Mighty Mouse will not scroll down, only up???

[AeroBar]

Hello,

The scroll on my Mighty Mouse will not scroll down, only up.

This the second Mighty Mouse I've owned and the last one had this problem too.

Is this a common fault? The settings in System Preferences are fine.

Regards

 

[spinnerlys]

You have to clean the scroll ball:
http://www.google.com/cse?cx=011016...e:forums.macrumors.com&hl=en&as_qdr=all&meta=

 

[mac88]

I'll have to find the post, but someone used a small BB (it actually looked good) in place of the scroll wheel and has had no problems. I'll search it out.

 

[Blow up tre1]

Cleaning...again and again...and again...and again...then bin it.

Clean the mouse and all should be fine. I had this same problem. By the way, it will become a shorter interval of time before it stops working after cleaning again. You will eventually learn that it sounds good, but it a load of crap as you hardly ever scroll sideways. Then you will get sick of cleaning it and get a better mouse. You will probably decide on a logitech or a razer (www.razerzone.com) mouse, as these seem to me as the best two mouse companies on the market.
In short-don't buy an apple mouse as they are made for aesthetics > ergonomics. (or to look good in common language)

 

[Angelo95210]

This is why I gave up with the MM. This scroll ball gets always dirty. I switched to a Logitech and it's 100x better (and cheaper also)

 

[mrfrosty]

Lick your finger, put it on the button and rub it. Its a cure all.

 

[AeroBar]

Thanks to all who told me how to clean it.

To those who didn't, I am very happy with this mouse and have no intention of changing it.

Cheers.

 

[skybolt]

I sometimes have the same problem the OP has when the batteries are getting low. Could be the case here, as well.