I have a late 2012 iMac running OS 10.13.6. Use a Kensington Orbit Trackball with scroll. With OS High Sierra trackball stops responding after compter. goes to sleep. The only way to bring it back is to unplug from USB and replug. Running Kensington Mouseworks 1.4. Have found other forum entries on this but no solutions yet. Any ideas besides buying 3rd party mouse software?
iMac, macOS High Sierra (10.13.6), 27"
Yesterday I unplugged the trackball, uninstalled the Kensington Mouseworks software, restarted the iMac then plugged the trackball back in. The Mac recognized it as an interface device and it worked fine but with the 2 buttons reversed (right-handed mode). However, when the computer went to sleep then woke, the trackball no longer worked. When I unplugged the trackball and replugged it, it worked fine. Seems more like a Mac OS issue to me.
netmariner1 wrote:
Any ideas besides buying 3rd party mouse software?
Yes. Buy an Apple mouse. You won't have to go thru this every time a system update/upgrade is made.
A workaround until you find a solution would be to never put the computer to sleep, just dim the screen. That should keep the trackball operating (fingers crossed)😀
That makes sense. Unless someone has the sa
me trackball and has some experience with the problem you're best bet would be to contact Kensington support.
Seems more like out of date driver support to me. Which it is.
I have an Apple mouse that I use with my right hand but I use the Trackball with my left hand as I am ambidextrous and it prevents fatigue and carpal pain.
Kensington Mouse Stops Working After Sleep With High Sierra
