[HOWTO] - Increase your mouse's MAX speed...

[yanges]

thanks Zoid!

i have the CD that i got with the full Monty.....

will install from there.....

did you notice any speed improvements from the prebinding....

i have seen that some see a difference, and others don't...

[MacKenzie999]

This works great! Using my unsupported trackball was like running in swim fins, now it's back to it's speedy ol' self. Thanks!

[applekeeper]

Isn't there an application or pref pane called Mouse Zoom that does this? And it's free.

here it is

http://www.versiontracker.com/morein...d=12205&db=mac

[MacKenzie999]

Hey again...

I seem to have lost my "/Users/your_username/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist" file after booting up from an os9 disc.*

The speed increase was very nice, then I needed os9 (not classic emulation but restart from a 9 disc) and when I returned to X my trackball was slow again. Thinking the mouse pref had reset itself I went to change it again and it doesn't seem to be anywhere, I cannot find it nor can Sherlock.

Is there a way to get this file back so I can reset the speed pref?

Thanks!

*and I know its not literally "your username"

[Gwailo]

When my exam period is over I'm definately going to delve into the core of this Linux system, find all the little nitty-gritty secrets I can find and compile them into a little book.

I've got the TFT iMax @ 1024x768 and 3.0 is perrrrrfect for me. I was stsrting to get annoyed that, using a gel-write support mousepad, i kept hitting the gel thing. Thanks for the tip (even though this post is really old!)

PS We're not talking high-school exams either BTW

[Koelling]

I don't want to sound like I'm criticizing you because I've made the same mistake in the past and I have been yelled at by Linux people. Mac OS X is based on BSD, which is not Linux. BSD is older than Linux and both are UNIX. For some reason Linux people get overly pissed off about this

Thank you so much for the hint about the Property list editor it is soooo cool. The process of opening a finder window, setting it how you like it and then closing it didn't ever seem to work for me. With this I edited com.apple.finder.plist so that the default column size is just how I like it. I can't seem to find the tab that controls the dimensions of the whole thing but once I get that then I'm set.

Also, this is the not-so-friendly Tinkertools but with just as much or more functionality. Things like the ability to quit the finder and to turn off preview are all right here. The only advantage is on some values such as dock shrink, Tinker tools knows the values.

[macguy17]

Wow very helpful...
Thanks swizcore!

[Cow Loon]

I have a KVM switch. The mouse speed up works if I log out and back in, but as soon as I switch to another computer and back, I have a slow mouse again... uggh.