[X4U] Changing mice

[Eddie Hargreaves]

On 11/26/05 12:54 PM, Charles Howse <chowse at charter.net> wrote:

> If I should decide to change from the 'soap bar' mouse that came with my new
> PowerMac to the Microsoft Blue 2-button, optical scroll mouse, is it as easy
> as just unplugging one and plugging in the other?
> 
> I searched the apple.com site for 'hardware compatibility list', 'changing
> mice', etc, and didn't find anything useful.  If anyone finds an Apple
> support article that's apropos, could you please indicate the search string
> you used so I can learn something?

I typed 'two-button mouse' into Sherlock's AppleCare channel and got the
following article appeared at the top of the Relevance column:

Connecting and using peripherals for Switchers
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=153457
Mac OS X has built-in support for USB mouse devices and keyboards. You can
use a two-button mouse and a mouse with a scroll wheel. Check the mouse
manufacturer¹s website for Mac OS X software to enable other features, or go
to http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/drivers