AH! My Mouse!

[petersonwork]

Hey, uhmm i recently got my mac and every once in a while my mouse would just like jump to a different area of the screen. I am running dual monitors and sometimes it would even jump to the other monitor. DAHM!
What should I do? Getting so annoying.
Thanks,
Ken

 

[iTeen]

Well first off, what kind of mouse do you have?

 

[petersonwork]

Just the default one the one that came with my mac pro. The white one with the one button.
-Ken

 

[iToaster]

Are you using a mouse pad? If so, is it glossy? If no, is you table glossy.

 

[petersonwork]

Mousepad Yes, uhmm kind of glossy yea, it has a hard surface, used it for gaming. I guess that is the reason.

 

[GGJstudios]

Mousepad Yes, uhmm kind of glossy yea, it has a hard surface, used it for gaming. I guess that is the reason.

... either that, or your mouse just has the hiccups!

 

[Artofilm]

I personally found that all Apple mice seem to twitch like that every once and a while.

Since I do Photoshop work, I can't have that happening so I switched over to Logitech. I don't think the Apple mice are very well built once you compare them to Logitech.

 

[hitnrun7]

I personally found that all Apple mice seem to twitch like that every once and a while.

Since I do Photoshop work, I can't have that happening so I switched over to Logitech. I don't think the Apple mice are very well built once you compare them to Logitech.

It happens with my logitech G7, although it may be a result of either poor drivers or my mac mini being relatively low-end.

 

[iToaster]

Mousepad Yes, uhmm kind of glossy yea, it has a hard surface, used it for gaming. I guess that is the reason.

Yeah, that might be it. I've found my mouse behaves erratically when placed on something that is somewhat glossy. If you have a non-glossy mouse pad, you might want to see if that solves your problem.