Never mind, 5 minutes after I posted this I found a solution. Well, a partial solution anyway. I had been trying a number of Logitech and Microsoft mice with the Mac and none of them would work. Finally, I decided to try a Genuine Apple(tm) Mouse - and it worked. I guess the M$ mouse driver on the Mac got corrupted and was interfering with any non-Apple mouse. Just a guess though...it's been a very strange couple of days.
Thanks anyway, Eric On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 12:10 AM, Eric Volker <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a mid-2007 aluminum 24" Intel iMac with Mountain Lion loaded. One > day it simply refused to recognize the USB mouse or keyboard. A reboot > fixed the keyboard problem (currently using Mouse Keys), but the mouse > remained unresponsive. Upon further investigation, I found that no USB > mouse would work in any port, on the back of the iMac or in the keyboard. > The red LED on the bottom of the mouse comes on, but the pointer will not > move, nor will any clicks register. The keyboard seems to work regardless > of which port it's plugged into. It is also constantly prompting to install > a Bluetooth mouse. There are some pending updates which we can't install > because Mouse Keys doesn't seem to function on the update install screen. > > This is one of the strangest Mac problems I've run into. I've tried > resetting PRAM, but that didn't do any good. Is there anything else I > should try? Will a Bluetooth mouse actually work? > > Thanks, > > Eric > -- -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
