Mouse acceleration in macOS Sierra

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Mouse acceleration in macOS Sierra

Smooth Mouse for Mac does not work anymore, and it is really annoying. I hate the macOS acceleration, and there should just be a plain way of disabling it. I guess that's Apple's fashion though. Their way or the highway.

I guess that I also why I ditched my MacBook Pro as a primary computer and I am sitting here typing this on a Windows PC that costs the same as that thing, but performs much better.... Hmmm?

Anyway, back to the topic: I am just looking for a simple alternative to Smooth Mouse, or a terminal command, or something that I can use to get rid of that horrible accelleration.

I am running macOS Sierra, and I am using the Magic Mouse (1st generation) for my hardware.

MacBook Pro, macOS Sierra (10.12)

Posted on Nov 5, 2016 2:43 PM

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Answer 1

kaan886

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4 points

Oct 18, 2017 7:12 AM in response to AppleFreak2299.net

Hello ,

I am using very simle settings . Your mouse will be work like WindowsOs mouse.

This is what you want ; Open your terminal and paste it . If you don't like , default setting is "2" .

references : http://osxdaily.com/2010/08/25/mouse-acceleration/

defaults write .GlobalPreferences com.apple.mouse.scaling -1

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Answer 2

Fean0r

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24 points

Jan 8, 2017 9:10 AM in response to AppleFreak2299.net

This was driving me crazy just now too. All I could find on google was this and some other unsolved forum posts - and a youtube video giving the necessary Terminal commands.

Why there's just a youtube video and not an article, which I would find a lot easier to follow, is beyond me, but hey ho. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44eVPx7ryMQ

The commands are on the video description to copy and paste.

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Answer 3

Nov 5, 2016 2:49 PM in response to AppleFreak2299.net

Have you checked your settings in System Preferences > Mouse > Point & Click > More Gestures ??

The only reference to Smooth Mouse I could find is a third party add on > http://smoothmouse.com/

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Answer 4

Kappy

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362,023 points

Nov 5, 2016 2:51 PM in response to AppleFreak2299.net

Try installing SteerMouse.

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