Mighty Mouse defective?

[jasimon9]

I recently got a new iMac. The included Mighty Mouse seems to me to be defective, in that the cursor frequently makes a sudden large jump to another location on the screen.

That is, I am moving the cursor, when suddenly the cursor jumps quite a distance from where it should be.

Is this a defect, or am I doing something wrong?

 

[Macmanrec]

I have the same Problem

i dont have an answer but my wireless mighty mouse is doing the same thing.

 

[dantherevelator]

Mine used to get a tiny piece of lint in the recess where the optical sensor is. That would make it act all frickin' crazy.

 

[gr8tfly]

I've seen some sporadic behavior on mine, from time to time. A few things to try:

Different trackpad. Some materials track better than others.

Compressed air (can type) on the lens. That's what usually fixes a "jumpy" cursor for me.

Turn the mouse off and on (let the "mouse disconnect" show up).

 

[McShizzel]

My mighty mouse is doing the same thing, it happens both in Mac OS and Vista. I just ordered a Logitech MX Revolution to replace my mighty mouse so I'll see if this cursor jumping continues with the new mouse.

 

[jasimon9]

Mine used to get a tiny piece of lint in the recess where the optical sensor is. That would make it act all frickin' crazy.

The obvious follow up question: how to clean the mighty mouse?

I was brand new one month ago today. My Microsoft mouse works well and hardly ever needs cleaning.

 

[SnowLeopard2008]

The obvious follow up question: how to clean the mighty mouse?

I was brand new one month ago today. My Microsoft mouse works well and hardly ever needs cleaning.

I made a video about this topic on my YouTube channel. Please go watch it!

 

[ksmith80209]

The obvious follow up question: how to clean the mighty mouse?

I was brand new one month ago today. My Microsoft mouse works well and hardly ever needs cleaning.

The best answer I found for this (and the only one that ever worked for me) was to flip the MM upside down and depress/roll the little ball around on a clean sheet of white paper. It works every time.

 

[macuserx86]

The mighty mouse is inherently defective, as it is the worst mouse Apple has ever made. Go buy a nice Logitech or Microsoft mouse.

 

[bartelby]

The mighty mouse is inherently defective, as it is the worst mouse Apple has ever made.

It's far from the worst...

 

[jasimon9]

The mighty mouse is inherently defective, as it is the worst mouse Apple has ever made. Go buy a nice Logitech or Microsoft mouse.

I'll probably just switch the Mighty Mouse with the "nice Microsoft mouse" attached to the Windows box I migrating from.

 

[jasimon9]

I'll probably just switch the Mighty Mouse with the "nice Microsoft mouse" attached to the Windows box I migrating from.

Today I finally took a trip past the Genius Bar with the mouse. The tech simply cleaned it of the dog hair, and it worked for him. So this maybe was the problem all along.