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An open-source mouse and trackpad utility for Mac

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Re: An open-source mouse and trackpad utility for Mac

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Post by blairbeckwith »

cowjan wrote: post #2

I've long looked for a good mouse utility for Mac that can disable mouse acceleration, modify scroll wheel behavior, etc. This one even saves preferences per-device which I find very useful.

I’m eager to try this out, but you might also want to check out Steermouse[1], which is a utility it took me years longer to discover than it should have.

I’m not sure how it stacks up to this open source project, but it’s definitely been worth the license cost to me over the years.

[1] https://plentycom.jp/en/steermouse/

Re: An open-source mouse and trackpad utility for Mac

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Post by sorahn »

cowjan wrote: post #2

I've long looked for a good mouse utility for Mac that can disable mouse acceleration, modify scroll wheel behavior, etc. This one even saves preferences per-device which I find very useful.

I’m not sure off the top of my head if BetterTouchTool can disable the mouse acceleration, but it can definitely modify everything else.

Re: An open-source mouse and trackpad utility for Mac

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Post by strongpigeon »

This looks really good! Installing right now.

As an aside, I had just started working on a tool to do that since all I want is to have natural scrolling on my trackpad but regular scrolling on my mouse. Will have to take a look if this goes with the a11y route or the custom driver path.

Edit: looks like this modifies CGEvent

Re: An open-source mouse and trackpad utility for Mac

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Post by doctorpangloss »

blairbeckwith wrote: post #3
cowjan wrote: post #2

I've long looked for a good mouse utility for Mac that can disable mouse acceleration, modify scroll wheel behavior, etc. This one even saves preferences per-device which I find very useful.

I’m eager to try this out, but you might also want to check out Steermouse[1], which is a utility it took me years longer to discover than it should have. I’m not sure how it stacks up to this open source project, but it’s definitely been worth the license cost to me over the years. [1] https://plentycom.jp/en/steermouse/

I use SteelSeries Exactmouse for years. It seems the most reliable.

Re: An open-source mouse and trackpad utility for Mac

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Post by lode »

This is what I've been looking for for such a long time.

The maximum speed that can be configured using the built in tools for both mouse and trackpad is way too slow for my liking.

In the past I used MagicPrefs to do this, but that sadly doesn't work anymore. This is the first time I'm able to do this again, and with a free tool too! Thanks a lot for submitting this.

Re: An open-source mouse and trackpad utility for Mac

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Post by ahstilde »

idle_zealot wrote: post #5

This is a mandatory install on macOS for me (one of many). The suite of extra software utilities required to make the base OS usable is ridiculous, but I'm glad to see open source maintainers working to keep my mouse working.

what are your other mandatory installs?

Re: An open-source mouse and trackpad utility for Mac

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Post by ajdude »

ahstilde wrote: post #9
idle_zealot wrote: post #5

This is a mandatory install on macOS for me (one of many). The suite of extra software utilities required to make the base OS usable is ridiculous, but I'm glad to see open source maintainers working to keep my mouse working.

what are your other mandatory installs?

Not the parent, but one of the first things I usually install on new Mac is Karabiner-Elements. Absolutely needed if you're using a non-mac keyboard.
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