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Old October 5th, 2001, 02:58 PM
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Originally posted by Darkshadow
I did finally figure out how to get the defaults command to work.

defaults write -globalDomain com.apple.mouse.scaling -float 3.0

I'm still not sure why my initial try with "Apple Global Domain" instead of -globalDomain didn't work (it wouldn't write it), but that's why I posted it as editing the .GlobalPreferences.plist. I'm pretty glad this gets defaults working.
Excellent!! Thanks. That makes everything much easier.

For those who don't know what the defaults command is:
Simply open the Terminal from your /Applications/Utilities folder and type in the following:

defaults write -globalDomain com.apple.mouse.scaling -float 3.0

Replace "3.0" with whatever number you wish to achieve your preferred setting.

Will probably still need to logout to see changes take effect.
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