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Q: Substitute for Lazy Mouse

Mavericks is working fine, but the upgrade has left my beloved Lazy Mouse dead.

 

Is there any application like Lazy Mouse - which automatically moves the cursor from any part of the screen to the click area?

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4)

Posted on Oct 23, 2013 7:27 PM

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A:

I mailed to them as you suggested. Let's hope for something real happening before we are all dead... ;-)

Posted on Nov 8, 2014 1:19 AM

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  • by McAtak,Helpful

    McAtak McAtak Oct 27, 2013 9:04 AM in response to poikkeus1
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    Oct 27, 2013 9:04 AM in response to poikkeus1

    +1

     

    I'm baffled that any version of OS x does not include this as a standard feature.

     

    Any developers reading this want to joint venture with me on building this as app for Mavericks?

  • by poikkeus1,Helpful

    poikkeus1 poikkeus1 Oct 27, 2013 11:07 AM in response to McAtak
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    Oct 27, 2013 11:07 AM in response to McAtak

    I don't know how I got this working again, but I'll give  you the information I have so far. Like you, I believe that Lazy Mouse functionality should be standard in OSX.

     

    After the recent Mavericks update, I found that Lazy Mouse did not work anymore. I read that, with the recent update, you had to install Lazy Mouse using System Preferences/Security & Privacy/Privacy, and drop Lazy Mouse onto the window; however, it longer works through System Preferences anymore. And the Lazy Mouse still didn't work.

     

    So I went to the App Store and got a free download of PointerFinder - the one free app that claims to perform the same function as Lazy Mouse. And rebooted. And now, for some reason - Lazy Mouse seems to work just like before.

  • by McAtak,

    McAtak McAtak Oct 28, 2013 8:39 AM in response to poikkeus1
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    Oct 28, 2013 8:39 AM in response to poikkeus1

    Funny thing.... mysteriously my LazyMouse started working.

     

    And I didn't install PointerFinder.

     

    Go Figure...

  • by esy034,

    esy034 esy034 Oct 28, 2013 4:35 PM in response to poikkeus1
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    Oct 28, 2013 4:35 PM in response to poikkeus1

    If you turn on allow System preferences under Security/Privacy/Accessibility/Allow Apps to control it will allow Lazy Mouse to work, but if you click on Lazy Mouse in System Preferences it will crash System Preferences. BUT IT WILL WORK !!!!

  • by dianeoforegon,

    dianeoforegon dianeoforegon Nov 2, 2013 12:05 PM in response to esy034
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    Nov 2, 2013 12:05 PM in response to esy034

    Even with System Preferences set in Security & Privacy, I can't get LazyMouse to work. It crashes as you describe when I try to open but it must be set to off. I see no way to enable.

  • by poikkeus1,

    poikkeus1 poikkeus1 Nov 2, 2013 12:07 PM in response to dianeoforegon
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    Nov 2, 2013 12:07 PM in response to dianeoforegon

    It worked for me...but only after I rebooted my machine. Try this, and post back here.

  • by dianeoforegon,

    dianeoforegon dianeoforegon Nov 2, 2013 2:07 PM in response to poikkeus1
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    Nov 2, 2013 2:07 PM in response to poikkeus1

    Still does not work. Even did a safe boot and restarted.

  • by walterfromzürich,

    walterfromzürich walterfromzürich Nov 3, 2013 3:44 AM in response to esy034
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    Nov 3, 2013 3:44 AM in response to esy034

    Great, you saved my day, THX a lot!

  • by esy034,

    esy034 esy034 Nov 3, 2013 5:14 AM in response to dianeoforegon
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    Nov 3, 2013 5:14 AM in response to dianeoforegon

    Try to reinstall latest version.

  • by dianeoforegon,

    dianeoforegon dianeoforegon Nov 3, 2013 6:12 PM in response to esy034
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    Nov 3, 2013 6:12 PM in response to esy034

    Nothing seems to work.

     

    This is the error I see when it crashes:

     

    Application Specific Information:

    com.oldjewel.lazymouse.prefpane v.2.5 (LazyMouse)

    objc[7609]: GC: forcing GC OFF because OBJC_DISABLE_GC is set

    *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'CAInvalidCIFilter', reason: 'CI filters are not supported by this layer tree:

  • by poikkeus1,

    poikkeus1 poikkeus1 Nov 3, 2013 9:18 PM in response to dianeoforegon
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    Nov 3, 2013 9:18 PM in response to dianeoforegon

    It seems that several users have been trying to answer this problem, but dianeoforegon still has an issue.

     

    Perheps you should list exactly what you've done so far so we know what we need to suggest...

  • by Nathan Guinle,

    Nathan Guinle Nathan Guinle Nov 15, 2013 4:49 AM in response to poikkeus1
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    Nov 15, 2013 4:49 AM in response to poikkeus1

    So I'm having the same issue....

    Has anyone found a solution?

  • by Nathan Guinle,

    Nathan Guinle Nathan Guinle Nov 18, 2013 2:32 PM in response to poikkeus1
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    Nov 18, 2013 2:32 PM in response to poikkeus1

    So have you located a replacement to Lazy Mouse?

    I've searched the web..... but no luck

  • by poikkeus1,

    poikkeus1 poikkeus1 Nov 18, 2013 3:48 PM in response to Nathan Guinle
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    Nov 18, 2013 3:48 PM in response to Nathan Guinle

    Well, as mentioned, I was able to make Lazymouse work on my iMac 2009, using Mavericks. However, as Old Jewel software suggests, they stopped updating the software with 10.6. If that doesn't work for you, there are several software options that might work for you:

     

    Pinpoint Mouse Enhancer

    Pointer Finder

    Cursor Finder

     

    I have no why different machines using the same OS will end up with such different results rendering Lazy Mouse. Until Old Jewel software updates, you may have to move to the more compatible alternatives.

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