By the way, this is not just an issue with macOS Monterey.
The 24 inch M1 iMac I was setting up was running macOS Big Sur.
Not sure when Apple began requiring that a mouse be connected when setting up 
or upgrading a Mac, but it was definitely before macOS Monterey.

- Brad -

On Oct 31, 2021, at 11:05, Phil Halton <philh...@gmail.com> wrote:

What kind of mouse are we talking about here? Well any off the rack an 
expensive USB mouse do the trick or does it need to be some kind of Apple 
Bluetooth mouse? I haven’t used one in so long I don’t know what’s out there 
anymore or what would be required here.

Sent from my IPhone


> On Oct 30, 2021, at 7:30 PM, Mike Arrigo <n0...@charter.net> wrote:
> 
> I had the same issue with the Big Sur install as well. As you said, there is 
> no way around it, I have to keep a mouse around for that purpose. Once you 
> get to the install screen you can disconnect it but yes, you will need to 
> connect a mouse or track pad to continue.
> 
>> On Oct 28, 2021, at 9:38 PM, matthew dyer <ilovecountrymusic...@gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Evening Mac users.  I have a Mac mini 2018 and just created a USB installer 
>> and was able to boot from it.  However, I have found a major bug that I 
>> would consider  a show stopper if uou want to do a clean install.  If you do 
>> not have a mouse or trackpad, There is a window that comes up which has a 
>> mouse image and a trackpad image that seems to be rotating..  No amount of 
>> vo shift space or any other keystroke will make it go away.  Has anyone else 
>> ran into thisI  intend to report this to apple accessibility, but wanted to 
>> see if anyone else had this problem and found a work around.  I think I have 
>> an old track pad around somewhere, but it needs batteries as this is an 
>> older one from an older iMac which I no longer have.  
>> 
>> Thanks.
>> 
>> Matthew
>> 
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