Recently I have been having problems with carpal tunnel in my mousing hand. All the tasks that I use the computer for can be done via keyboard (no image editing, etc). Unfortunately I can't resist using the mouse because it makes things so much easier. Is there a way to disable the mouse in OS X? Thanks.
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Disabling the mouse
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if its a corded mouse pull it out or if its wireless turn it off? i wouldnt bother trying to disable mice in OS X, youll probably have to hack a kext extension and screw the system up.
Thanks for the feedback. What I meant to ask was how to disable the trackpad (on a MacBook Pro), not so much the mouse.
plug in a mouse then stash it away somewhere and then in the Mouse preferences under the Trackpad tab select "Ignore trackpad when mouse is present" 
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