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Reverse cursor movement direction?

Joesg

Joesg

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Original poster
Jun 4, 2012
65
33
East Coast, USA
I have an unusual problem with my mouse. All the directions are reversed!

Explained in more simple terms:
When I move my mouse to the left, the cursor moves to the right.
When I move my mouse to the right, the cursor moves to the left.
When I move my mouse up, my cursor moves down.
When I move my mouse down, my cursor moves up.

Does anyone know of a software fix in OS X to fix this issue? Hours of googling has gotten me nowhere.
 
DennisBlah

DennisBlah

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Dec 5, 2013
485
2
The Netherlands
Joesg said:
I have an unusual problem with my mouse. All the directions are reversed!

Explained in more simple terms:
When I move my mouse to the left, the cursor moves to the right.
When I move my mouse to the right, the cursor moves to the left.
When I move my mouse up, my cursor moves down.
When I move my mouse down, my cursor moves up.

Does anyone know of a software fix in OS X to fix this issue? Hours of googling has gotten me nowhere.
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Don't you got your mouse backwards? #

Did you installed any 3rd party drivers for mouse or trackpad?
In example USB Overdrive ? ( www.usboverdrive.com )

This driver can do such things in settings section
 
Joesg

Joesg

macrumors member
Original poster
Jun 4, 2012
65
33
East Coast, USA
I will try USBoverdrive and see if I can fix the problem.

This is an issue inherent to the mouse, not my computer.
 
Joesg

Joesg

macrumors member
Original poster
Jun 4, 2012
65
33
East Coast, USA
DennisBlah said:
Don't you got your mouse backwards? #

Did you installed any 3rd party drivers for mouse or trackpad?
In example USB Overdrive ? ( http://www.usboverdrive.com )

This driver can do such things in settings section
Click to expand...

This worked! Thanks for the suggestion! I went into advanced settings and found a way to reverse input. Will just have to change this each time I switch between the trackpad and mouse.
 
DennisBlah

DennisBlah

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Dec 5, 2013
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The Netherlands
Im glad the usb overdrive helped out
But... You didnt have your mouse the other way around did you? ;-)

What kind of mouse are you using?
Does the same issue occurs on other computers?
 
Joesg

Joesg

macrumors member
Original poster
Jun 4, 2012
65
33
East Coast, USA
DennisBlah said:
Im glad the usb overdrive helped out
But... You didnt have your mouse the other way around did you? ;-)

What kind of mouse are you using?
Does the same issue occurs on other computers?
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The mouse is this one here

The cursor movement direction is reversed on the 3 macs and 1 PC that I tried it on, so it is clearly an issue inherent to the mouse. Perhaps it is a driver issue. In any case, USB overdrive takes care of the problem very nicely.
 
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