Re: Weird mouse problem
On Aug 10, 2013, at 10:19 PM, Eric Volker wrote: Never mind, 5 minutes after I posted this I found a solution. Well, a partial solution anyway. I had been trying a number of Logitech and Microsoft mice with the Mac and none of them would work. Finally, I decided to try a Genuine Apple(tm) Mouse - and it worked. I guess the M$ mouse driver on the Mac got corrupted and was interfering with any non-Apple mouse. Just a guess though...it's been a very strange couple of days. For future reference, as a temporary fix, if you have another, networked, Mac you can activate Screen Sharing on the problematic Mac and control it from another Mac. It may be the driver's preference file that was corrupted, that's more likely than the driver itself becoming corrupt. Trashing it may fix your problem. It's likely that most non-Apple mice look like M$ mice. Thanks anyway, Eric On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 12:10 AM, Eric Volker evol...@gmail.com wrote: I have a mid-2007 aluminum 24 Intel iMac with Mountain Lion loaded. One day it simply refused to recognize the USB mouse or keyboard. A reboot fixed the keyboard problem (currently using Mouse Keys), but the mouse remained unresponsive. Upon further investigation, I found that no USB mouse would work in any port, on the back of the iMac or in the keyboard. The red LED on the bottom of the mouse comes on, but the pointer will not move, nor will any clicks register. The keyboard seems to work regardless of which port it's plugged into. It is also constantly prompting to install a Bluetooth mouse. There are some pending updates which we can't install because Mouse Keys doesn't seem to function on the update install screen. This is one of the strangest Mac problems I've run into. I've tried resetting PRAM, but that didn't do any good. Is there anything else I should try? Will a Bluetooth mouse actually work? -- -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups iMac Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Weird mouse problem
On Aug 10, 2013, at 10:19 PM, Eric Volker evol...@gmail.com wrote: Never mind, 5 minutes after I posted this I found a solution. Well, a partial solution anyway. I had been trying a number of Logitech and Microsoft mice with the Mac and none of them would work. Finally, I decided to try a Genuine Apple(tm) Mouse - and it worked. I guess the M$ mouse driver on the Mac got corrupted and was interfering with any non-Apple mouse. Just a guess though...it's been a very strange couple of days. Try starting in Safe Mode. That clears out a lot of pre-built library caches, this might fix it. Otherwise, I agree with gifutiger, trash the mouse prefs file. Also, look in the Console log to see what's happening, system-wise , when you're trying to use the other mouse. -- Bruce Johnson Wherever you go, there you are. B. Banzai, PhD -- -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups iMac Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Weird mouse problem
Never mind, 5 minutes after I posted this I found a solution. Well, a partial solution anyway. I had been trying a number of Logitech and Microsoft mice with the Mac and none of them would work. Finally, I decided to try a Genuine Apple(tm) Mouse - and it worked. I guess the M$ mouse driver on the Mac got corrupted and was interfering with any non-Apple mouse. Just a guess though...it's been a very strange couple of days. Thanks anyway, Eric On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 12:10 AM, Eric Volker evol...@gmail.com wrote: I have a mid-2007 aluminum 24 Intel iMac with Mountain Lion loaded. One day it simply refused to recognize the USB mouse or keyboard. A reboot fixed the keyboard problem (currently using Mouse Keys), but the mouse remained unresponsive. Upon further investigation, I found that no USB mouse would work in any port, on the back of the iMac or in the keyboard. The red LED on the bottom of the mouse comes on, but the pointer will not move, nor will any clicks register. The keyboard seems to work regardless of which port it's plugged into. It is also constantly prompting to install a Bluetooth mouse. There are some pending updates which we can't install because Mouse Keys doesn't seem to function on the update install screen. This is one of the strangest Mac problems I've run into. I've tried resetting PRAM, but that didn't do any good. Is there anything else I should try? Will a Bluetooth mouse actually work? Thanks, Eric -- -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups iMac Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
