Hi all,
Considering that I've had problems with this and finally got it sorted, I will cut to the chase first, then explain. I'll post this on a few other forums as well, so you might see this elsewhere if you don't just hang here.
Mac OS X has built in mouse acceleration - itself, not a problem. However, there is no way to turn it off, and in Lion especially, the way in which the acceleration functions has changed, being described as scrolling through mud. You move the cursor slowly, it's too slow. Speed up to compensate, and you've moved too far.
If you don't want mouse acceleration, the app that I have found that works well, stops mouse acceleration, yet also allows high compatibility with many mice, is Steermouse. Supports my G5 DPI buttons for other functions, and most importantly allows me to completely kill acceleration (which was proving a PITA for gaming!).
Under the cursor tab, set tracking speed to 0, and decrease sensitivity to your desired speed. Simple!
USB Overdrive, from what I have found, doesn't allow you to completely kill acceleration off; it merely changes makes the acceleration curve more linear, as opposed to the cliff-edge of the standard acceleration curve.
ControllerMate works, but is overly large and complex, and is expensive.
The Mouse Acceleration pref pane doesn't work anymore (and hasn't for years), but this comment from a user sums up a way that has been going around the internet, but in reality doesn't really work:
The problem with this method is that it apparently gives you a slow mouse, and little control of your speeds other than that specified speed. While I haven't tried it as I found my fix first, it might work, so it's here for reference.
Hope this helps!
Considering that I've had problems with this and finally got it sorted, I will cut to the chase first, then explain. I'll post this on a few other forums as well, so you might see this elsewhere if you don't just hang here.
Mac OS X has built in mouse acceleration - itself, not a problem. However, there is no way to turn it off, and in Lion especially, the way in which the acceleration functions has changed, being described as scrolling through mud. You move the cursor slowly, it's too slow. Speed up to compensate, and you've moved too far.
If you don't want mouse acceleration, the app that I have found that works well, stops mouse acceleration, yet also allows high compatibility with many mice, is Steermouse. Supports my G5 DPI buttons for other functions, and most importantly allows me to completely kill acceleration (which was proving a PITA for gaming!).
Under the cursor tab, set tracking speed to 0, and decrease sensitivity to your desired speed. Simple!
USB Overdrive, from what I have found, doesn't allow you to completely kill acceleration off; it merely changes makes the acceleration curve more linear, as opposed to the cliff-edge of the standard acceleration curve.
ControllerMate works, but is overly large and complex, and is expensive.
The Mouse Acceleration pref pane doesn't work anymore (and hasn't for years), but this comment from a user sums up a way that has been going around the internet, but in reality doesn't really work:
User said:
The problem with this method is that it apparently gives you a slow mouse, and little control of your speeds other than that specified speed. While I haven't tried it as I found my fix first, it might work, so it's here for reference.
Hope this helps!
