Comments on: Logitech MX900 Bluetooth Optical Mouse and Mac OS X

By: frommel

frommel — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 01:40:15 +0000

If you want to have your Logitech Cordless Desktop MX Bluetooth, keyboard and mouse ( Logitech MX900 ) working on your Mac OS X then i might find some intresting apps that will work for you

now you can use the special keys on the keyboard and mouse after all!
search on google:

ControllerMate - this will help you setup the keys on your bluetooth keyboard

PearScriptKeys - will help you to use the play/pauze and next/previous track on youre keyboard for use with iTunes
(put it in your OS X dock and let it start when you login, and program the hot keys in youre ControllerMate app)

SteerMouse - is a very nice program to setup the buttons of your MX900 or any Bluetooth mouse

Thats it!
hope its useful for all of you!

By: replicant

replicant — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 23:34:02 +0000

in regards to the on/off switch.. if you were so inclined you could open up the mx900 and wire in a simple on off switch that would essentially open one of the poles to the battery compartment, effectively “turning it on and off”. i was thinking about doing this to my aging mx900. if i do, i’ll be sure to post tons of flickr pics and a write up of how i went about hacking apart the mx900.. heck, it may have already been done, i just haven’t searched for any info on it yet.

By: flykoo

flykoo — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 15:43:39 +0000

‘Maybe some day we’ll get an MX900 with an on/off switch’. I hope they’ll do. And taking off the batteries is not a way out.

By: julian/blog » Blog Archive » Of Mice and… more mice

julian/blog » Blog Archive » Of Mice and… more mice — Sun, 06 Aug 2006 23:06:09 +0000

[…] I’ve been a fan of Logitech mice since, well, since I first started caring about the mice I used. In particular, I’ve been attached to their “MouseMan” line (whose name they seem to have dropped in favor of “MX” or whatever catchletter strikes them). You may recall that I posted a review of using the MX900 with Mac OS X. […]

By: tuc

tuc — Wed, 03 May 2006 06:16:37 +0000

The problem discussed in comments #85, #95, #112, #114, and #115 seems to be fixed after applying Mac OS X Update 10.4.6.

By: Hank

Hank — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 22:08:55 +0000

Thanks for this site. I wanted to post my experiences with the mouse because I no longer have any trouble using the mouse, and configuring all the buttons to do whatever I want. First let me say that out of the box I experienced all of the mouse jumpiness that most people describe here and could only program the mouse buttons with expose functions. It was totally annoying and I was about to send the mouse back. But I found this site and read about first configuring the mouse in Windows, so I fired up virtual PC and used logitech’s software to pair the mouse with a windows 2000 pro version in virtual PC. I didn’t change any of the defauls in Windows, I just installed the software and then shut-down the vitual PC. Back in OSX, first I unpaired the mouse with my Apple bluetooth dongle on my G5 mac. I then plugged logitech’s bluetooth base into the USB port and installed USB Overdrive. USB Overdrive recognized the mouse and I can now configure all of the keys on the mouse as I want. I can also change the acceleration using USB Overdrive to my liking. Since pairing the mouse under windows, all of the mouse jerkiness is gone. The mouse is smooth as silk and I’m loving all of the buttons.

Bottom line, this mouse works great if you have a PC (or virtual PC) and USB Overdrive. Logitech’s bluetooth base works wwith the mouse if you first unpair the mouse with Apple’s bluetooth preference pane. Good luck!

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 19:00:16 +0000

Thanks, Julian. I ordered an MX900 this morning, and plan to use it on the right side. Got a good price that I want to pass along: geeks.com, $64.50, incl. UPS Ground shipping. And, they may or may not include the batteries, even though they claim to be shipping a new product in a retail box. Batts would add about six bucks –– still a good price.

By: julian

julian — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 14:23:56 +0000

Jim,

The MX900 probably would not be very comfortable to use in the left hand—the design is form-fit to the hand and thumb a lot more than most mice.

The V270 is a tiny mouse, probably too small to be comfortable for regular desktop use.

Logitech used to offer left-handed versions of their form-fit mice (the MouseMan series), but I doubt they do that anymore.

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 01:03:45 +0000

First, Julian –– thanks for this really well-made site, and for all your attention to detail here. I have an iMacG5 and the factory mouse and keyboard. I want to have a little more freedom to configure my physical workspace (goofoff area, mostly) so that I can sometimes stand, sometimes sit down in a chair. I want a wireless setup, and have been looking at the field. Not a lot of Bluetooth mice, really. The MX900 looks really good, but after reading all the posts here it seems a bit like Russian Roulette to plunk down the bucks for the thing and hope for the best. However, I may just do that. I have a confession: I like to use my mouse in my left hand. Anyone use their MX900 on that side, and like it like that? I could switch sides, but I’d just like to know if the ergonomics would work out using it left-handed. I’ve learned how to use many tools of various kinds left-handed when they’ve been made for the right hand. Scissors, for example, I just learned how to do it the “right” way, and the same with some other tools.

Also, any current takes on the V270 would be informative for me, as I decide what to do about the mouse buy.

By: julian

julian — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 02:05:36 +0000

tuc, as I’ve said before, that’s a bug in 10.4.2+, feel free to report it to Apple and maybe they will fix it.