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Help please...my windows bounce/minimize/maximize
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Sep 29, 2007, 06:21 AM
 
It's driving me crazy...happens at least 6-8 times a day...can't type..the windows aren't stable...bounce up and down, shrinking to small windows (so I see all of them at once) and then bouncing back up to full screens.

Please help.

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Sep 29, 2007, 06:26 AM
 
What computer? What OS? What peripherals have you got?
     
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Sep 29, 2007, 06:32 AM
 
It's an IMAC, Mac OS X, verison 10.4.10, Intel Core 2 Duo 2.16GHz, 2 GB memory
     
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Sep 29, 2007, 06:33 AM
 
no peripherals other than an external hard drive
     
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Sep 29, 2007, 06:41 AM
 
Sounds like Exposé is turning on and off. Go to System Preferences -> Exposé and see what triggers you have set for the Expose actions. Disable all triggers and see if the problem goes away.
     
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Sep 29, 2007, 06:46 AM
 
No, they are still spasming up and down...although not as bad as before Expose fix...
     
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Sep 29, 2007, 07:48 AM
 
Do you keep hitting any of the F9, F10, F11, or F12 keys as you type?

These are keyboard triggers for expose and dashboard.
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Sep 29, 2007, 08:51 AM
 
Stop whacking the Expose screen corner?
     
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Sep 29, 2007, 09:31 AM
 
Got the mighty mouse side buttons set up to trigger expose?
     
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Sep 29, 2007, 10:20 AM
 
THANKS so much for the suggestions!

It was the side buttons on the mouse, SeanC!

Blood pressure dropping back to normal...: )
     
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Sep 29, 2007, 01:25 PM
 
I really hate the side buttons on the Mighty Mouse.
     
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Sep 29, 2007, 05:00 PM
 
Turn them off, then.
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Oct 2, 2007, 01:51 AM
 
I hate the mighty mouse. Get a real mouse!
     
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Oct 2, 2007, 05:54 AM
 
The Mighty Mouse is a real mouse. I really don't get why there's so much hatred toward it. Granted, it's not perfect, but it's far from the worst mouse in the world. I really rather like it, and I think that the side-buttons are a stroke of genius. I've not triggered them a single time accidentally--I think it's because I don't grasp my mouse like I'm scared it's going to escape.
     
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Oct 2, 2007, 12:24 PM
 
Originally Posted by ripdog View Post
I hate the mighty mouse. Get a real mouse!
I love the MightyMouse. Real mouse as a rat?
     
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Oct 2, 2007, 01:26 PM
 
I also like the mighty mouse, and leave the real mice to the cats.

I also turned off the side buttons.
     
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Oct 2, 2007, 02:16 PM
 
Love the MM, and I have every button turned on
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Originally Posted by adamfishercox View Post
Love the MM, and I have every button turned on
Same here. We need to have a Mighty Mouse Pride Parade or something!
     
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Oct 2, 2007, 04:35 PM
 
This is my favorite thing about the mighty mouse:

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