[X4U] Changing mice

Robert Ashton rashton at telus.net
Sat Nov 26 15:23:34 PST 2005


I'm using a two button mouse with a scroll wheel. Just plugged it in  
and away it went. Bob
On 26-Nov-05, at 2:01 PM, Eddie Hargreaves wrote:

> 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
> manufacturer’s website for Mac OS X software to enable other  
> features, or go
> to http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/drivers
>
>
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