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I just wanted to also suggest BetterMouse ( https://better-mouse.com ). SteerMouse is great, but it lacks the ability to map gestures to the thumb button on the MX Master mice. BetterMouse allows you to do that and has a UI thats a bit more understandable.
Got a license back in the day to make some mouse that had a strange always-down button 14 behave.
I 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…
Unfortunately their configuration software hasn't supported macOS for a long time, but you can configure your device on a Windows VM via USB passthrough, which is what I do. Alternatively, there are also several reverse-engineered tools for configuring Roccat mice, including libratbag (and the older roccat-tools) for Linux and roccat-iokit for macOS, if you'd be interested in either choosing a model according to what's supported there or adding support for the Nyth.
I'm a happy SteerMouse user, but it should be noted that if all you want to do is flatten out the Acceleration curve then the native System Settings since macOS Sonoma let you disable acceleration.
That was possible in earlier versions with globalpreferences. The real killer feature is disabling the scroll acceleration.
I'm a happy SteerMouse user, but it should be noted that if all you want to do is flatten out the Acceleration curve then the native System Settings since macOS Sonoma let you disable acceleration.
Does 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.
I 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?
So when you click a button on the G600 (and most other mice with side buttons), the button fires when you press down, just like the Mouse 1 or Mouse 2 button. On the G600, there is a third click button to the right of the right click, which is called G-Shift. When pressed, all of the side buttons have secondary assignments. Since you have to hold G-Shift to access this other layer, the macros are often referred to as chords in mouse customization software like Steermouse, since it requires two buttons to fire.
To configure this, you need the G-Hub software, which is in a nightmarish state on macOS. To get around this, I use Steermouse. Steermouse lets me get around this, however with one trade off. If a side button has two assignments (one when pressed by itself, another when pressed with the G-Shift), then the button does not actually fire when its pressed, but instead fires when the button is depressed/let go of. I imagine this is just how Steermouse handles buttons which have more than one assignment.
I haven't found a suitable replacement that is as robust as steermouse. Its one of the first apps I install on my mac, but this is one killer feature that I've only found in the G-Hub app.
I 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…
Hardware QA is sometimes hit and miss, but Roccat mice have a shift feature that is implemented in firmware. The same goes for their macros: their mouse emulates a keyboard at the hardware level. That way it Just Werks and you don't need some cringey gamer-themed spyware always running in the background just to make full use of it, like you do for many features with Logitech mice. My go-to atm is the Kone XP, which d…
Because it is possible with G-Hub, I was just curious if anyone knew what the gap is between SteerMouse's support and G-Hub's support for the seamless G-Shift/shift key experience. I don't know enough about hardware to make a guess.
I'm 100% fine with using a separate OS to config the mouse, since my layout is not app specific. Despite the button layout difference, this will definitely be the mouse I try out next.
I’ve been using it for many years, I think it’s one of the oldest alternative mouse driver for Mac. Highly recommended to those who want to avoid the bloated (and now AI powered, for whatever it means) Logitech software.
I'm a very happy user of SteerMouse for years now. The logitech app was very unstable (and increasingly bloated) to just be able to customize a couple of things for the MX Master 3. SteerMouse does all that, is hidden away in preferences where it belongs, and It Just Works™
Do you still get hyperscrolling without the logitech software?