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increasing magic mouse tracking speed

Hey guys. I have my tracking speed completely turned but, but I would like for it to move much faster. Is there anything I can do to speed it up other than download third-party software? Thanks in advance!

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013), OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)

Posted on Oct 22, 2014 1:47 PM

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Posted on Sep 8, 2015 2:19 PM

from the internet, i used this method.

Open a Terminal Window Enter the following command to see what your current setting is:


defaults read -g com.apple.mouse.scaling


This will return a numeric value. To speed up (or slow down) your mouse tracking, you can simply change this number accordingly by typing the following command, replacing the “your_mouse_speed” with a new number such as 5.0. Notice that read has been changed to write: defaults write -g com.apple.mouse.scaling your_mouse_speed The maximum mouse speed on mac desktops is 3.0 (when maxed out in system preferences). I changed my speed to 5.0 for my 24″ iMac and it was noticeably better.


defaults write -g com.apple.mouse.scaling 5.0


You may need to restart your mac to see the changes take effect.

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Sep 8, 2015 2:19 PM in response to Jsaktony

from the internet, i used this method.

Open a Terminal Window Enter the following command to see what your current setting is:


defaults read -g com.apple.mouse.scaling


This will return a numeric value. To speed up (or slow down) your mouse tracking, you can simply change this number accordingly by typing the following command, replacing the “your_mouse_speed” with a new number such as 5.0. Notice that read has been changed to write: defaults write -g com.apple.mouse.scaling your_mouse_speed The maximum mouse speed on mac desktops is 3.0 (when maxed out in system preferences). I changed my speed to 5.0 for my 24″ iMac and it was noticeably better.


defaults write -g com.apple.mouse.scaling 5.0


You may need to restart your mac to see the changes take effect.

increasing magic mouse tracking speed

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