On Aug 3, 2017, at 5:32 PM, Michael McMurtrey <mcmurtreyja...@twc.com<mailto:mcmurtreyja...@twc.com>> wrote:
All of a sudden my mouse refuses to work properly. I can't click and drag text in Word (or any other application); sometimes the mouse initially selects nothing but then highlights a completely different block of text when I attempt to drag. If I am successful in selecting a block of text, the block is deselected once I release the mouse button I can't create a rectangular marquee in Photoshop. I can't resize browser windows. When I try to move a Finder window by clicking and dragging, the window closes. I can't resize columns in column view in the Finder. These issues (and others) persist whether I'm using a wired mouse or a wireless one (Logitech or Microsoft). Computer is a dual-processor MDD running OS 10.5.8. I have run Disk First Aid and even reinstalled the OS, all to no avail. Have you tried making changes to your mouse prefs and then changing them back? Sometimes that fixes weird issues. Make sure no weird things have been turned on in Accessibility prefs, this can cause issues like this. Create another account and see if you have the same problem. If not (and I suspect so, since you did the equivalent of checking the air in your tires and rebuilding your engine because the window in your car won’t roll up 8-) find the mouse prefs plist files in your user ~/Library folder (I don’t remember where it is in 10.5.8) and delete it. In 10.12 it's in ~/Library/.GlobalPreferences.plist (note the leading dot, meaning it’s a hidden file. ) You can open a terminal window and do rm Library/Prefereneces/.GlobalPreferences.plist , log off and log back in and see if your mouse behaves. This will wipe out a lot of preferences, though. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
