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LinearMouse – A minimal app to get rid of scrolling acceleration on macOS

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Re: LinearMouse – A minimal app to get rid of scrolling acceleration on macOS

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This is great. Scroll Reverser + scroll acceleration fix in one app. If you can also figure out cursor acceleration, you'll have a hit. The only app that correctly disables cursor acceleration is SteelSeries ExactMouse.

SteerMouse does this just fine, and has for years and years. I can't use a Mac without it.

I tried SteerMouse in the past and it didn't feel right. ExactMouse feels like Windows.

Re: LinearMouse – A minimal app to get rid of scrolling acceleration on macOS

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isnt it kind of ridiculous that these apps have to exist because usable input isnt high on apple's list? like paying fir window snapping is one thing, but non wacky input.. ugh

Rectangle [0] is FOSS and may satisfy your window arranging needs.

[0] https://rectangleapp.com/

Re: LinearMouse – A minimal app to get rid of scrolling acceleration on macOS

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I've been using Mos[0] for this. Don't be scared away by the language in the README, it supports an English UI. [0]: https://github.com/Caldis/Mos

The website[0] has English copy. Unfortunately on mobile the screenshots are cropped in a way I still can’t tell what it does

0: https://mos.caldis.me/

Re: LinearMouse – A minimal app to get rid of scrolling acceleration on macOS

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I've been using Mos[0] for this. Don't be scared away by the language in the README, it supports an English UI. [0]: https://github.com/Caldis/Mos

Do you know how this compares to the aforementioned SteelSeries ExactMouse Tool?

Re: LinearMouse – A minimal app to get rid of scrolling acceleration on macOS

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I have to try this. I already have a reverser (how on earth is this not the default, and not even an OS option to begin with?!?) but scrolling with the wheel on a usb mouse jumps randomly. Crossing fingers this may help there.

You have always been able to reverse the scroll direction in the Mouse/Trackpad options. It’s a checkbox that says “Scroll direction: Natural”.

As for your jumping issue that sounds like a hardware problem. It might just be that your mouse wheel is dirty.

Re: LinearMouse – A minimal app to get rid of scrolling acceleration on macOS

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Since the discussion is about making MacOS more usable, do you have something to recommend to switch between windows and not applications using command+tab, and to have a dock that shows all the windows easily, grouped per application. Because the default MacOS windows manager is really crappy when you have more than one window of the same application.

I would also enjoy a maximize button that does maximize the window and not create a virtual space with the application in full-screen.

I think people at Apple should probably use windows 10 for a few days on a dual screen setup, because MacOS is not very good compared to it. Thankfully it looks like a lot of people produce tools to make it better.

Re: LinearMouse – A minimal app to get rid of scrolling acceleration on macOS

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Since the discussion is about making MacOS more usable, do you have something to recommend to switch between windows and not applications using command+tab, and to have a dock that shows all the windows easily, grouped per application. Because the default MacOS windows manager is really crappy when you have more than one window of the same application. I would also enjoy a maximize button that does maximize the windo…

Command ` (or Command ~) switches between app windows.

You can also use exposé, recently renamed to mission control to view all app windows.

It looks like the default key binding for application windows is Control-↑ and for all windows is Control-↓

edit: you can also bind these to mouse buttons in system preferences.

Re: LinearMouse – A minimal app to get rid of scrolling acceleration on macOS

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Since the discussion is about making MacOS more usable, do you have something to recommend to switch between windows and not applications using command+tab, and to have a dock that shows all the windows easily, grouped per application. Because the default MacOS windows manager is really crappy when you have more than one window of the same application. I would also enjoy a maximize button that does maximize the windo…

Contexts is a good cmd+tab replacement/supplement. You can try it for free.

https://contexts.co/

Hold option while clicking maximize and the window will do what you want.

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