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blackstar · Sep 27, 2006, 08:32 PM

Why do I need to install drivers for the Mighty Mouse? that is so windows...damn! had to vent this sucks

blackstar · Sep 27, 2006, 08:38 PM

whats even better is that my Mac spits out the driver CD right away...and Camino's rendering is messed up., sometimes websites show up all messed up...weird!!!

Art Vandelay · Sep 27, 2006, 08:41 PM

You don't. You only need the drivers if you're not running at least 10.4.2.

chabig · Sep 27, 2006, 08:42 PM

You don't have to install drivers for Mighty Mouse if you're running the latest version of OS X. It just works. Apple, however, provides the CD for people who are still running Panther and/or maybe Jaguar.

Chris

turtle777 · Sep 27, 2006, 08:43 PM

Only on a PC.

No, wait, nevermind

-t

rickey939 · Sep 27, 2006, 08:54 PM

Drama!

SpaceMonkey · Sep 27, 2006, 09:22 PM

This is almost as funny as the time that James complained that there weren't enough screensavers available for Macs as compared to Windows.

Railroader · Sep 27, 2006, 10:55 PM

Apple is DOOMED!!!

blackstar · Sep 28, 2006, 08:47 AM

well you guys can make fun, but i have mac os x latest version, and the button on the side of the mouse doesnt work! also there is no tool to configure the buttons

TETENAL · Sep 28, 2006, 09:00 AM

Originally Posted by blackstar

also there is no tool to configure the buttons

Then what is this?

And no, you don't have to install the Mighty Mouse driver if you have the latest system version. It's already built-in.

Goldfinger · Sep 28, 2006, 09:01 AM

Heh I just spent two whole days getting rid of spyware/virus things on my gf's PC. All thanks to her accidently hitting a dodgy link.

I love installing drivers compared to that !

Gossamer · Sep 28, 2006, 09:10 AM

Originally Posted by blackstar

and Camino's rendering is messed up., sometimes websites show up all messed up...weird!!!

Welcome to the internet.

starman · Sep 28, 2006, 09:12 AM

pwned

blackstar · Sep 28, 2006, 01:11 PM

wtf my mac doesn't have the mouse configure tool...i have 10.4.7...btw all those posts till now were extremely helpful thanks

starman · Sep 28, 2006, 01:13 PM

Well what DO you have under "Mouse"?

turtle777 · Sep 28, 2006, 01:14 PM

Originally Posted by blackstar

wtf my mac doesn't have the mouse configure tool...

Are you sure about that ?

Post a screenshot of your Keyboard and Mouse control panel.

-t

vmarks · Sep 28, 2006, 01:30 PM

On a brand new Mac Mini Core Duo 1.6ghz, the driver had to be installed for the wireless mighty mouse.

The wireless mighty mouse worked as a mouse, but the System Preferences Keyboard and Mouse pane did not have the Mighty Mouse controls until the driver was installed.

Gossamer · Sep 28, 2006, 01:32 PM

Originally Posted by vmarks

On a brand new Mac Mini Core Duo 1.6ghz, the driver had to be installed for the wireless mighty mouse.

The wireless mighty mouse worked as a mouse, but the System Preferences Keyboard and Mouse pane did not have the Mighty Mouse controls until the driver was installed.

He didn't specify wireless, so I think we all assumed wired.

- - e r i k - - · Sep 28, 2006, 05:59 PM

On a brand new Mac Pro I didn't have to install anything to get my Mighty Mouse controls for my wireless one.

blackstar · Sep 28, 2006, 06:36 PM

its the wireless mouse, it does work without a driver its just that the thumb button doesn't work, i would like to install the driver to make the thumb button useful but as said previously my pbook spits out the driver cd everytime, and I couldnt find a driver on the apple website...
heres a screenshot of my mouse tab anyhow:

starman · Sep 28, 2006, 10:54 PM

EDIT: DuH

KeriVit · Sep 28, 2006, 10:59 PM

Wanna know what's more sad? I didn't know I had 2 side buttons on my mighty mouse.

- - e r i k - - · Sep 30, 2006, 12:44 AM

I disabled my side buttons anyway. They always activated Exposé when I was trying to drag. That's what that area was originally for anyway.

chabig · Sep 30, 2006, 01:33 AM

Blackstar...Install the 10.4.8 update and then show us your mouse pane.

Chris

bowwowman · Oct 1, 2006, 12:05 AM

Originally Posted by rickey939

Drama!

save da drama fo yo momma, 'cause she dont work here no mo!

JoshuaZ · Oct 1, 2006, 02:23 AM

Its fun to see someone burned by their own thread. Feel that burn.

vmarks · Oct 1, 2006, 08:11 AM

Why was he 'burned' ?

He's right.

The wireless Mighty Mouse doesn't work on 10.4.7 (the shipping pre-installed OS, with no update available until two nights ago) without installing a driver first.

The fact that 10.4.8 is now available doesn't change that.

- - e r i k - - · Oct 1, 2006, 08:44 AM

Originally Posted by vmarks

Why was he 'burned' ?

He's right.

The wireless Mighty Mouse doesn't work on 10.4.7 (the shipping pre-installed OS, with no update available until two nights ago) without installing a driver first.

The fact that 10.4.8 is now available doesn't change that.

Incorrect. It worked on my 10.4.7 preinstalled system as I indicated above.

starman · Oct 1, 2006, 09:12 AM

Originally Posted by vmarks

Why was he 'burned' ?

He's right.

The wireless Mighty Mouse doesn't work on 10.4.7 (the shipping pre-installed OS, with no update available until two nights ago) without installing a driver first.

The fact that 10.4.8 is now available doesn't change that.

It worked on my 10.4.7 out-of-the-box Mac Pro.

vmarks · Oct 1, 2006, 01:56 PM

And I took a core duo mac mini out of the box and it required the drivers.

Just because you had a better experience does not mean that his experience and mine were imaginary.

He was right.

- - e r i k - - · Oct 1, 2006, 06:10 PM

I guess the premium on the Mac Pro was worth it then