Did you recently upgrade from your 4+ year old “Miscellaneous” or “Whatever” mouse for something advertised as the “weapon of choice” for gamers? If you have, than you and I might have experienced the same thing. The very second you’ve plugged your optical or laser weapon (laser sounds cooler) into your Mac OS powered machine, you might have noticed something almost immediately – something isn’t right. With the new mouse, very single movement is a pain, it takes at least 5 clicks to open Safari, and you’ve already restarted about 10 times. Is it the mouse? No, it’s Mac OS. After feeling extremely frustrated that my newly purchased mouse (it was a Logitech G500 by the way) was reluctant to work with my Mac, I turned to Google for some answers (using the trackpad of course). Mac OS’s Mouse Acceleration Issue A few will tell you that Mac OS has an issue with mouse acceleration with high DPI mice, AKA “gaming mice”. To add insult to injury, some of the companies who manufacture these mice are, to put it politely, rather lacking in terms of support drivers for Mac OS. How to Fix the Mouse Acceleration Issue for Mac OS Unfortunately, the above default mouse settings won’t help your top-of-the-line 1800 dpi weapon too much. Until Apple gets their team on this ridiculous issue, the current most popular solution is to use 3rd party software:. Both of these are shareware ($20.00 USD for a license) that work to customize and tweak mouse button preferences, wheels settings, and most importantly, mouse acceleration. SteerMouse Settings Open “SteerMouse” via “System Settings” or “Spotlight”. Click on “Cursor”. Turn the “Tracking Speed” dial all the way down to 0.0. Increase sensitivity – I’d start with 100. At this point, I’d test the mouse movement. If it feels a little stiff, increase the sensitivity a bit more, but keep the “Tracking Speed” (aka. Acceleration) down. Depending on what mouse you have and what drivers you have installed, you can increase the “Tracking Speed” a little bit. The M65 PRO RGB is a competition-grade gaming mouse with the technology you need to win, the customization to make it your own, and the build quality to last. USB Overdrive Settings Open “USB Overdrive” via “System Settings” or “Spotlight”. Click on “Settings” (it should be automatically selected). Turn the “Acceleration” dial all the way down. Increase “Speed” – I’d start off with it maximized. Similar to the process with SteerMouse, test your mouse movement and adjust the “Speed” and possibly the “Acceleration” if necessary. Personally, I use SteerMouse because it I feel like it works better – the magic word is “feel”, as everyone has different preferences in terms of sensitivity. Sunburst chart for mac excel. Excel for Office 365 Excel for Office 365 for Mac Excel 2019 Excel 2016 Excel 2019 for Mac Word 2016 Outlook 2016 PowerPoint 2016 Excel The sunburst chart is ideal for displaying hierarchical data. Each level of the hierarchy is represented by one ring or circle with the innermost circle as the. I’d highly recommend installing both and try them out with your mouse – one at a time of course. Using SteerMouse or USB Overdrive with Gaming Mice Almost all of the modern gaming mice have the ability to change sensitivity “on-the-fly”, which, without a doubt, is essential for getting headshots and so forth. Personally, I’d recommend centralizing or neutralizing the mouse’s “on-the-fly” sensitivity level before tweaking the settings on SteerMouse or USB Overdrive. That way, you’ll be able to have the most effective range for increasing or decreasing sensitivity. Above, you can see the sensitivity levels being neutralized on the Razer DeathAdder mouse. If you’re fortunate enough to have purchased a mouse with Mac friendly drivers, then you get even more versatility for sensitivity tweaking. I’ve tried using the mouse’s drivers only without the aid of SteerMouse or USB Overdrive, but it simply isn’t the same.
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