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Mighty Mouse Scrolling
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Mac Elite
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Aiken, South Carolina, USA
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My scroll on the Mighty Mouse has stopped working for some reason. I can still use it to click and activate Dashboard, but when I scroll it doesn't work in the Finder or other apps.
Any ideas? 
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Near Apple Campus, CA
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first chekc your preferences if you accidentally clicked something like that. after that call apple and ask.
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Apparently, I'm a sig violator. I feel honored. Oops.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Oct 1999
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I found that if you whack it against the table in anger (scrolly bit down) it works again. Sad, but true.
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Senior User
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Preston, England.
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You tried cleaning it? (Using a piece of fabric and pushing it down and rolling it around firmly)
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: London'ish
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Curiously enough.. Today mine now refuses to scroll down, altho fine in all other directions. I've replugged it. No go. Not restarted yet tho..
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The worst thing about having a failing memory is..... no, it's gone.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Oct 1999
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I was not joking about smacking it.
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: London'ish
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I have restarted now, and smacked it. Still doesn't scroll down.
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The worst thing about having a failing memory is..... no, it's gone.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Oct 1999
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For me, the symptom was that scrolling down wasn't 'clicky'. So, I smacked it, ball first, onto the table. Maybe a few times, or even harder; what have you got to lose? 
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Senior User
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Preston, England.
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Have you lot actually tried cleaning the ball like I said, as apposed to smacking it against a desk?
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Oct 1999
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Yeah. You could do that too. 
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Europe / England
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I had the same problem yesterday.
The ball scrolled down, but not upwards.
It felt & sounded 'clicky' when rolling it to scroll down, but had more resistance when I tried to scroll up, and had no sound.
It can't be that dirty - I've only had it a short while and it's kept clean.
In the end, I pressed it down firmly and that alleviated the problem to some extent.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Where the streets have no names...
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Originally Posted by iomatic
For me, the symptom was that scrolling down wasn't 'clicky'.
Same started happening to me today, after about 6 weeks.
I tried cleaning the ball with some rubbing alcohol and pressing down on it. Now it works again, - but not very well (seems to skip a lot).
When you pay this much for hardware, stuff like this shouldn't be an issue. 
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Oct 1999
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I think that pressing down (or smacking it ) works by dislodging some grime down there. I've smacked it a dozen times, and it's worked every time.
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