As a data point, I use Keyboard Maestro for my extra Logitech mouse buttons, since I refuse to install the terrible Logi software.
KM doesn't recognize all my mouse's buttons. If it did, that'd be my pick too.
SteerMouse
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#32Earlier quoted context omitted.
Does it work with the additional buttons on logi mice?
Yes. It works on all buttons and scrollwheels on all mice I have ever tried (including several Logitech ones).
Some mice will have buttons that toggle lighting or tracking speed, I have a feeling these are the kinds of buttons that might not work with the app. Because they are just local buttons, they don't get sent to the OS.
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#33mmm, $20 for the privilege of re-binding your mouse buttons! I sure do love the Apple software community! (there are _so_ many ways to do this on Windows for free.)
Problem solved: https://linearmouse.app/
Approximately the same features as SteerMouse but free. I've voluntarily donated to the dev, though.
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#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes. It works on all buttons and scrollwheels on all mice I have ever tried (including several Logitech ones).
Some mice will have buttons that toggle lighting or tracking speed, I have a feeling these are the kinds of buttons that might not work with the app. Because they are just local buttons, they don't get sent to the OS.
It’s varied a lot by version of the software, and by iterations of the mouse models with such functionality. I recall at least one Logitech mouse where the buttons couldn’t ever be reprogrammed; at least one other where it was unsupported before a SteerMouse update; and others where they were supported like any other mouse button on arrival.
Edit to add that IME most have fallen into the last category for a several years now.
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#35mmm, $20 for the privilege of re-binding your mouse buttons! I sure do love the Apple software community! (there are _so_ many ways to do this on Windows for free.)
This complaint was more widespread before the vast majority of Mac users were MacBook users. Today it’s a niche within a niche. I personally didn’t mind the expense even when it was a much less niche use case.
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#36Does anyone know of a tool similar to SteerMouse that let's you control Logitech keyboard settings (e.g., turn off the backlight)? It's the only reason I still have the Logitech software installed.
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#37mmm, $20 for the privilege of re-binding your mouse buttons! I sure do love the Apple software community! (there are _so_ many ways to do this on Windows for free.)
There are many ways to do it free on a Mac, too, including vendor-provided software.
SteerMouse fills a niche, it is not a requirement. Akin to, say, HydraMouse on Windows.
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#38I have used SteerMouse for years after giving up on the dumpster fire that is Logitech's G-HUB for macOS for my G600, which has 12 side buttons + a the G-Shift button which when held acts a modifier for additional macros. My issue with SteerMouse is that when creating chord macros, it forces the original macro to only work when depressed, rather than activating upon press. I haven't been able to find a suitable repla…
Can you explain more of what you mean there?
I believe the poster means that the macro operation is that of an astable multivibrator, whereas they would prefer that it be that of a one shot multivibrator.
Re: SteerMouse
#39mmm, $20 for the privilege of re-binding your mouse buttons! I sure do love the Apple software community! (there are _so_ many ways to do this on Windows for free.)
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#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
Can you explain more of what you mean there?
I believe the poster means that the macro operation is that of an astable multivibrator, whereas they would prefer that it be that of a one shot multivibrator.
Ah, got it. Yeah, I don't think there's a way to do that.