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- #OSX USB OVERDRIVE FOR MAC OS X#
- #OSX USB OVERDRIVE INSTALL#
- #OSX USB OVERDRIVE DRIVERS#
- #OSX USB OVERDRIVE DRIVER#
- #OSX USB OVERDRIVE PORTABLE#
Just select macOS from Speed and Acceleration menus to reassert your previous choices, or adjust the app’s options to fit your needs. This took me aback on installing it recently, as USB Overdrive’s defaults were much more lively than mine. Freewheeling researcher.You also use the Settings menu to adjust mouse behavior, like scrolling speed and acceleration, with more degrees of choice than Apple provides. If you find it useful, please buy a licence and help support this great software.
#OSX USB OVERDRIVE FOR MAC OS X#
If you go to USB Overdrive’s Download page, you’ll find version 3 for Mac OS X 10.4 and later, and you can also find the older release for Mac OS X 10.2.8 and 10.3. I have downloaded USB Overdrive (the Classic version) from CNet and will make it available on my public Dropbox folder in case it’ll disappear from the Web due to link rot. For a quick overview of the software, I think the aforementioned ATPM review is a great read to get you started. I have no device failures to report, although I didn’t waste my time trying to use devices (like MagicJack) that I know won’t work in OS 9.
#OSX USB OVERDRIVE PORTABLE#
#OSX USB OVERDRIVE INSTALL#
I highly recommend USB Overdrive to anyone that is using USB devices in OS 9 (Native Install OR Classic 9 in OS X), especially if you are running a PowerPC and/or use mixed PC/Mac USB hardware. I had forgotten the name, but USB Overdrive is what I used to solve all my mouse and Flash Disk compatibility problems in OS 9.
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I also think it’s interesting to report the essential excerpts of an informative post by member ‘Mole’ (always from the Mac OS 9 List). You can still download it from CNet (which incorporated VersionTracker, remember?) at this page. The classic version of USB Overdrive appears indeed to do the trick. When I read his message, I realised USB Overdrive could be of help, but before I could answer, other people already pointed it out. I’m running OS X 10.4.11 and have a variety of USB and wireless mice that scroll in OS X – Logitech M705, Apple Mighty Mouse, Logitech MX 700, no name optical mouse from China. I would love to be able to use the scroll wheel/scroll ball on my mouse to scroll my apps running in Classic Mode, and I seem to recall it having worked at some point in the past (perhaps OS X 10.2 or 10.3). USB Overdrive got my attention recently thanks to a discussion on the Mac OS 9 List.
#OSX USB OVERDRIVE DRIVERS#
USB Overdrive can either use Apple’s mouse driver, or if you have problems with Apple drivers or can’t install them for some reason, it can use its own custom driver.
#OSX USB OVERDRIVE DRIVER#
You won’t be able to use any functions that are particular to the driver software (like chording) or any extra-special features, like force-feedback but you will be able to use extra buttons, wheels, etc. This means you can get any USB device of the listed types, even if it is PC-only, and it will work reasonably well on your Mac. USB Overdrive extends Apple’s USB support by providing better control over the features of USB mice, trackballs, joysticks and game pads. You can find all the information you need about USB Overdrive on its site, of course, but if you want a quick answer to what it does, Daniel Chvatik, in ATPM’s review of USB Overdrive 1.3 (Issue 6.07 – July 2000) explains: Plus, it’s still around and has been updated over the years, so the latest version works with Mac OS X Snow Leopard. I consider it an all-time essential utility for the Mac: written by Alessandro Levi Montalcini, it basically exists since USB debuted on the Macintosh back in 1998-1999 with the original iMac. But that doesn’t mean I don’t recognise its remarkable usefulness for many other Mac users. Let me first say that, unlike other Mac utilities I previously mentioned here, I have never been a USB Overdrive user.