#Disable mouse acceleration mac mac os x#
#Disable mouse acceleration mac drivers#
#Disable mouse acceleration mac driver#

I'm sure that Apple appreciates your concern for their resources, but I can't imagine it would be that difficult to make it possible to turn it off - especially given that it used to be possible via a terminal pref setting, which was removed. There is also no downside at all to allowing users to turn it off. It also helps some people with mouse tracking, and it is useful for games, where quick movements are more difficult when mouse acceleration is on. There are legitimate benefits to turning off mouse acceleration, such as the potential to make a mouse act exactly the same on a Windows and Mac PC. PressCommand-Space to open Spotlight, typeTerminalin the search box, and click Terminal to launch the utility. I agree with Apple's no-options design philosophy in almost all cases, but not this one. Disable mouse acceleration with defaults. There's nothing broken to fix.īut there are clearly some who, like myself, do not like it. The same method applies to disabling the feature in other Windows. Honestly, I can't even tell the difference between Windows and Mac. Turning it off is as simple as shelling peas as it simply requires you to unscrew one can. To do it for both a mouse and trackpad, presumably, and if you alter the speed setting in the control panel, that restores mouse acceleration/'enhanced precision'. OSX's mouse acceleration works fine for the overwhelming majority of users. So if I'm understanding this right, the two commands are: defaults write. I don't see why Apple should bother expending resources do that. Would it really kill them to add a setting that you can set with the command line? Or a little checkbox? Ugh, there is no perfect solution that I've found for mouse acceleration under OS X. Settings are reversible by rebooting the machine.

#Disable mouse acceleration mac mac os x#

To disable mouse acceleration in Mac system execute this command in the terminal: defaults write. Disable Mac OS X mouse acceleration via the command line this easy to use script will completely disable mouse acceleration in Mac OS X.

#Disable mouse acceleration mac drivers#

I need this because the mouse has a freewheeling scroll wheel which you can engage/disengage with a mechanical button on top.Īre there any other options I should try or is my best bet to go back to Logitech's drivers and try to recalibrate my muscles after 20 years of mousing? open -a 'Google Chrome' -args -disable-gpu-vsync -disable-frame-rate-limit.

#Disable mouse acceleration mac driver#

Now I'm back to using Steermouse, but without the Logiteh driver I don't get the smooth trackpad-esque scrolling.

I spent 20 minutes trying to tweak the OS X settings and the Logitech driver to my liking, but I couldn't get it right.

The problem is getting the tracking right. My MX510 has worked beautifully for years now, but it started to crap out and I also want to go wireless. I can't help it - the apple-style acceleration makes my mousing twitchy and slow and I always either overshoot or come up short when moving to a target to click. I have always used apps like Steermouse to tweak the mice on my macs to track like on your average windows install. I can't stand the Apple-style acceleration curve. Question: Q: Disable graphics acceleration in Mac OS Monterey More Less Welcome to Apple Support Community A forum where Apple customers help each other with their products. First off, I'm very picky when it comes to mice.