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And yet again, my point is proven. :rolleyes:
Oh come on.

Virtually every online community has a small group of users that will pounce when a new user makes a rookie mistake.

On this community, spelling Mac in all caps is about the equivalent of a "switcher" over at HowardForums talking about AT&T's 900mhz coverage. In both cases, the majority of people know what the OP meant and will help them without any fuss, but there's almost always some "smug" user(s) that will come along poking fun at the error.

So, while I think your point is valid, I think you have the scope of where you want to apply it dialed in a little too tight, as it's hardly a MacRumors or Apple owners "only" issue.
 
If the scrollball worked for more than a month I'd not mind the Mighty Mouse.

I must, however, be a wee bit strange as I actually liked the puck mouse...I even bought several old specimens from eBay and control-clicked happily until the bits of rubber that connected with the ball wore away.
 
I am a switcher, I find it funny that people think it is acceptable to have a mouse stop working after a few weeks... and windows is the one with problems.
Unbelievable the attitude of some of the members around here. I really feel welcome now.

Where exactly in the posts before yours did anyone say it was acceptable to have a mouse stop working in the first few weeks? I didn't notice anyone with an attitude, I think you need to calm down, people are trying to help from what I have been reading so far.

Ah, I just noticed this was about the MAC spelling? Well I certainly did offer the Repair Permissions option and it fixed the OP's issue. There's nothing wrong with having a bit of fun on the forums as they get quite intense here but at least I followed with a solution.
 
i dont think any of them is broken. I get this few times with my own mouse and after cleaning it a bit it will work again ~ never said that i like that or that it doesnt makes u feel u have a crap mouse. The things i love about apple's mighty mouse are the design and the ability to scroll reight and left. The things i hate are the bad quality (at least bad for its cost) and the fact that in order to click, the mouse must be touching the desk (but thats a design sacrifice). Im too used to the right/left scrolling, if any logitch mouse has that in the future, ill grab it immediatelly
 
The "new to the OS" (switcher) comments came up because of how you capitalized Mac, not because you didn't know to repair permissions. Glad you're mice are working.
Glad you're mice are working.
Glad you're mice are
Glad you're mice
you're mice
how you capitalized Mac
you're mice
capitalized Mac
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Don't forget the sacrificial goat.

Repair permissions: 99.5% pure placebo!

i prefer.. false hope. its always fun telling someone that they can possibly fix their water saturated macbook with CMD+OPTN+R+P
 
No

I guess that would be ironic had I been one of the posters who gave the OP grief about using "MAC" instead of "Mac". :confused:

That's actually not ironic. Irony is when you say something but mean something else (usually contradictory).

Bunch of elitist snobs in here, I say!
 
Thanks for the help; for those that helped, the permissions was the issue in this case. greatly appreciated.
It's unfortunate that I keep running into users that think they are "superior" because they have been using Mac for awhile.
I am primarily a Linux user as I code in "C" for a living.
I am getting tired and disappointed with the attitude of many of the Mac users (this is not the 1st time).
The main reasons some of the users knew I was new to the OS was because I was not aware of what seems to be a common problem, permissions, who's fault is that? the user or the OS? I had enough issues with permissions in Linux, I thought this was behind me with the MAC, my mistake.

We are superior. Why do you think we've always been using Macs?
 
Also, since you're new to macs, you might want to know that Apple's mice have always been barely usable. The hockey Puck mouse... The Apple Pro Mouse (which looked very nice, but was crap to use), and finally the mighty mouse.
 
i prefer.. false hope. its always fun telling someone that they can possibly fix their water saturated macbook with CMD+OPTN+R+P

The MR forum members are not "paid" to be experts here, this is a community share site so we offer what we know. Don't knock resetting the NVRAM or Repair Permissions, both have corrected issues that I have had on my Mac, those tools wouldn't be on the Mac OS if they were completely worthless.

You want "expert" help pull out your credit card and take your Mac to the Apple store or a certified tech.:p
 
Veteg,
I'm an experienced IT person who has just made the change to a mac for my home machine. Most here are helpful. Some are arrogant, idiotic, fanboys. But they are in the vast minority.

A fanboy is determined as someone who acts the following way:

1) You: Why wont a mac do this? Fanboy: Why would you want it to do that??
2) You: It wont let me do this? Fanboy: Apples arent meant to do that. You need to change the way you think about things when you join the exclusive Club Pomme.

3) You: the wireless on my MBP doesnt work since I upgraded to Leopard. Fanboy: Thats a feature, it keeps you from spending too much time on the internet

4) and of course You: why wont my mouse work Fanboy: you need to clean it monthly??

The mouse thing is hysterical. I havent had mouse I had to clean since 1999.

To get to your original post. Apple Mice are GARBAGE. Form should follow function, and ofr the most part, it does in apple products. The capacitance sensors on the mice are terrible. They force you to remove your finger from teh mouse to click. sounds minor, but compared to the way a mechanical button works it is a major annoyance.

Also, dont go for all the strange cleaning techniques. i like the one where you go to www.stevejobsisgod.com and order the mac ball cleaning solution. It is a special solvent that is secreted by a gland between the scrotum and the anus of an adolescent male Vietnamese Yak. It is very special and cost $35 per ml. But you dont need to use much. And it gives your Mac a nice musky aroma. Its also harvested in a sustainable way. And shipped by boats that burn only biofuels. Nice touch.

Go buy yourself a nice logitech and you will be happy.
 
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To get to your original post. Apple Mice are GARBAGE. Form should follow function, and ofr the most part, it does in apple products. The capacitance sensors on the mice are terrible. They force you to remove your finger from teh mouse to click. sounds minor, but compared to the way a mechanical button works it is a major annoyance.

Go buy yourself a nice logitech and you will be happy.
You know what, I have to agree with you about Apple mice. Wow, are they ever bad, especially for people with large hands like myself. Sure, the scroll ball is a great feature, but the rest of the mouse is nigh-on impossible to use as it was intended (referring to the Mighty Mouse).
 
I know what you mean. I have always been a big proponent of the might mouse, but recently I have begun to sing a different tune. Bottom line is that the mouse is a piece of ***** and isn't worth $20 let alone $60+.

I am considering the Logitech brand mouses, maybe a step down from the MX Revo. Who knows though....
 
logitech mice are great. Get one with a scroll wheel and a back button and you will wonder how you ever lived without it.

I got a bluetooth one for my mom. her macbook is the first computer she has ever used. It is bulletproof. No support calls. ; -)

Don
 
My Logitech optical mouse works on my Mac using USB and with my Windows computer using USB or PS2 with the included adapter. It has a scroll wheel that works exceptionally well and has not required cleaning even after 2 years of use.
 
My Logitech optical mouse works on my Mac using USB and with my Windows computer using USB or PS2 with the included adapter. It has a scroll wheel that works exceptionally well and has not required cleaning even after 2 years of use.
Like you, I have never had to clean a scroll wheel... but this is on any mouse with one, not just Logitech mice. For some reason though, the scroll ball on the Mighty Mouse tends to get "stuck" and won't scroll in one particular direction.
 
I am a switcher, I find it funny that people think it is acceptable to have a mouse stop working after a few weeks... and windows is the one with problems.
Unbelievable the attitude of some of the members around here. I really feel welcome now.

I agree with you 100%. The Mighty Mouse has a design flaw in that it's too hard to clean.
 
The MR forum members are not "paid" to be experts here, this is a community share site so we offer what we know. Don't knock resetting the NVRAM or Repair Permissions, both have corrected issues that I have had on my Mac, those tools wouldn't be on the Mac OS if they were completely worthless.

Funny you should say that. One day it was awful outside. Dreadful
weather it was. All cold and drizzly and blustery. Anyway, I did the
repair permissions thing and what do you know? The sun came out.
Some would say it was chance, but I believe in it. After all, those
tools wouldn't be on the Mac OS if they were completely worthless.
 
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