Mouse
August 14th, 2008
First time I grabbed my mouse to move the cursor on my recently unwrapped Mac, I noticed that the cursor didn't behave like it used to behave in my previous life. Somehow arrow movement just wasn't so accurate, it didn't feel right.
System preferences, I thought, that would save my day. After searching under mouse preferences for some kind of a slider that could allow me to adjust the mouse settings I realized there's no such thing. "Is this what it's going to be? Do I really have to learn how to use a mouse all over again?"
I dropped the mouse and stopped for a while. As in many cases, I might not be the only one suffering from this issue. After some search engine ramble I found a solution.
iMouseFix allows me to adjust mouse acceleration or even disable it. After some testing I turned the acceleration off and got my mouse back nearly as good as it had been for 15 years. I didn't have to re-wrap my Mac and take it back to the store. Greatness.
Ps. If iMouseFix doesn't suit for you, SteerMouse might.