Cyborg RAT 7 - It has NEVER worked on my Mac!

[photostudent]

Did you get a fix...I know this is old but I have no issues with the RAT 7

 

[ScottGND]

What Mad Catz Driver worked? I am using the cyborg rat 7 with lots of problems.

I found some drivers here:
http://www.mmnt.net/db/0/0/ftp.saitek.com/pub/software/beta/Mac

I'm posting here because it didn't seem that this was ever really solved and this thread is the best google result for this issue.

I just got my RAT7 working on Mavericks. It took a little fiddling. Here are the steps I did:

1. Uninstall all other mouse drivers - USB-Overdrive, SteerMouse, Logitech, Razer, etc.
2. Restart.
3. Install the MadCatz driver/editor software.
4. Restart.
5. Add the Mad Catz Editor to the Accessibility permissions list. System Prefs -> Security & Privacy -> Privacy -> Accessibility. Click the lock to authenticate then drag the Mad Catz Editor into the list to give it permissions.
6. Create/edit profiles and commands. Be sure to save the profile(s).
7. Use the menubar item to assign a profile to the mouse.

I can set dpi levels, configure the buttons, create custom commands, and save/load profiles and everything seems to be working fine.

Without Step 5, I could not create custom commands to have the mouse send keystrokes or macros.
Without step 7 the software had tried to assign both "no profile" and my newly created/assign profile to the mouse. Using the menubar item to specify a profile fixed the confusion.

 

[man or astroman]

After a number of exchanges with technical support, their suggestion is to test it on another Mac - well, I don't have another one.

So for those of you using a Cyborg RAT 7 gaming mouse, my question is: HOW THE HECK can I make button programming/binding work? It has NEVER done a thing, not even moving back a page in a browser.

Does it have a conflict with MagicPrefs or the like? What am I supposed to delete in order to start over? Any advice will be HIGHLY appreciated.

I might have a solution to put the RAT7 to work on a Mac previous to High Sierra (I mean, I've never tried any OSX further than Sierra...). I'll try to be brief:

1. Unninstall any MadCatz driver, USB Overdrive, SteerMouse, Logitech, Razer, etc drivers from your Mac. Search in Library/Extensions/Launch Agents/Pref Panes/Staged Extensions. Also search in Finder/Go/Go to folder/~Library/Application Support (com.apple.sharedfilelist/todays files)/Sync Services/Preferences/Saved Applications State (com.montalchi...). If you're on a clean installation of OSX ignore all this I've mentioned.

2. Restart.

3. Instal the Mad Catz RAT driver for your coumputer. I'm on a Mac Pro 2010 and I've installed it on my MabBook Pro 2012 successufully. I have the 1.1.69 version for the MacBook Air but honestly I've never tried this solution on it.

4. Restart.

5. The Dock will not work now (if you use the "Automatically hide and show the dock" mode). Before you continue go and check the System Prefs/Security&Privacy/Privacy/Accessibility. Authenticate and then drag the Mad Catz Editor into the list to give permissions. The dock might not work still. But let's keep the faith

6. Now it's time to install the USB Overdrive. The USB Overdrive-32 version works on Mac Pro 2010 (mine with El Capitan). It works on the MacBook Pro (Mavericks, El Capitan or Sierra) and I believe it also works on MacBook Air too (El Capitan or Sierra). Before you "surf" on the USB Overdrive (in the Preferences Pane) check in the Pref. Pane/Users&Groups/Login items, if the USBOverdriver app is there and checked.

8. Restart.

9. Go to the Pref. Pane, open the USB Overdrive and program the commands.

10. Now, the triccky part. I've found that the dock is still not working after the USB Overdrive installation (maybe a driver's issue) BUT, I've tried this: in the USB Overdrive's preference pane I've unchecked the "Enable" box on the upright corner, moved the mouse outside the pane and clicked on the desktop once. Then i moved back the mouse to the USB Overdrive pref pane and rechecked the "Enable" box. After this it usually works, but if it doesn't you can try to unplug and plug it back into the usb hub, AND it should work. At least it worked for me.

Hope it works!