[Resolved] Magic Mouse + PPC G5 = Lag?

[Orange Furball]

I updated everyting on m g5. Running leopard 10.5.8, with all the mouse software updated, and its very laggy.

What am i doing wrong?

thanks

 

[tayloralmond]

Are you using a built in bluetooth receiver or a USB dongle? I use a USB dongle and if it's too far away (which is more than a couple feet or so) it gets REALLY lagish.

 

[Orange Furball]

im only about 7 inches away from he receiver. Ill put it in my USB hub 3 inches away and see.

EDIT: it worked. I guess its understandable when there is a foot thick of aluminum in the way

 

[tayloralmond]

Glad it worked. That's exactly what happened to me. I had to get a USB cable extension to put the USB dongle less than a foot or so away from my keyboard and mouse to avoid getting lag.

 

[alexreich]

im only about 7 inches away from he receiver. Ill put it in my USB hub 3 inches away and see.

EDIT: it worked. I guess its understandable when there is a foot thick of aluminum in the way

Thanks for posting your solution. I'll have to remember this when I order another Magic Mouse for my PowerMac G5, which arrived this afternoon. 😀

 

[Orange Furball]

Thanks for posting your solution. I'll have to remember this when I order another Magic Mouse for my PowerMac G5, which arrived this afternoon. 😀

Nice! Got mine two days ago! The mouse works well in leopard. Ill have to use something different for gaming though...

 

[alexreich]

Nice! Got mine two days ago! The mouse works well in leopard. Ill have to use something different for gaming though...

I use my Magic Mouse for gaming on my Intel mini and it's workable for me. I can see how it's a bit of a pain, but I guess I've adjusted myself to it. I'm using my Mighty Mouse for general use and gaming at the moment, and will use a Magic Mouse once my new one arrives...

 

[Jessica Lares]

As to not open another thread... Can you use any cheap Bluetooth dongle? Specifically I want to ditch my IBM mouse for a Mighty Mouse I have sitting around unused.

 

[Orange Furball]

As to not open another thread... Can you use any cheap Bluetooth dongle? Specifically I want to ditch my IBM mouse for a Mighty Mouse I have sitting around unused.

Yes I use some random rocket fish one. Just make sure its Mac compatible. Ebay is your best bet.

 

[tayloralmond]

I use a RocketFish adapter as well.

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For anyone that's interested: although Leopard doesn't "officially" support Momentum Scrolling, it's really easy to enable.

1)Open the Terminal

2)Copy/Paste

defaults write com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.mouse MouseMomentumScroll -bool true

3)After pasting the above code, push enter, close the Terminal, head on over to System Preferences—>Keyboard & Mouse—>and uncheck then recheck the “scrolling” box. You should now be good to go.

 

[Orange Furball]

I use a RocketFish adapter as well.

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For anyone that's interested: although Leopard doesn't "officially" support Momentum Scrolling, it's really easy to enable.

1)Open the Terminal

2)Copy/Paste

defaults write com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.mouse MouseMomentumScroll -bool true

3)After pasting the above code, push enter, close the Terminal, head on over to System Preferences—>Keyboard & Mouse—>and uncheck then recheck the “scrolling” box. You should now be good to go.

I think you are a God. I miss momentum scrolling so much.

 

[tayloralmond]

Well I think that's a bit of a stretch lol...but glad I could help. Also, check out the program Scroll Reverser if you want the Lion-esque scrolling experience. I wrote a short post about it on MyMacCollection.