My mouse preference pane does not look like Apple's

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My mouse preference pane does not look like Apple's

Hi all.

Just bought the Magic Mouse, and I like it. Would like to do some fine-tuning, though. On the apple.com there's a movie about the mouse, with a shot of the pref pane for mouse settings. It looks like this:

Mine does not. It looks like this, with much less options (sorry for the Swedish language, but I think you get the point):

What am I missing? I have the latest system (10.7.4). The apple.com it says that I need Wireless Mouse Software Update 1.0, so I tried Software Update but it says I'm up to date on everything.

Posted on May 24, 2012 2:06 AM

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captfred

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May 24, 2012 4:28 AM in response to 750 H2C

Nothing wrong with your preferences, the top one is for Snow Leopard. The bottom one is for Lion. The remainder of the the items can be found in System Preferences > Universal Access > Mouse & Trackpad tab.. > Mouse options.. button.

They just moved things around.

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May 24, 2012 4:35 AM in response to captfred

Ok, many thanks. I can't find how to select action for the "right click", though. It seems to be set to ctrl+click, not customizable.

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captfred

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May 24, 2012 4:46 AM in response to 750 H2C

The mouse option for right click is called Secondary click. It looks like you have it checked in the screenshot.

The ctrl click will work as well but not customizable.

Edit: You can click the little triangle below "secondary click" for more options.

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May 24, 2012 5:23 AM in response to captfred

Exactly. Secondary click is on, but locked to ctrl+click. I would like to modify this. The apple.com screen shot looks like it offers that option, but I might be wrong.

I ran my old Logitech through SteerMouse, which offers a world of options. Apple stuff usually don't need to, since they're right from the start, but in this case I'd really like some more options.

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May 24, 2012 8:02 AM in response to captfred

And the "more options" triangle just concerns which corner of the mouse should be the "secondary click" corner. No click modifiers in sight.

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