>I downloaded and installed both OS9 and OSX versions into my new Imac G5, >but I still can't make my MS Wireless mouse left double click. > >Not sure I set the preferences up correctly - hard to believe but I had a >hard time understanding what I was supposed to set the left button to >(an alert came up that scared me!)- single click or double click. The >double click description made it sound like one click would equal 2 >clicks. > >Anyway, I continue to right click �> Open files. > >Having only had laptops in the past this whole mouse thing is a conundrum. > >Any advice?
The first advice I can give you is... Set the Left button to a normal single click. If you want to do any fancy clicking, do it with the right button (basically, the opposite of what you are doing now). The reason for this is simple... the rest of the world left click is always normal click, other buttons do other things, but left is ALWAYS normal. So it is probably not a great idea to set your mouse backwards from everyone else or it will lead to confusion as you get used to your mouse and then try to use someone else's computer and can't understand why right clicking is doing all sorts of strange things. Of course, this rule breaks down if you are one of the handful of people that are left handed AND use the mouse on the left AND set the "left handed" option that reverses the button functions. Specifically to your issue (why it won't work as a double click), I have NO idea. Make sure you don't have any MS software installed that might be trying to override the USB Overdrive settings (or any other software, including checking OS X's Mouse settings to be sure it isn't trying to handle it directly... I know I haven't reinstalled USB Overdrive yet for my mouse at home, and 10.3.5 has been automatically working the scroll wheel and the right click, so Apple may have rolled basic multibutton mouse features into 10.3) -chris <http://www.mythtech.net> ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
