macos – Find out how to disable scrolling whereas clicking with the Magic Mouse?

Since we have established that your Magic Mouse does not have this behaviour with one other pc, I would reset your NVRAM and likewise do a boot into Secure Mode.

Resetting the NVRAM

Older Macs had what’s referred to as Parameter RAM (PRAM), newer Macs use Non-Unstable Random-Entry Reminiscence (NVRAM).

Since you have not specified what mannequin of Mac you are utilizing, under are some generic steps that can work with all fashions (together with all Late-2016 MacBook Professional fashions):

1. Shut down your machine. Sure, a full shut down, not simply logging out.
2. Press the energy button after which instantly press the commandchoicePR keys.
3. Preserve these keys pressed down for a minimum of 20 seconds!
4. Let go of the keys and let your Mac reboot usually.

Now check your Magic Mouse to find out if the problem continues to be current. If this does not resolve it for you, proceed to booting into Secure Mode.

Word 1: Whenever you log again in you might have to readjust a few of your system preferences (e.g. speaker quantity, display screen decision, startup disk choice, time zone info, and so on).

Boot into Secure Mode

Observe these steps as well your Mac into Secure Mode:

1. Totally shut down your Mac
2. Restart your Mac
3. Instantly press the Shift key and maintain it down
4. Let go of the Shift key while you see the login window (NOTE: You probably have FileVault enabled you could have to log in twice).
5. Take a notice of what occurs (i.e. check your Magic Mouse)
6. Now exit Secure Mode by restarting your Mac as regular
7. Once more, take a notice of what occurs (i.e. check your Magic Mouse)

As soon as you’ve got booted into Secure Mode, let me know the way you went and we’ll go from there.

Trash Magic Mouse .plist recordsdata

Since your difficulty persists each out and in of Secure Mode, I’d trash the related Magic Mouse choice recordsdata.

As you do not specify what model of macOS you are utilizing, I am going to assume you are working a model from Mountain Lion and above. Observe these steps:

1. Go to Finder
2. Press and maintain the choice key
3. Whereas preserving the choice key down, click on on the Go menu and choose Library from the checklist
4. This could open up your person’s Library folder in a brand new Finder window
5. Find and open the Preferences folder (it is inside the Library folder)
6. Inside this folder discover the next two .plist recordsdata:
   • com.apple.AppleMultitouchMouse.plist
   • com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.mouse.plist
7. Now Trash these recordsdata
8. Restart your Mac

Your Mac will now create a brand new set of default choice recordsdata in your Magic Mouse.

Word: You will want to return to System Preferences and reconfigure your Magic Mouse settings. Nevertheless, earlier than doing that I’d check the Magic Mouse first to see if the issue behaviour nonetheless persists.

Reset Bluetooth System Listing and Bluetooth Controller

That is one thing I’ve had a variety of customers do to resolve points with third get together Bluetooth gadgets (normally a keyboard and/or mouse, but in addition headphones and so on).

Because you’re utilizing a real Apple Magic Mouse you my resolve to not trouble, however I believe it is price attempting.

In a nutshell it is advisable to reset each the macOS Bluetooth System Listing and Bluetooth Controller. Nevertheless, this may reset all related Bluetooth gadgets, together with your keyboard and mouse, so every Bluetooth system will have to be paired once more.

I’ve some steps you possibly can comply with, however I strongly counsel you learn all the steps first earlier than commencing (or maybe print out the directions / view them on one other system).

Earlier than beginning, guarantee you might have the Bluetooth icon displaying within the menu bar. If it’s not there, open System Preferences > Bluetooth and allow the choice Present Bluetooth in Menu Bar.

Additionally, because you’re attempting to resolve a problem together with your Magic Mouse, you have to to make use of one other mouse to comply with these steps:

1. Maintain down each the Shift and Choice keys and on the identical time click on on the Bluetooth icon within the menu bar. As soon as the menu is displaying, launch the keys.
2. From the Bluetooth menu, select Debug > Take away All Units
3. Maintain down each the Shift and Choice keys once more and on the identical time click on on the Bluetooth icon within the menu bar.
4. From the Bluetooth menu, select Debug > Reset the Bluetooth Module
5. Shutdown your Mac
6. Guarantee your Magic Mouse is absolutely powered off
7. Restart your Mac
8. In your Mac, click on on the Bluetooth icon within the menu bar
9. Choose the Set Up Bluetooth System choice
10. On the mouse, flip the ability on
11. As soon as the Setup Assistant finds the mouse, choose it from the checklist and click on on “Proceed”.
12. Now pair your mouse
13. You probably have some other Bluetooth gadgets, you possibly can go forward and pair them now (or you are able to do it later).

Let me know the way you go.