Disable Mouse acceleration in OS Sierra

I hate the macOS acceleration, and I finally found a terminal command to disable it. (smoothmouse doesnt work anymore)

To set the acceleration open the terminal and type or paste:

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

After rebooting my mac, mouse acceleration stayed at -1, but the tracking speed always changed to slower (4 bars from the left). I'm with sierra 10.13. 3

Does anyone know how to fix it?

Posted on Feb 28, 2018 5:47 AM

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