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My new Logitech G5 mouse very jittery on macbook

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bluesTank

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Oct 21, 2008
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Hey everyone,

I just got the logitech G5 mouse, after hearing so much praise about it (including on macs)

I plugged it in and immediately noticed it was awful. It has horrid jittery movements when you try and move it slowly, and whenever you just make short movements in general.

I plugged it into my wife's PC and it works perfectly.

Does anyone know why it is doing this, and how to fix it? Otherwise I am returning it.

-Thanks
 
Like the above poster said, download the Logitech Control Center from the Logitech site and change the tracking speed. It will be fine.
 
I downloaded the control center and it didn't detect my device when I started it.

Did I download the wrong thing?
 
bluesTank said:
I downloaded the control center and it didn't detect my device when I started it.

Did I download the wrong thing?
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Well, it should detect your device.

The other thing you can do is: System Preferences>Keyboard and Mouse>Mouse>Tracking Speed.

That should solve your problem without the Logitech software.
 
neither high nor low tracking speeds solves the problem. It is jittery either way.

The cursor jumps from one spot to another as I am moving it across the screen. It also only happens when moving the mouse diagonally.
 
The G5 is not made to be used on a Mac. I have the same problem, the control center doesn't detect it because it's a Windows mouse. If you go to logitech.com, you can see that under G5, it says it's only compatible with Windows.
 
acfusion29 said:
The G5 is not made to be used on a Mac. I have the same problem, the control center doesn't detect it because it's a Windows mouse. If you go to logitech.com, you can see that under G5, it says it's only compatible with Windows.
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Yes but does that mean it should be horrid when used with a mac? I just figured I wouldn't be able to use the extra buttons. I wanted a smooth with sensitivity adjustments, and this turns out to be the opposite.
 
Is this just a general Mac OSX problem? Because someone else mentioned that it happens with their might mouse.

Also, I have heard many people talk about how the G5 works fine on macs, so maybe by that they just mean it works as well as other mice. This is my first mac, and the first time to ever use a mouse on one.
 
bluesTank said:
I am on an aluminum macbook running OSX 5.5

And like I said originally, it works perfectly on my wife's PC
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Yeah it works perfectly on Bootcamp, but not in Mac OS X. And Logitech Control Center or whatever it's called, recognizes it in bootcamp Windows, but not in Mac.

Its unfortunate because it's such a sick mouse.
 
there is a paid program called steermouse that actually helps. I am in the same boat running a logitech G7 which unsupported by mac. The G7 ran perfect in Bootcamp with vista. Using steermouse, the mouse is no longer skipping and the buttons are customizable. you can try it free first.

http://plentycom.jp/en/steermouse/
 
cellocello said:
I wonder what causes a mouse to be "incompatible" with OSX ....
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It's not that the mouse is incompatible with OSX but that OSX and Windows use two completely different mouse acceleration curves. Windows accelerates the mouse sooner on movement and is why it feels faster compared to OSX. OSX waits longer to accelerate so that you get more precision on small movements and detail work on Photoshop, etc.

If you're used to one or the other, when you switch OS it feels like the mouse is broken :)
 
tubbymac said:
It's not that the mouse is incompatible with OSX but that OSX and Windows use two completely different mouse acceleration curves. Windows accelerates the mouse sooner on movement and is why it feels faster compared to OSX. OSX waits longer to accelerate so that you get more precision on small movements and detail work on Photoshop, etc.

If you're used to one or the other, when you switch OS it feels like the mouse is broken :)
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That would cause crazy jitteriness? :confused:
 
Yeah I had the same "experience" when I plugged in my wired Microsoft Sidewinder mouse. Since you have to move the mouse much farther to move it the same distance, and your hand is used to just flicking it a bit under Windows to move it the same amount, you end up unintentionally making like 3-4 seperate movements to get to the same place and end up "jittering" your mouse as it keeps accelerating and decelerating.
 
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