New Mouse cant side-click (?)

Dario D. · Dario D. #1 (**permalink**)

06-23-2007, 11:20 PM

I couldn't stand the Mac mouse, so I just got a new 5-button mouse (which doesn't have a Mac driver for it), but I can't set either of the 2 side buttons to do anything.

Is there some way to force these buttons to act as the normal side-click?

Thanks.

trpnmonkey41 · trpnmonkey41 #2 (**permalink**)

06-23-2007, 11:47 PM

http://www.usboverdrive.com/USBOverdrive/News.html

Dario D. · Dario D. #3 (**permalink**)

06-24-2007, 06:06 AM

Thanks, but do you need to pay for this? It says you have to buy it.

Brown Study · Brown Study #4 (**permalink**)

06-24-2007, 07:06 AM

What brand of mouse and/or model did you buy?

MaDDoG · MaDDoG #5 (**permalink**)

06-24-2007, 07:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brown Study

What brand of mouse and/or model did you buy?

More information is always helpful....so is the search function.

MacHeadCase · MacHeadCase #6 (**permalink**)

06-24-2007, 09:52 AM

If it's a decent mouse, you should be able to configure the button behaviour somewhere, presumably in the System Preferences where the installer would have added a pref pane.

And yeah *gasp* sometimes we do pay for our software. I always thought developers were people too and had to eat and pay the rent just like me.

SteerMouse is another third-party USB and Bluetooth mouse driver and it can even add functionality.

trpnmonkey41 · trpnmonkey41 #7 (**permalink**)

06-24-2007, 11:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brown Study

What brand of mouse and/or model did you buy?

It's free but unless you pay you will get a popup message whenever you start your computer that you just click OK for

Dario D. · Dario D. #8 (**permalink**)

06-24-2007, 03:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MacHeadCase

[COLOR="DarkSlateGray"]And yeah *gasp* sometimes we do pay for our software. I always thought developers were people too and had to eat and pay the rent just like me.

Indeed, but I'm not accustomed to paying $20 just to bind a button on a mouse. I have entire programs that cost less than that. It would be much cheaper for anybody to just buy a Mac-compatible mouse.

Thanks for the help, all!

- The mouse is a Fellows Optical 5-button mouse [seen here].

Brown Study · Brown Study #9 (**permalink**)

06-24-2007, 04:11 PM

I found a ton of stuff on the web when I searched for

fellowes "optical mouse" mac driver

If the search comes up empty for you, check your spelling of Fellowes.

Dario D. · Dario D. #10 (**permalink**)

06-24-2007, 04:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brown Study

I found a ton of stuff on the web when I searched for

fellowes "optical mouse" mac driver

If the search comes up empty for you, check your spelling of Fellowes.

Hmm, thanks. I get lots of results, but none of them are actual mac drivers.

They're mostly just loosely related odds and ends.

trpnmonkey41 #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 22, 2003 Location: Hamilton College Posts: 7,003 Mac Specs: 20" iMac C2D 2.16ghz, 13" MacBook 2.0ghz, 60gb iPod vid, 1gb nano	06-23-2007, 11:47 PM http://www.usboverdrive.com/USBOverdrive/News.html Don't forget to use the new User Reputation System
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Dario D. #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 16, 2006 Posts: 31	06-23-2007, 11:20 PM I couldn't stand the Mac mouse, so I just got a new 5-button mouse (which doesn't have a Mac driver for it), but I can't set either of the 2 side buttons to do anything. Is there some way to force these buttons to act as the normal side-click? Thanks.
	QUOTE Thanks

Brown Study #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 11, 2004 Location: Winnipeg Posts: 1,964 Mac Specs: G4 — Tiger and OS 9	06-24-2007, 07:06 AM What brand of mouse and/or model did you buy?
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MacHeadCase #6 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	06-24-2007, 09:52 AM If it's a decent mouse, you should be able to configure the button behaviour somewhere, presumably in the System Preferences where the installer would have added a pref pane. And yeah gasp sometimes we do pay for our software. I always thought developers were people too and had to eat and pay the rent just like me. SteerMouse is another third-party USB and Bluetooth mouse driver and it can even add functionality.
	QUOTE Thanks

Brown Study #9 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 11, 2004 Location: Winnipeg Posts: 1,964 Mac Specs: G4 — Tiger and OS 9	06-24-2007, 04:11 PM I found a ton of stuff on the web when I searched for fellowes "optical mouse" mac driver If the search comes up empty for you, check your spelling of Fellowes.
	QUOTE Thanks

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