Scrolling confusion

[dfmac]

Just got a new iMAC so I'm a bit rusty. It comes with a magic mouse which has a touch screen thingy on the top surface.
It's supposed to do the divil-an'-all but it's driving me nuts
On a spread sheet or web page the cursor moves far right at the slightest touch or the screen shot becomes magnified to the extreme.
If I tap the mouse surface it SOMETIMES returns to normal.
Why is this happening? Is it the closeness of my fingers to the mouse or is there a preference setting somewhere.
My Missing Manual has missed this quirk.

 

[YanniDepp]

Open System Preferences, go to Mouse, and switch off Smart Zoom.

 

[dfmac]

Thanks for that.
Fixed the zoom issue but the spreadsheet mania is still there.
The cursor suddenly goes far right and low down.???
It can only be rescued by a continuous clik on the bottom scroll bar on the left hand side.


Is there such a thing as a wireless mouse without the clever touch surface trick. At the moment it is wasting more time for me than is warranted

 

[leman]

You could try the Apple's trackpad, I believe its much nicer to work with. Other than that, any third-party mouse, wireless or not will work with you mac. Beware that some mice have extra features that might require extra drivers.