Magic Mouse sensitivity problem

I'm one of the first customers of the Magic Mouse and I'm annoyed by the very low sensitivity of this product ever since. The mouse pointer simply moves too slow when moving the mouse slowly, and changing "tracking" doesn't help here.

So far, a third party driver (plentycom's Magic Driver) allowed to set "sensitivity", but this third party driver will be discontinued by April 2011.

Will Apple EVER address this problem? Many people on the web are complaining about this. In System Settings you can adjust "tracking" but not "sensitivity", which means you can increase the pointer acceleration, but you can't sufficiently adjust the speed when moving the mouse slowly.

Mac OS X (10.6.7)

Posted on Mar 23, 2011 3:47 PM

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Mar 27, 2011 6:45 PM in response to Alex5673

I agree 100%. I have even written Steve Jobs in regard to this problem. May I suggest that others who are bothered with this issue contact Apple and let them know about this issue?

_*You are not the only one with this problem_*. Currently on YouTube there are 120 videos discussing various ways of fixing the slow Magic Mouse. Unfortunately, the proposed solutions speed up the top end speed not the lower end speed.

From MacRumors Forums:

"I even tried downloading Zoom Mouse and that does definitely speed up the fast mouse movements but *_the slow movements are still too slow_* in comparison. I would like to _*speed up how fast the cursor goes at slower movements*_."

From MacWorld Forums MVP

"I am no fan of OS X's built-in mouse acceleration. It's not that I don't like mouse acceleration, it's just _*I don't like not being able to adjust*_."

From Tidbits:

"As wonderful as Mac OS X is, it has a grave defect that can have an immediate adverse impact on the computer's usability: the way it translates mouse motion into pointer movement. For many users, moving the mouse feels unnatural because of the peculiar way that Mac OS X performs that translation."

"For mouse motion to feel natural (at least for most people), the curve has to start by moving upward fairly moderately, then gradually flattening out as the value of X increases. Mac OS X's, curve, however, starts off by being too steep, staying too steep for too long, and then flattening out too abruptly. In practical terms this means that, frequently, *_as a user tries to use the mouse to move the pointer from point A to point B, the pointer motion feels sluggish_*. The user then tries to compensate for the sluggishness by moving the mouse faster, and the pointer suddenly goes flying across the screen and overshoots point B. A comfortable and useful curve is actually shaped like a curve. Mac OS X's curve, however, is shaped more like a cliff."

From SuperUser:

"The mouse acceleration on Mac OS X is driving me nuts."

"For some reason they thought it would be helpful to have this bizarre scheme in OS X."

Apr 7, 2011 6:16 PM in response to Alex5673

It appears there is a general problem with mouse sensitivity in Mac OS X.

I am a fairly recent Mac "convert". I purchased Magic Mouse after trying about a dozen different mice with my new computer hoping that perhaps Apple's own product handles the task better. Alas, the Apple product is an even bigger disappointment.

It irritates the **** out of me trying to be precise with cursor movements. It never behaves the way you would expect a mouse cursor to move. This basically renders the idea of magic mouse utterly useless. I just hate it. Put it out of my sight so it doesn't perpetuate my irritation.

Jul 25, 2011 3:21 PM in response to Alex5673

I have been battleing with this same "stupid" mouse plrblem ever since I got the magic mouse. I have set my mouse tracking speed to 30 to get it sort of normal, but at slow mouse movement speeds the tracking speed is shocking, difficult to be precise, just plain terrible in this day and age of computing.


But I have a solution which I have implemented and it works for me. I use another brand of mouse and keyboard no more tracking issues.


So that means its not a OS X issue but a product specific issue.


Ditch the magic mouse, which I really like by the way, and use something else.


Thanks Apple for a mouse with wonderful features and it looks great, but for me the magic part of its name refers to the impossibility of getting it to track correctly.

Aug 8, 2011 1:57 PM in response to Alex5673

So... after trying many different things (non of which really worked)...

I found a thread here on the apple support page, and many people seem to resolve the problem by either turning off WIFI completely or by changing frequency to 802.11n only (5ghz).


That did the trick for me... I have a MACPRO using ehternet, but for some odd reason my WIFI was also on. Switched it off, and the MMouse been working fine for the last 2 days... no more lag.


hope this helps.

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