[GlobalNomad]

We all have to do it, at lest once in our mouse's short life span.

With the Apple Pro Mouse (modle # m5769), how can you clean the stuff stuck behind the little thingos that enable you to pick your mouse up while the button is down?

[cube-dude]

Topic: mouse
Forum: Peripherals

[ajprice]

I'd like to know this too, I've tried to slide paper inside the semicircle grip part, but it cant get the gunky bits. Any ideas?

I'm just giving this a bump, cuz I keep seeing the gunk under the two tabs on the side and I keep finding this article with no replies. My basic question would be: How do you take the thing apart? Thanks

[Joost]

Originally posted by ajprice:
<STRONG>I'd like to know this too, I've tried to slide paper inside the semicircle grip part, but it cant get the gunky bits. Any ideas?</STRONG>

I haven't dared break the thing open. But I've had some success slipping a playing card into the slot and carefully nudging the gunk through. Takes about 10 minutes to do it properly.

At the end of the day, this is a basic design flaw -- a glaring one for anyone working in a hot climate and/or with sweaty hands.

Well I feel stupid..I didn't realize that if you pushed something like a playing card in there that there was a surface it would press against so as to be able to get the gunk out. I had just assumed the whole time it was dead space behind there and shoving anythig in would be useless. thanks for the trick..worked perfectly for me.

[sterfry]

The real question is- how do I clear gunk out of the top part of the mouse? A little crumb or something somehow got in between the layers of plastic on the main part of the mouse. Any solutions/suggestions?