 3

Dec 19, 2010 6:39 PM in response to Daniel Lovall

OK, I answered my own question. Kensington MouseWorks does exactly what I wanted. It modifies the Kensington mouse's behavior and leaves the Magic Mouse alone.

Thanks!

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