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Mouse Acceleration for OS X The Mouse Acceleration Preference Pane for Mac OS X is a GUI and startup item to set up an extended speed parameter and acceleration curve for your mouse. X-Mouse Button Control is not available for Mac but there are some alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The most popular Mac alternative is SteerMouse. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Smoothmouse or USBOverdrive. Method 1: Use Terminal to Disable Mouse Acceleration. Using command line syntax is one way to disable mouse acceleration. These commands are entered in the Terminal and executed so as to control or disable the mouse acceleration. All you need to do is execute the following command in the Terminal to know how to turn off mouse acceleration on.
Smooth Mouse for Mac does not work anymore, and it is really annoying. I hate the macOS acceleration, and there should just be a plain way of disabling it. I guess that's Apple's fashion though. Their way or the highway.
I guess that I also why I ditched my MacBook Pro as a primary computer and I am sitting here typing this on a Windows PC that costs the same as that thing, but performs much better.... Hmmm?
Anyway, back to the topic: I am just looking for a simple alternative to Smooth Mouse, or a terminal command, or something that I can use to get rid of that horrible accelleration.
I am running macOS Sierra, and I am using the Magic Mouse (1st generation) for my hardware.
MacBook Pro, macOS Sierra (10.12)
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One of the best things about Macbooks is a fantastic Apple trackpads. Unfortunately, this cannot be said about third party mouse support. Maybe I haven't used Macs for long enough, but I really hate mouse scrolling (and tracking) acceleration. What I want is linear predictable scrolling and tracking, regardless of how fast I'm moving the mouse or scrolling the wheel.
Update - April 2020
I had to revisit the same topic on macOS Catalina (10.15) and unfortunately, neither Microsoft IntelliPoint nor Smooth Mouse were kept up to date with support for modern versions of macOS. Accelerated tracking doesn't seem to be an issue anymore, but accelerated scrolling is unfortunately still with us...
After a short investigation, I found a little utility called Smooze which does exactly what I needed (disable accelerated schooling). It has some other mouse customisation options, but I have no need for any of that. Smooze is not completely free, but at $5.87 I would say it's very reasonable...
Original article:
Since I was using Microsoft mouse, the first thing I tried was Microsoft IntelliPoint mouse software for Mac.
The software recognised my mouse with no issues and clearing 'Enable accelerated scrolling' checkbox restored linear scrolling that I was after.
The bad news was that pointer tracking was still suffering from the acceleration 'feature'. Maybe it was just me, but it actually felt like installing IntelliPoint made tracking acceleration even worse.
Mac Turn Off Mouse Acceleration
After a bit more research I downloaded Smooth Mouse application.
Setting mouse acceleration to 'Off' actually made mouse movements quite jerky, but setting it to 'Like in Windows' worked perfectly.
Mac Mouse Acceleration App Download
That was it - these two free applications made my external mouse work and behave how I expected it to behave.
Remove Mouse Acceleration
Mouse Acceleration Curve
If you use a non-Microsoft mouse, IntelliPoint will probably not work for you. What you could try is USB Overdrive software. It was next on my list, but since I achieved what I wanted with above free applications, I haven't tested it. The full version costs around £14, but you can try it for free to make sure it does what you need.
2014.12
Macbook Pro
Mac OS X Yosemite (10.10)
Microsoft OEM Optical Mouse
Macbook Pro
Mac OS X Yosemite (10.10)
Microsoft OEM Optical Mouse
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