OS 10.8.2 behavior

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OS 10.8.2 behavior

I have a MacPro 2.66 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon with 16 GB of Ram. Since upgrading to OS 10.8.2 I have two problems. First, I am using a Logitech Performance Mouse MX. Each time I boot theMacPro, the mouse seems to work during the start-up. But once the computer is up and running, the mouse frezzes. If I unplug/replug the USB dongle, the mouse works fine. Why do I need to do this with each restart? I have tried a number of things, including using Disk Utility to Repair Disk Permissions.

Which leads to the second problem- each time I do a Repair Permissions, it seems to repair quite a few things. Once done, when I go to print from one of my printers, I get a message that the Permissions are wrong and an option to correct them. If Disk Utility just repaired the permissions, why are they wrong and need repairing?

Mac Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Sep 22, 2012 9:08 AM

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Answer 1

Sep 22, 2012 9:24 AM in response to freichorn

Interesting. We are using different hardware, but I have a Logitech wireless mouse from 2007 that still works perfectly with each OS X release. I never installed the Logitech software. Ever.

If you did install their software, try updating to this version of their control center software for your MX. It shows 10.8 compatiblity. If problems persist, remove their software, that may also have installed USB kernel extensions.

On your printer permissions issue, did you directly install the manufacturer's printer drivers or did you choose from those available from within Mountain Lion? If it is the former case, Disk Utility may find that the permissions differ from what it expects in the system bundled drivers, and wants to make them match the latter.

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Answer 2

Sep 22, 2012 10:14 AM in response to freichorn

I'm having the same problem with my Performance Mouse MX and K750 keyboard. It worked totally fine prior to updating to 10.8.2. Sometimes unplugging/replugging doesnt fix it and I have to reboot. I have the latest Logitech sooftware installed, hopefully they will release an update soon. I'll try to find a place to file a bug report on their site.

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Answer 3

Sep 27, 2012 6:11 PM in response to freichorn

I uninstalled all of the Logitech software, rebooted, reinstalled the latest versiton, rebooted again.. and since then I haven't had any more trouble.

Could be worth a try.. The uninstaller is in /Applications/Utilities

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Answer 4

ShlomiL

Level 3

774 points

Oct 1, 2012 3:05 AM in response to dougjacobs

Hi,

Did you tried installing the latest drivers for Mountain Lion?

You may find the software below:

http://www.logitech.com/en-us/support/mice/performance-mouse-mx?section=download s&bit=&osid=21

Hope that helps,

Shlomi

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Answer 5

Oct 1, 2012 1:59 PM in response to freichorn

I have this problem too. I uninstalled the mouse drivers (I have a Performance MX, too) and also Wacom drivers (you never know), and I still get this bug, but not always.

For me, this is a 10.8.2 bug...

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Answer 6

Oct 1, 2012 2:40 PM in response to Felix Lapointe

Same here, I just finished rebooting because my keyboard and mouse were dead after waking from sleep again. I had no issues up to 10.8.1.

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Answer 7

Oct 18, 2012 8:06 AM in response to freichorn

I have the same problem with 10.8.2 and my MX mouse. I see overall lag and erroneous behavior, eg. drag & drop not working properly, resizing window problems. In chrome, right-click in chrome selects a word now. I updated to the latest Logitech software, but problems still persist. Definitely started with 10.8.2.

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Answer 8

Nov 6, 2012 5:31 AM in response to marc_mulzer

Ditto!

I have the same problem with 10.8.2 and my MX mouse. I see overall lag and erroneous behavior, eg. drag & drop not working properly, resizing window problems. In chrome, right-click in chrome selects a word now. I updated to the latest Logitech software, but problems still persist

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Answer 9

Nov 6, 2012 6:43 AM in response to immobilizer

Turns out my MX mouse was actually physically broken. I tried it on two different machines, including Windows, same problem. I called Logitech and they replaced my mouse under warranty.

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Answer 10

Mar 14, 2013 8:37 AM in response to freichorn

For years, I used only Kensington mice because of the software - control anything for any program, including left and right chording, right click double-click, even a selection of using the wheel button to bring up the old shut-down/restart option (for those who remember ADP connected keyboards and their superb power key options), simple shut down or quit any active program. MouseWorks will not work on the newer books even though your OS supports it nor will it work with 10.7 or 10.8. Ok for 10.6 on the Mini.

SteerMouse < http://www.plentycom.jp/en/steermouse/ > allows for everything but chording and for the Pro Book I finally settled on Logitech M525 remote RF mouse. Really offers excellent control through SteerMouse. SteerMouse does not support MagicMouse or MagicTrackpad.

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