USB Overdrive

emaneman
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in macOS edited January 2014
<a href="http://www.usboverdrive.com/"; target="_blank">USB Overdrive</a>. Beta for OS X due by the end of the month which means by tomorrow. I can't wait until the beta comes out so i can use the extra button on my Logitech mouse. Just wanted to mention it if you didn't see the post at MacNN.
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  • Reply 1 of 24
    xoolxool Posts: 2,460member
    USB OverDrive rocks! I'm glad that an OS X version is almost here.



    I hope it doesn't conlflict with my graphics tablot though...
  • Reply 2 of 24
    nonsuchnonsuch Posts: 293member
    It's out! Go for it.
  • Reply 3 of 24
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    Thanks for letting us know! I was getting upset.
  • Reply 4 of 24
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    I can't get the side button to work on my Logitech Wireless Mouseman with USB Overdrive for X. Anyone know why?
  • Reply 5 of 24
    junkyard dawgjunkyard dawg Posts: 2,801member
    USB Overdrive is awesome, I'm downloading the OS X version now. It's one of the few shareware apps I've actually paid for.
  • Reply 6 of 24
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    I got to get around to paying for that. To make up for it I'll pay for two where normally I wouldn't have.
  • Reply 7 of 24
    junkyard dawgjunkyard dawg Posts: 2,801member
    Uhhhhh....I downloaded it, installed it, set the config, and it doesn't work at all. I followed the directions, don't know what the hell I did wrong.



    Does this work for everyone else? I couldn't set anything for the scroll wheel button on my logitech mouse, so I thought it might be that OS X simply doesn't recognize that button, But then I changed around the other buttons on my mouse, and the changes had no effect on function. I guess it's a beta, but shouldn't it at least do something?
  • Reply 8 of 24
    xeoxeo Posts: 33member
    Yaay! This is wonderful news! My middle button actually does something now.
  • Reply 9 of 24
    xeoxeo Posts: 33member
    [quote]Originally posted by Junkyard Dawg:

    <strong>Uhhhhh....I downloaded it, installed it, set the config, and it doesn't work at all. I followed the directions, don't know what the hell I did wrong.



    Does this work for everyone else? I couldn't set anything for the scroll wheel button on my logitech mouse, so I thought it might be that OS X simply doesn't recognize that button, But then I changed around the other buttons on my mouse, and the changes had no effect on function. I guess it's a beta, but shouldn't it at least do something?</strong><hr></blockquote>You restarted right?
  • Reply 10 of 24
    junkyard dawgjunkyard dawg Posts: 2,801member
    Found the problem. I forgot that I had installed Apple USB Mouse Turbo Edition to speed up mouse tracking speed in OS X. That kernal extension wasn't playing well with USB Overdrive. I uninstalled Turbo Mouse and all is well.



    Except now the mouse tracking isn't so good. USB Overdrive changes the speed of the cursor, but not the acceleration, so the mouse is "sticky" compared to OS 9. This was the original reason I installed turbo mouse in the first place, because it restored the mouse tracking behavior to the smoother operation of OS 9.



    I guess I'll try to get used to the mouse, but if I can't I'll probably ditch USB Overdrive in favor of Turbo Mouse. As much as I like Overdrive, I really hate this sticky cursor in OS X. I think the problem is that the acceleration ramps up too fast in OS X, so for slow movement the cursor barely moves, but move the mouse just a bit faster, and the pointer shoots across the screen. I don't understand why Apple changed it from OS 9, since IMO OS 9's mouse behavior was the best of any OS I've ever used.
  • Reply 11 of 24
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    [quote]Originally posted by Xeo:

    <strong>You restarted right?</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Is restarting really needed?
  • Reply 12 of 24
    macaddictmacaddict Posts: 1,055member
    Well, it can't hurt, can it?
  • Reply 13 of 24
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    [quote]Originally posted by MacAddict:

    <strong>Well, it can't hurt, can it?</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Well, I'd rather not restart.
  • Reply 14 of 24
    nonsuchnonsuch Posts: 293member
    [quote]Originally posted by EmAn:

    <strong>



    Is restarting really needed?</strong><hr></blockquote>



    IIRC, USB Overdrive installs kernel extensions, which need to be loaded into the operating system to function. Hence the restart.
  • Reply 15 of 24
    kaboomkaboom Posts: 286member
    [quote]Well, I'd rather not restart.<hr></blockquote>&lt;RANT&gt;

    Oh please! You sound like one of those whiney, insecure-about-their-penis-size-so-they-harp-on-uptimes, little techno-dorks at Ars who think that restarting your computer is the end of the world.

    Just restart the damn thing! Is your mac doing life support on someone? Is that why you can't restart?

    &lt;/RANT&gt;

    The previous rant is not meant directly at you EmAn but merely the attitude that restarting a computer makes your penis shrink.



    Back on topic....

    Personally, I'm going to wait even though I really want my Intellimouse to be more functional than it is. I'm still very cautious about programs that install anything that I can't see. *sigh* Remember Extensions Manager? Now I fear my freaking computer. Oh well, welcome to troubleshooting hell.
  • Reply 16 of 24
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    I just restarted and now it works. I should've restarted originally.



    [ 02-01-2002: Message edited by: EmAn ]</p>
  • Reply 17 of 24
    kaboomkaboom Posts: 286member
    must...resist...posting...rolleyes...emoticon..... ......

  • Reply 18 of 24
    junkyard dawgjunkyard dawg Posts: 2,801member
    Wow, someone touched a nerve!



    Restarting is a good chance to go for a walk, take a piss, grab a beer, beat off, whatever. It's a good thing, IMO.



  • Reply 19 of 24
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    [quote]Originally posted by Junkyard Dawg:

    <strong>Wow, someone touched a nerve!



    Restarting is a good chance to go for a walk, take a piss, grab a beer, beat off, whatever. It's a good thing, IMO.



    </strong><hr></blockquote>



    Yeah, I took a piss while it was restarting and it still wasn't close to being done when I came back. At least for me, OS X hangs at the gray screen with the happy Mac for a long time.
  • Reply 20 of 24
    enderender Posts: 353member
    [quote] Yeah, I took a piss while it was restarting and it still wasn't close to being done when I came back. At least for me, OS X hangs at the gray screen with the happy Mac for a long time.

    <hr></blockquote>



    public class WaitOnStartup {

    \tint longTime = 2;

    \t/* time in minutes EmAn must wait while his computer starts up. */



    \tpublic void keepWaiting() {

    \t\twhile( double time &lt; longTime ) {

    \t\t\tdo_nothing;

    \t\t}

    \t}

    \t/* this method makes the user wait for his machine to start up until the alloted 'start up' time has passed. Generally, this time is considered by the user to be 'too long', even though the typical mac user must face this useless time only once per day. NOTE: Windows users may encounter entity known as BSOD, and this method may run several times per day. */



    }







    Wow, I must need sleep. <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" />



    -Ender
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