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)
After many years without LazyMouse, I was inspired by your Post to try again. I can happily say that I got LazyMouse 2.5 running successfully in MacOS Sierra 10.12.3.
I downloaded Version 2.5 at this link: http://mac.brothersoft.com/lazymouse-download.html
I completed the Install process. It installs as a System Preference, not an app. When I tried to open it, I got this:
This is referring to an older version of Mac OS X. Instead, go to System Preferences, Privacy, Accessibility and look for Lazy Mouse on the right side. In my case, it wasn't there so I did a Restart.
Even after the Restart, Lazy Mouse still did not appear in the Accessibility window. Attempts to open the Lazy Mouse Preference Pane resulted in the "LazyMouse cannot run if "Access for Assistive Devices" is turned off in the Universal Access Preference Pane" as seen above.
I more or less gave up and walked away for long enough for my iMac to go into Sleep Mode. Three hours later, I went to System Preference and double-clicked the Lazy Mouse icon just to try again. To my surprise, Lazy Mouse appeared to be working as I got an active window. Since I had previously purchased Lazy Mouse, it even showed my name next to the "Registered To:"
I checked the "Whenever a new window appears, snap the cursor to the "Default Button." I then went back to the Privacy, Accessibility window and again, to my surprise, Lazy Mouse was now there as seen below:
I "checked" it and did a Restart. After the Restart, I went back to the Lazy Mouse Preference Pane and did the "Try it Out..." That worked! I then opened a document in Pages and went to File, Print and pleasantly saw the cursor on the blue "Print" button thanks to Lazy Mouse. I next tested it in Preview and it worked there as well.
I hope this info helps someone attempting to get this "classic" Mac app up and running in Sierra.
After many years without LazyMouse, I was inspired by your Post to try again. I can happily say that I got LazyMouse 2.5 running successfully in MacOS Sierra 10.12.3.
I downloaded Version 2.5 at this link: http://mac.brothersoft.com/lazymouse-download.html
I completed the Install process. It installs as a System Preference, not an app. When I tried to open it, I got this:
This is referring to an older version of Mac OS X. Instead, go to System Preferences, Privacy, Accessibility and look for Lazy Mouse on the right side. In my case, it wasn't there so I did a Restart.
Even after the Restart, Lazy Mouse still did not appear in the Accessibility window. Attempts to open the Lazy Mouse Preference Pane resulted in the "LazyMouse cannot run if "Access for Assistive Devices" is turned off in the Universal Access Preference Pane" as seen above.
I more or less gave up and walked away for long enough for my iMac to go into Sleep Mode. Three hours later, I went to System Preference and double-clicked the Lazy Mouse icon just to try again. To my surprise, Lazy Mouse appeared to be working as I got an active window. Since I had previously purchased Lazy Mouse, it even showed my name next to the "Registered To:"
I checked the "Whenever a new window appears, snap the cursor to the "Default Button." I then went back to the Privacy, Accessibility window and again, to my surprise, Lazy Mouse was now there as seen below:
I "checked" it and did a Restart. After the Restart, I went back to the Lazy Mouse Preference Pane and did the "Try it Out..." That worked! I then opened a document in Pages and went to File, Print and pleasantly saw the cursor on the blue "Print" button thanks to Lazy Mouse. I next tested it in Preview and it worked there as well.
I hope this info helps someone attempting to get this "classic" Mac app up and running in Sierra.
I just moved up from Lion on an old MacBook to El Capitan. While LazyMouse 2.1 was incompatible with El Capitan, LazyMouse 2.5 installed and is working just fine. We'll see how well it does with Sierra when I finally upgrade.
Super! Glad to see that the version information I supplied was helpful to you. I will also note that after I applied a security update, the app was disabled and I needed to reinstall it to get it working again. I expect Sierra to behave in similar fashion.
+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?
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.
Funny thing.... mysteriously my LazyMouse started working.
And I didn't install PointerFinder.
Go Figure...
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 !!!!
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.
It worked for me...but only after I rebooted my machine. Try this, and post back here.
Still does not work. Even did a safe boot and restarted.
Great, you saved my day, THX a lot!
Try to reinstall latest version.
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:
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...
So I'm having the same issue....
Has anyone found a solution?
Substitute for Lazy Mouse
