Feb 23
Fixing Mighty Mouse Scrolling Problem
Posted in: Mac OS X by Damien Barrett Add comments
Apple’s Mighty Mouse is a decent enough mouse, but it’s scroll-wheel nib thing gets gunked up all the time. My users are constantly complaining about the scroll wheel not working…it’ll scroll up but not down and vice versa. The fix is very simple, really:
Hold the Mighty Mouse upside down in your hand and take a piece of copy paper and rub it vigorously against the scroll nib a few times. You’ll probably have to press fairly hard. The gunk that’s blocking the scrolling should dislodge and the paper will collect some of the skin oil and grime that’s on the wheel.
Personally, I don’t really like the Mighty Mouse and prefer the $15 simple Logitech 3-button mouse.
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March 25th, 2009 at 10:34 am
A little Windex on a paper towel works as well.