
MacOS updates or clearing PRAM may interfere with the driver. Tell application "System Preferences" to quit If application "System Preferences" is running then app, set to run at login: tell application "System Preferences" You can do this with an AppleScript, built as a. I find that you also need to activate the Microsoft Mouse preference pane after the computer restarts.
#Os x smoothmouse driver#
You may need to restart after installing the driver, for a total of 3 restarts (1 to disable SIP, 1 to get back into MacOS, 1 after driver is installed).
#Os x smoothmouse install#
If you have a Microsoft Mouse, you can use IntelliPoint acceleration, which is like Windows.Īfter disabling SIP, you can still install and use Microsoft IntelliPoint v305 on MacOS 10.13.6.

#Os x smoothmouse mac os x#
Make Mac OS X mouse acceleration more Windows-like.Seems the prefpane errors when launched and shows mouse not plugged in but still allows controls to be manipulated and settings appear not to take effect immediately. Sudo kextload /Library/Extensions/MicrosoftMouse.kext/Contents/Plugins/MicrosoftMouseUSB.kext Load kexts if needed (verify running in System Profiler, Extensions I did not need to do this): sudo kextload /Library/Extensions/MicrosoftMouse.kext Sudo chown -R root:wheel /Library/Extensions/MicrosoftMouse.kextĪdd this to startup: /Library/PreferencePanes/Microsoft\ Mouse.prefPane/Contents/Resources/MicrosoftMouseHelper.app Library/PreferencePanes/Microsoft Mouse.prefPane/Contents/ist (not sure this is needed or works)įix permissions: sudo chown -R root:wheel /Library/PreferencePanes/Microsoft\ Mouse.prefPane To these file: /Library/PreferencePanes/Microsoft Mouse.prefPane/Contents/Resources/MicrosoftMouseHelper.app/Contents/ist This appears to be working for me in 10.15.7Ĭopy files into place /Library/PreferencePanes/Microsoft Mouse.prefPaneĪdd NSAppleEventsUsageDescription key to: NSAppleEventsUsageDescription The only solution is to actually use Windows, hence synergy. Also a bummer is that sometimes my cursor disappears, and I have to switch apps with cmd+tab in order to restore it.Īs much as a perfectionist as Steve Jobs was, the cursor tracking on OS X unfortunately eluded his attention.

In particular you should not run it over wifi and instead use as direct of an ethernet connection as possible to reduce the latency. Synergy is not a great solution, but it is a solution. Furthermore, regardless of the acceleration curve, OS X has a defect that causes many mice to make erratic jumping movements (apparently this is fixed in OSX Lion.) and no available software (except for OSX Lion) addresses it. None, and I repeat, none (I've tried all of them) of the available OS X mouse mods out there actually get your mouse to behave like it does on Windows. I may sound extreme, but I connect my mouse to a small, quiet, Windows laptop and use synergy with the mac as a client.
