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Authored by: Anonymous on Nov 22, '04 12:15:04PM

I don't know if the MX700 is different than my MX900, but I didn't install the Logitech Control Center at all. The mouse works fine with the default Apple drivers. More importantly, the Expose System Preferences pane recognizes mouse buttons 3-8 (without having to remap any of the default keyboard settings).



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USB Overdrive
Authored by: neighorn on Nov 22, '04 12:29:37PM

Yeah, the Logitech software is pretty weak. I gave on it and installed USB Overdrive, which is great once you get past its interface. I don't think it works with the bluetooth MX900, however.



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No Tricks Needed at All
Authored by: gdsimms on Nov 22, '04 01:30:51PM

I do the same with an MX500, but I think the bluetooth mice work differently.



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No Tricks Needed at All
Authored by: tersono on Nov 23, '04 01:30:08AM

Yup - all of the logitech MX series mice work fine with the standard OS X driver (actually work better - Logitech's Control center is kinda buggy).

I've got an MX310, an MX700 and an MX900 all operating expose here just fine without Control Center installed - I just assigned the extra buttons to expose using the expose prefpane in the normal way.



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No Tricks Needed at All
Authored by: beetwozero on Nov 26, '04 11:06:17AM

That's cool, but how about using the back and forward keys in Finder? Any way of doing that without the Logitech control panel?

I assign Cmd-[ and Cmd-] to the back and forward buttons respectively to get this. This means they work in both Safari (and Firefox, etc) and in the Finder.

LCC is buggy - if I unplug my MX500 from my hub and plug it directly into the iBook, it no longer recognizes the customizations I've made. Grrr.



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