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Mac Mouse Fix - Make Your $10 Mouse Better Than an Apple Trackpad!

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Mac Mouse Fix

Make Your $10 Mouse Better Than an Apple Trackpad!

Website ↗	Help & Feedback	Releases	Acknowledgements

Mac Mouse Fix is an app that makes your mouse better.

I want to turn Mac Mouse Fix into the best mouse driver of all time! Some features are still missing at the moment, but I think it already turns regular mice into the best input devices for Macs in some ways. At the same level or even better than an Apple Trackpad or a Logitech MX Master mouse.

For more information on how exactly Mac Mouse Fix enhances your mouse, visit the website.

Features

See the website for an overview of the features of Mac Mouse Fix, including video demos!

For more details, see the Releases.

Installation

Download the latest version of Mac Mouse Fix on the website.

You can also install Mac Mouse Fix through Homebrew! Just type the following command into the terminal:

brew install mac-mouse-fix

You can download older versions of Mac Mouse Fix under Releases.

macOS compatibility

The latest version of Mac Mouse Fix is made for macOS 11 Big Sur or later.

If you're on macOS 10.15 Catalina, macOS 10.14 Mojave, or macOS 10.13 High Sierra, you can use Mac Mouse Fix 2.2.3 or below. Later versions of Mac Mouse Fix might still work on your machine, but they will have visual issues and some features might not work properly.

If you're on macOS 10.12 Sierra, or 10.11 El Capitan, you can use Mac Mouse Fix 2.2.0 or below.

Pricing

See the website for an overview of the pricing for Mac Mouse Fix 3.
Mac Mouse Fix 2 and below will remain free forever.

Uninstallation

Uninstall Mac Mouse Fix by simply moving it to the bin.

However, there will be files left on your system. To get rid of these files I recommend the awesome AppCleaner by FreeMacSoft.

Under macOS, it is not feasible for apps to delete these leftover files by themselves when you delete the app. That's why I highly recommend using an app like AppCleaner.

What people say

Thanks so much to everyone sharing their excitement about Mac Mouse Fix!
On the website you can find a collection of nice things people have said about the app.

Tips

• Manage windows with a simple Click and Drag

  Swish is my favorite way to manage windows on macOS. With a simple swipe on your trackpad, it lets you position any window so it takes up half, a quarter, or the whole screen.

  Swish is designed for trackpad gestures, but with Mac Mouse Fix you can use it from any third-party mouse! Just go to Mac Mouse Fix and set any buttons "Click and Drag" action to "Scroll & Navigate" and then you can snap windows with a simple Click and Drag.

  Anything you can do with a two-finger swipe on an Apple trackpad works just as well with the "Scroll & Navigate" feature in Mac Mouse Fix.

• Control Screen Brightness, Audio Volume, or Media Playback right from your mouse

  Mac Mouse Fix lets you use any key on your keyboard directly from your mouse - even special keys only found on Apple keyboards that let you control Screen Brightness, Audio Volume, Media Playback, and more.

  If you don't have an Apple keyboard at hand, hold Option (⌥) to choose the special Apple keys.

  

Questions

• Is Mac Mouse Fix native on Apple Silicon?

  Yes, Mac Mouse Fix runs 100% native on Apple Silicon.

• Why is there a delay when I click?

  When you click, Mac Mouse Fix might wait to see if you're going to double click.
  To remove the delay for a button, delete any "Double Click" actions for that button.

• How can I orbit around objects in 3D apps like Blender?

  In 3D apps like Blender, you normally Click and Drag the Middle Mouse Button to orbit around objects.
  But if you assign actions to the Middle Mouse Button in Mac Mouse Fix, then this won't work anymore.

  To solve this, I know of 2 options:

  1. Assign clicking and dragging one of the buttons of your mouse to the "Scroll & Navigate" feature. This feature simulates swiping with 2 fingers on an Apple Trackpad. This will, among other things, let you orbit in 3D apps!
  2. Uncapture the Middle Mouse Button by deleting all actions assigned to it in Mac Mouse Fix. See this guide for more info.

• Can I open App Exposé through a Click and Drag Gesture?

  Yes! Just choose the 'Spaces & Mission Control' Action and then Click and Drag down.

  If this doesn't work, it's likely because the 'App Exposé' trackpad gesture is disabled on your Mac.
  You can enable the gesture under System Settings or by running the following command in the terminal:

  defaults write com.apple.Dock showAppExposeGestureEnabled -bool TRUE; killall Dock
  

• Is my mouse supported?

  Short answer: Probably. If you want to know for sure, it's best to download Mac Mouse Fix and try it out.

  Mac Mouse Fix works very well with most mice. However, on certain mice designed to be used with proprietary driver software like Logitech Options, Mac Mouse Fix can't recognize all the buttons at the moment.

  That's because these mice communicate with your computer using a special, proprietary protocol, instead of the standard USB protocol. I would love to add full compatibility for these mice at some point, but it's a ton of work and it won't be coming soon.

• Is the Magic Mouse supported?

  I might add features in the future which enhance the Apple Magic Mouse, but currently, Mac Mouse Fix has no effect on it.

• Are tiltable scroll wheels supported?

  Some mice let you tilt the scroll wheel left or right to scroll horizontally. Mac Mouse Fix will make this feel more natural and easy to control. However, it's not currently possible to trigger other actions, such as switching between desktops, by tilting the scroll wheel. I'd love to implement this feature at some point, but it's a ton of work and it won't be coming soon.

• Turning off pointer acceleration

  Mac Mouse Fix doesn't let you turn off the pointer acceleration, but if you're on macOS 14 Sonoma or later, you can turn off the pointer acceleration under System Settings > Mouse > Advanced... > Pointer acceleration.

  I plan to add really nice ways to improve pointer acceleration in the future, but I'm not sure when that's coming.

• Does Mac Mouse Fix collect my data?

  Mac Mouse Fix does not have ads, and it does not collect any personal information about you.

  However, at the moment that you buy the app, the sales provider Gumroad.com collects some personal info, such as your email address, and this info is visible to me. This is necessary to be able to issue refunds, send a license key to your email, etc. I cannot turn this off. To learn more about the data collected when you buy Mac Mouse Fix, see the Gumroad Privacy Policy.

• Is there a refund policy?

  There is no official refund policy, but the app is free for 30 days.

  If you experience any problems after buying the app, just reach out to me, and I will do my best to help.

• Will Mac Mouse Fix still be Open Source now that it's monetized?

  Yes, Mac Mouse Fix will still be open source!

  I encourage anyone to use the source code of Mac Mouse Fix in their own projects, as long as they don't release a simple copy of Mac Mouse Fix.

  Learn about the details in the MMF License which Mac Mouse Fix 3 and later are licensed under.

• Can I get Mac Mouse Fix for free if I already donated?

  Yes! See the Acknowledgements for more info.

How you can contribute

There are several ways to help the project.
Check out the Acknowledgements for more info on who has already contributed!

• Giving feedback

  You can help by sharing your ideas, issues and feedback via the Feedback Assistant.

• Contributing money

  I hope to be able to sustain myself financially through Mac Mouse Fix. That way, I can keep improving and working on the app. If you would like to help, you can:

  1. Buy Mac Mouse Fix by clicking the button in the app, or clicking here.
  2. Tip me on PayPal. I don't get a lot of money from this, but it's always cute and motivating to get a donation.
  3. Sponsor me on GitHub. A monthly sponsorship is a great way to support the project and help me have a more stable income.

• Adding translations

  Mac Mouse Fix is available in English, German as well as the languages listed in the Acknowledgements.

  If you would like to help translate the project, see the Localization Guide.
  If you want to report missing or suboptimal translations, that's also very helpful. The best way to report problems is by commenting under the Localization Guide.

• Contributing code

  If you would like to contribute code, that's awesome! I'll be happy about any pull requests.

  However, I might not accept all pull requests. If you want to make sure that your work is not wasted, you can submit an initial pull request that only describes the changes you want to make, but contains little or no code. Then I can give you feedback and tell you if I would adopt the changes you want to make in that way.

Thank you to everyone who has already contributed and supported me in trying to make the best mouse driver of all time! :)🚀

Background

Background

Hi I'm Noah!

Initial Release

In 2019, during my first semester break, I released Mac Mouse Fix - a simple way to make your mouse better! It was a simple portfolio/passion project and I didn't really expect people to use it, but people ended up really liking it and even bought me some milkshakes, which was a great feeling! :) Here's what I wrote on the Mac Mouse Fix website back then:

My name is Noah and I made Mac Mouse Fix. When I started this project I was completely new to software development, but with the power of Google, Stack Overflow, and Apple's Developer Documentation at my fingertips I managed to learn what is necessary to deliver a solid little app that I hope will be useful for you guys. Working on Mac Mouse Fix made me discover a passion for programming, and led me to enroll in a Computer Science Degree at college, which has been awesome so far. I probably won't have a lot of time to work on Mac Mouse Fix during the semester, but please feel free to make your own contributions to Mac Mouse Fix on GitHub!

I think what people really appreciated about the first version of Mac Mouse Fix was that it was free and very simple and felt almost like a native part of macOS. The feature-set was quite limited but well-implemented and people who only wanted those features were really happy with the app.

Mac Mouse Fix 2 & Innovations

After that, I kept developing Mac Mouse Fix on and off between my studies. I discovered ways of simulating Apple Trackpad gestures that were never previously discovered, as far as I know. And I also developed a really innovative UI for remapping mouse buttons that is both more simple and more flexible than anything I've seen before.

I released the coolest benefits of these innovations with Mac Mouse Fix 2 in 2020. It let you Click and Drag to use Mission Control and Spaces in a way that feels just as fluid and native as swiping on a Trackpad, and it also let you do 7 things with just one button and allowed for endless customizations due to the super nice remapping UI.

I also figured out how to adjust the pointer speed under macOS which no software could do before except for SteerMouse and its spin-off CursorSense. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to release features based on this technology, yet, but because Mac Mouse Fix is open source, other apps like LinearMouse have been able to ship features based on the things I discovered back then.

Mac Mouse Fix 3 & Mental Health

After Mac Mouse Fix 2 was released, I kept working on the project during semester breaks. My goal was now to turn Mac Mouse Fix into a full-fledged Trackpad replacement. All the pieces were almost in place to let Mac Mouse Fix bring all the smooth Gestures and workflows that people are used to from a Trackpad to any cheap mouse.

So I began working on the necessary features to make this a reality. I was close, but making it really good ended up being much harder than I anticipated. I worked for months, discovering low-level hacks in macOS and implementing complex maths to finally end up with a system that allows you to use all the Trackpad gestures straight from your mouse in a way that feels just as polished, intuitive and seamless as a real Trackpad!

I also developed an innovative, beautifully animated UI for Mac Mouse Fix that dynamically hides or shows UI elements to provide powerful customization options while being super simple to use. In my opinion, the UI provides some of the sleekest, nicest settings of any app on macOS.

(Sorry if I'm tooting my own horn too much here, but I think it's really cool)

Especially since around the time that I released Mac Mouse Fix 2, I have unfortunately struggled a lot with my mental health. And after starting University with really good grades and a nice social life, I unfortunately became too depressed and anxious to finish my degree. Due to my autism and mental health issues, I think I also unfortunately won't be able to hold a normal job anytime soon.
However, I have a lot of passion for working on Mac Mouse Fix and I think I can do it well, despite my mental health struggles. So I made the plan to try to be financially independent through app development. In Fall of 2023, I set my sights towards working on Mac Mouse Fix full-time and slowly, but deliberately turning it into the best mouse driver ever (🚀🚀🚀) and an app that any Mac user with a mouse can appreciate and benefit from.

I released Mac Mouse Fix 3 in 2023 with the tagline 'Make Your $10 Mouse Better Than an Apple Trackpad!'. It's free for 30 days and costs $1.99 to own. I hope that's a fair price that anyone can afford while allowing me to make a living. So far it looks like I can live off of the sales revenues! Meaning that I can keep working on Mac Mouse Fix full time and turn it into the best app that I possibly can.

Thanks so much to everyone for their support, be it through financial support, by giving constructive feedback, or by simply sharing their excitement about the app with me. Thanks! :) <3

Noah
(January 7th 2023)

mac-mouse-fix's Issues

Add app specific side button settings [enhancement]

Description

Add the same side button config dropdown in the app specific menu.

Rationale

Currently, the back and forward mouse button doesn't work with Microsoft RDP when Mac Mouse Fix is on and the side button option is set to Back and Forward.

To get around this, either set the side buttons to Side buttons globally when using RDP or turn off Mac Mouse Fix entirely.

Additional info

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Doesn't work with mouses that don't have side buttons

I have a simple mouse that only has left click, right click, and a clickable scroll wheel. There's no way to map Ctrl+Left Click, etc to swiping left or right. I can't use the app since I don't have side buttons.

Custom Function for Additional Mouse Buttons

A neat feature would be to customize what the additional buttons do on your mouse (I have a Logitech Performance MX), where only the front/back function work as expected. Would be great to be able to also use the zoom and thumb buttons.

Doesn't seem to work at all

Cannot load on Catalina

Just updated to Catalina (10.15.0)

(Please note: this is after I went to "Security & Privacy" and clicked "Open Anyway")

Add support for command line executables in app-specific settings [enhancement]

Description

Basically, allow adding any arbitrary file to the app-specific settings, so long as, on disk, it has the x attribute for at least the running user. Not folders, but executable files.

Rationale

I would like to block Mouse Fix for the version of the java runtime which is retrieved by the Minecraft Launcher. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear to run as an app bundle, but rather a command line executable embedded in a bundle, located under a directory inside ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft/. This folder will change any time the Runtime is updated, but at least being able to add the current version would be handy.

Even easier would be if it were possible to drag a running application's dock icon onto the app-specific settings page. Currently, I can only drag the java binary which I locate with Finder, and because it's not an .app bundle, the whole PrefPane crashes itself.

Additional info

For now, I shall just turn off the Mouse Fix globally while playing the game. Incidentally, with near identical settings, including resolution, Optifine, and Sildur's shaders, Extreme with Volumetric Lighting, it runs much better on macOS than Windows on the same machine. Damn, AMD's OpenGL Windows drivers suck.

Preference pane doesn't support dark mode

Description

If dark mode is enabled in system settings, the preference pane still shows in light mode.

Rationale

Consistency

Additional info

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Doesn't work with 10.11?

Many thanks for this fix! It works great on 10.14.

But on my old Macbook, which is stuck with 10.11, it refuses to start, saying: "This preference pane requires OS X 10.12 or later. Your computer has OS X 10.11.6 installed."

Since the webpage says "for MacOS 10.11+" is there any chance to make it run on 10.11?

How can I disable Cmd + scroll override from Mac Mouse Fix for all? [enhancement]

Hi,

I love using Mac Mouse Fix for the configuring extra buttons on my external mouse. It has been very helpful.
I have been using, as well, another mouse config app (Mos) for smoother scrolling (with scroll inertia), configurable keys for horizontal scroll and dash scroll. I have maintained the smooth scroll on Mac Mouse Fix off.

When Mac Mouse Fix was a System Preferences pane, they have worked perfectly together. Mac Mouse Fix would manage the extra mouse buttons; Mos for scrolling.
However, since the latest update, which changed to an app, Cmd + scroll has always been taken over by Mac Mouse Fix (resulting in non-smooth scrolling as I have the setting off on MMF; turned on in Mos). Normal scrolling still works with the smooth scrolling managed by Mos, though.

The only way I have so far found out to disable MMF’s Cmd + scroll intervention is to add specific apps in App-specific settings to exclude them one by one. Is there a way to just disable it for all?

Thanks a lot.

Microsoft Precision Mouse troubles

Noticed an issue with Microsoft Precision Mouse

After installing Mouse Fix (0.9.1), a problem appeared, the middle of the side buttons stopped working, which switched programs like Cmd + Tab

Can I fix this somehow?

Can't invert scroll without smooth scroll

I don't use smooth scrolling because I personally think the smoothing curve is too slow. However,I still want to use invert direction Can invert direction be made separate from smooth scroll so it can be toggled independently? Thanks

"Enable Mouse Fix" checkbox is disabled, even though the helper is running when "Resuming" System Preferences on the Mouse Fix prefpane after a reboot / relogin

When the Mouse Fix prefpane is open before a shutdown / logout, it will be reopened after the next startup / login.
If macOS launches Mouse Fix Helper after Mouse Fix.prefPane, the "Enable Mouse Fix" checkbox of Mouse Fix.prefPane will be disabled even after Mouse Fix Helper has launched.

Ideas For a Solution

• Make helper launch before System Preferences
• Helper send an "I'm Running" message to prefPane after launching, which makes the prefPane activate the checkbox.

less smooth

Love your work here, thanks.👍🏼
Only need a feature to let me control the amount of smooth scrolling. It's perfect but i believe it's too much for me or at least for my mouse, If I could make it less smooth it would be awesome.

Allow use of ctrl + side buttons

This is feature request

Firstly, this is a great tool! I use the trackpad but every now and then I like to use my actual mouse and we all know that the Mac mice are horrible so this tool is perfect.

What I do see is that although I have the ability to switch screens, I have lost the ability to efficiently "swipe two fingers" and go back and forth.

If you allow your application to have side buttons to switch screens and ctrl + side buttons to mimic the swiping left and right with two fingers that would be great! Then using the mouse you can:

• switch screens
• go back/forward in webpages

Slow mouse wheel scrolling is not reliable/translated correctly [bug]

Description

Side note:

I mainly use mac-mouse-fix for using my mouse side buttons to get around quickly and inverting the scroll direction, so I have natural scrolling on a trackpad and regular scrolling with a mouse.

Because I enjoy macOS' default scrolling behaviour, especially the scroll acceleration (I can't live without it anymore), I leave smooth scrolling disabled. (Now with app specific settings I might give it a try!)

Problem:
When scrolling slowly in iTerm2, the scrolling is not translated correctly.

In these two screen recordings I scrolled slowly then fast and then slowly again.

Old: (this is how it should be)

Old.mov

New: (not working correctly 😢 )

New.mov

Btw, these are my system mouse settings:

Steps to reproduce

1. Download MacMouseFix 0.9.1 (PrefPane)
2. Scroll slowly in iTerm2

Result: Lines are scrolled one by one.

3. Download MacMouseFix 1.0.0
4. Scroll slowly in iTerm2

Result: Some scrolling steps are ignored; lines are not scrolled one by one → no reliable/linear scrolling.

Context

Mac Mouse Fix Version: 1.0.0
macOS Version: 10.15.7
Mouse Model: Roccat Kone Pure (Polar Blue)

Additional Comments

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Console Logs

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Crash Reports

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More action request

Thanks for this awesome app ! I would love to be able to set other action with the side button as : Display MissonControl and Display the Dock !

It would be perfect !

Cheers

Disable on a per app basis

Description

Would love to be able to disable the functionality for specific apps.

Rationale

Example: VLC volume is changing 70% per scrollwheel tick. A bit too much if you ask me ;-)

Additional info

Thanks for your great work!

invalid API object reference

When i try to run the sudo spctl --add ~/Library/PreferencePanes/Mouse\ Fix.prefPane command, i get the a invalid API object reference error

Add support for middle button + scroll Space navigation

Many mice doesn't have more than 3 buttons. In this case it would be a convenient way to change Spaces by holding middle button and scrolling up/down awhile. SteerMouse has this ability via Chords.

[alt]-scrolling does not work with "Smooth scrolling" enabled

I am not able to press [alt] and scroll, which resizes the canvas in adobe apps for example when Smooth scrolling in enabled. With it disabled it actually works fine.

Edit: with [alt] I mean the alt key on a Windows keyboard. On a Mac keyboard it should be the option key which causes the issues.

Mac Mouse Fix Version 0.9 (50)
macOS 10.15 Beta 10 (19A578c)
Photoshop 20.0.0.6

Works great, but after a few hours it disables itself and reenables after a few minutes

Prefpane doesn't load on Catalina

This is what happens after installing the prefpane on the latest Catalina beta (19A587c), but after installing and trying to open it for the first time System Preferences force closed on me too

According to Reddit users, Mouse Fix Helper sometimes doesn't show up in System Preferences.app > Security and Privacy > Privacy > Accessibility

Reinstalling the prefPane apparently fixes the issue.

Remapping doesn't work for bluetooth mice, currently.

MouseFix Nonfunctional on M1 Mac [other]

Recently purchased a new M1 Mac and mouse fix is completely nonfunctional. In System Preferences, I am unable to open up the preferences pane or access the software in anyway.

Problem in macOS 10.15 “Mouse Fix.prefPane” can’t be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious software.

This software needs to be updated. Contact the developer for more information.

Please have a look into this.
I've already pressed the "Open Anyway" button under the Security Options.

Invert side buttons

For some reason the side buttons on my mouse are detected in an inverted order, making the back button trigger the forward action and vice versa. Would you consider adding an option to invert the side buttons?

Can't notarise Mac Mouse Fix with Apple

Hi there! Developer here.

Unfortunately, I have not yet been able to notarise Mac Mouse Fix with Apple, and I suspect that this is causing issues for some users on Catalina.

If you think you might be able to help with this issue please check out this thread on the Apple Developer Forums where I detailed my issue in a comment under the username 'noahfromhamburg'. Thank you!

1.0.0 Release does not run on macOS 10.15 [bug]

Description

Just downloaded the new release. Unzipped it, and tried to run it. But the app is not supported on non macOS 11 systems.

Steps to reproduce

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Context

Mac Mouse Fix Version: 1.0.0
macOS Version: 10.15.7
Mouse Model: –

Scroll Wheel on external USB suddenly stopped working while mouse fix is enabled.

Description

I connected a new mouse to my machine. Everything was working as expected. I only use Mouse Fix for scroll direction and smooth scrolling, button functionality I handle with Karabiner Elements. After about an hour or two, my scroll wheel stopped working, and I can see in my event viewer that the system is no longer detecting scroll events from the mouse. If i disable Mouse Fix it works again, natively.

Steps to reproduce

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Context

Mac Mouse Fix Version: 0.9.1
macOS Version: 10.15.7
Mouse Model: Deltaco Wired optical silent mouse

Additional Comments

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Console Logs

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Crash Reports

https://pastebin.com/4WSPLrY5

Extremely fast scrolling in Preview.app when using "Single Page" or "Two Pages" view option

When viewing documents in Preview using the "Single Page" or "Two Pages" view option, a single scroll wheel tick will result in over 10 pages scrolled.

Add Support for Momentum Scrolling [other]

I have a mouse with a free spinning mouse wheel. It works quite well with MacOS apart from the fact that scrolling is also not really smooth. The feature in Mac Mouse Fix to allow smooth scrolling seems quite a nice thing to have. Unfortunately it removes the momentum scrolling which I really like. With smooth scrolling enabled the scrolling is smooth but I can no longer scroll large chunks by fast spinning the wheel. It would be nice to have both smooth scrolling while at the same time keeping the ability to have momentum.

Can't scroll in long NSMenus

I noticed this in Karabiner and couldn't think of another application with a very long list to test, but if you build an empty app with a NSMenu and add 100 NSMenuItems you should be able to reproduce it.

Given the default scroll behavior (1 item per scroll notch without acceleration), this might be related to #3, but rather than scrolling very quickly it just doesn't scroll at all.

Scroll randomly behaves like zoom

BUG: When using the side buttons to flick back and forth between spaces, every now and then the scroll will suddenly behave like i have ctrl held down and zoom in and out of the page instead of scrolling up and down. if i leave it for a second it will start scolling up and down as expected (without me changing anything). Obviously annoying as I have to reset my page zoom level using ctrl + 0. Any ideas on this?

Support for more side buttons

First of all, I wanted to say that among all apps that try to fix this problem, this one is undoubtly the best! If it's possible, can you add support for other mouse buttons? I got a Razer Viper that has 2 side buttons on each side. Thanks a lot!

Mouse bluetooth connectivity lost after connecting another bluetooth device

Whenever I connect airpods or my google home to my macbook pro through bluetooth, the mouse would all of a sudden stop working. To fix this issue, I would simply disable mouse fix and enable it again. Is there a way to fix this issue without having to disable and enable mouse fix?

well done

我找了半天类似的应用，终于发现这个了，赞👍

Page up/down with side-buttons

The scroll wheels of my mice don't last long. It would be great to allow paging with side-buttons.

Smooth scrolling not working [bug]

Description

I've been using Mac Mouse Fix for a while as the Pref Pane extension and everyitng worked except the Smooth Scrolling feature. I have now downloaded from Git the official app version, and it still does not work. Any help would be appreciated! Also, can this app interfere with Better Touch Tool?

Steps to reproduce

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Context

Mac Mouse Fix Version: 1.0.1
macOS Version: macOS Big Sur 11.2.2
Mouse Model: Logitech Vertical Ergo

Additional Comments

The version of the Pref Pane extension is 0.9.1. (243)

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Console Logs

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Crash Reports

Looked but none existed

Invert side buttons "move between spaces" function [enhancement]

Description

It Will be really great to get all same but with inverted or with the possibility to invert the linked side buttons move space right and move space left

Rationale

first of all I really like your mousefix!!! I have Bluetooth mouse Razer Atheris and native driver (synapse 2) after installing macOS Big Sur was lost (don't work)

Your decision is great and the best that I found on the web, my mouse side buttons alive now!

And only one little part made me sad - is when I press the first side button I do the step right (see case 1 button 1 on the image below) and when I press the second side button I do the step left (see case 1 button 2 on the image below), I only want to invert this to that - when I press the first side button I do the step left (see case 2 button 1 on the image below) and when I press the second side button I do the step right (see case 2 button 2 on the image below)
image: [https://i.ibb.co/58m8mt0/description.jpg]

Additional info

I want to say that I don't try to add you more work and I was really trying to find at your files and code where I can rewrite button remap to my (inverted) variant, but I don't know how it works and can't find right file and code part...

If you give me info where I can find rows to swap them it will be the end of my issue

Other users can't change settings when installing prefPane for all users.

When Mouse Fix.prefPane is installed for all users, no user except the one who installed the prefPane is able to change any settings.

Ideas for Solution

Edit permissions on the config file when installing the prefpane

[WORKAROUND] Mouse Fix can't be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious software

Duplicate of #17 and #23. Opening a new issue for visibility into this workaround.

Catalina users are getting the following error:

As @noah-nuebling points out in #17, this app needs to be notarized by Apple, but a developer account costs $99 a year.

The workaround for opening the app anyway is to run the following in your terminal:

sudo spctl --master-disable

This will enable you to open apps by any developer without Gatekeeper blocking it. Result after the above command:

@noah-nuebling it might be worth adding these instructions into your install instructions if you want to keep maintaining this wonderful tool!

Version 0.9.1 Removed Look Up option in the hold Middle-Mouse Button settings

Disable invert scrolling for trackpad

I love to use the "natural scrolling" on my trackpad of my Macbook, but I like to have it "normal" on my mouse if I am at my desk.

So would it be possible to just use the inverted scrolling for actual mice?

Scrolling not working in Terminal.app if 'Smooth scrolling' is enabled

Happens only in Terminal.app

Btw, app is fantastic! thank you! )

Add an option to disable mouse acceleration [enhancement]

Although it's fairly easy to set with the terminal, it gets reset every time you change sensitivity preferences and some people might prefer to not have to manually set it. If you're aiming for this to be an all-in-one mouse fixing tool I think it's probably a good feature to have.

"Hold" option also for side buttons [enhancement]

Description

It would be cool if it was possible to select a behavior when holding side buttons.
This, for example, could allow to:

• click side buttons to go back and forward;
• hold them to move between spaces
  and viceversa

Rationale

Side buttons are very useful and this could be, with #29 a good way to allow to do multiple actions.
I think and hope this enhancement would be easy for you to realize.

mac-mouse-fix/Mouse Fix/PrefPaneDelegate.m

Line 330 in bd8fc21

// hold

well I see that maybe the work is already done but it isn't activated.

Thanks for all your work

Side buttons are suddenly not working anymore...

I've installed the app two weeks ago and everything worked fine. Since two days it does not work anymore, I do not know if it somehow depends on the fact that I had to restart the machine in save mode, some days ago.

It's OSX 10.14.6

Middle Mouse action is still assigned with the mouse app but side buttons just does nothing. It seems that if only side buttons are activated, the app does not recognize the side buttons from the mouse anymore. Is there a wrong remapping issue? How can I track it down?

console log does show any further information:

standard	13:01:58.733709 +0200	Mouse Fix Helper	right
standard	13:01:58.957300 +0200	Mouse Fix Helper	Input HID (InputReceiver)
standard	13:01:58.957769 +0200	Mouse Fix Helper	Input CG (InputReceiver)
standard	13:01:58.957823 +0200	Mouse Fix Helper	parsing input (Input Parser)
standard	13:01:58.957868 +0200	Mouse Fix Helper	SINGLE CLICK REMAPPING
debug	13:01:59.068684 +0200	launchservicesd	Checking app App:"Mouse Fix Helper" asn:0x0-c70c7 pid:1375 refs=5 @ 0x7f9fb2d355f0 for keys in { "CFBundleIdentifier"="com.mti.Monotype-SkyFonts" }
debug	13:01:59.489972 +0200	launchservicesd	Checking app App:"Mouse Fix Helper" asn:0x0-c70c7 pid:1375 refs=5 @ 0x7f9fb2d355f0 for keys in { "CFBundleIdentifier"="com.mti.Monotype-SkyFonts" }
standard	13:01:59.549251 +0200	Mouse Fix Helper	Input HID (InputReceiver)
standard	13:01:59.549407 +0200	Mouse Fix Helper	Input CG (InputReceiver)
standard	13:01:59.549457 +0200	Mouse Fix Helper	parsing input (Input Parser)
standard	13:01:59.549500 +0200	Mouse Fix Helper	SINGLE CLICK REMAPPING
standard	13:01:59.549523 +0200	Mouse Fix Helper	handling input (Input Parser)
standard	13:01:59.549547 +0200	Mouse Fix Helper	left
standard	13:01:59.765223 +0200	Mouse Fix Helper	Input HID (InputReceiver)
standard	13:01:59.765371 +0200	Mouse Fix Helper	Input CG (InputReceiver)
standard	13:01:59.765401 +0200	Mouse Fix Helper	parsing input (Input Parser)
standard	13:01:59.765439 +0200	Mouse Fix Helper	SINGLE CLICK REMAPPING

Blender compatibility – Click-and-drag middle button doesn't work [bug]

Description

First of all, brilliant piece of software, solves so many issues I had with mice macos.

However there is one issue caused by the fact that pressing the middle mouse button immediately triggers the event (if its mapped to Mission Control then it opens Mission Control). This makes it impossible to use the middle mouse button in 3d modelling programs like Blender (without disabling click middle button action).

My proposed solution is the event should only trigger if the middle mouse button has been pressed and then immediately released. Without this change a held middle button behaves the same as a pressed middle button.

Steps to reproduce

1. Set Middle Button Click to Mission Control, Middle Button Held to -
2. Hold Middle Button
3. Mission Control is incorrectly triggered

Context

Mac Mouse Fix Version: 0.9.2 Beta 5
macOS Version: 11.1
Mouse Model: Rapoo 7200M

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middle button click-and-drag to scroll? [enhancement]

This is really nicely minimal and unobtrusive. Great work. I was hoping that it would give the ability to scroll by clicking and dragging the middle button. Is that a planned feature?