Logitech Performance MX Mouse Jumps on OS X Lion (10.7.4)

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Published on 2012-06-24T22:13:01Z Indexed on 2013/11/11 16:00 UTC
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I have a Logitech MX Revolution wireless mouse that I am trying to use with OS X Lion. Everything is working except for one problem... there is a small, but quite noticeable, jump when the mouse cursor is moved. The problem is mostly prevalent when dragging and dropping files or trying to highlight items. It makes performing any task with the mouse accurately next to impossible. I did quite a bit of looking and found that all kinds of people have had mouse issues with OS X. I've tried all of the following with absolutely no success:

  1. Using the official drivers from Logitech (these performed worse than the default mouse drivers in OS X)
  2. Using SteerMouse as a third party mouse driver. This worked ever so slightly better than the default driver, but still suffered quite frequently from the skipping problem
  3. Cleaning the sensor on the mouse and ensuring it's not the result of the surface that it's being used on.
  4. Tested the mouse on a Windows machine. The mouse worked absolutely flawlessly on the other machine.

  5. Changed the channel that my wireless router operates on by the off chance my problems were the result of interference. This also had no effect. I can't think of anything else that could possibly interfere with the mouse.

I'm am out of ideas on what to try, so I would really appreciate if anyone has any suggestions. I should also mention that an old wired mouse I had laying around worked just fine when I plugged it in. This really isn't the best solution, however, as I really prefer the MX Revolution.

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