It happened to me once and I thought it was broken, but suddenly I found a simple solution:
-> Pick up a clean blank sheet of paper
-> Put the Apple Mighty Mouse upside down
-> Rool the trackball on the paper till it starts to work
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Mighty Mouse scroll ball stopped working?
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You are a freakin' genius!! I've been messing with this thing for 10 minutes to no avail and your tip working in 10 seconds! First "clean your trackball" tip I've found that actually works. You rock!
I too must say thanks for that fix. Although it may go down as the oddest technique i have ever used to fix something it did indeed work. Thanks.
Just one word THANKS
I'm impressed. Is this some new ball cleaning technology?
What's the theory as to why this works? Is it a calibration thing or really "cleaning the ball"?
Beautimus!
my scroll ball will scroll up, but not down (ball turns, screen does not move. Have I altered a setting or is this mechanical trouble? How do I fix this? Thanks
Thank you so much! I had this problem for a while, and i though its time to fix it!! Thanks again!!!
You are a genius.
But mind to share how u found out this solution?
WOW! I've had my trackball stop working before... My USB wired Mighty Mouse is over a year old so it is no longer under warranty. It stopped working about a month ago and i thought it had finally bit the bullet. I did all the usual things that I've done to try to fix my trackball but none helped this time.
This one did though! All i have to say is wow. Pure Genius
HI
I have an old mouse (not wireless) and it will NOT scroll. It is driving me mental. I have checked system preferences and have it set to 360 degree scrolling!
Can someone help
hi i tried this method and it resolved my problem of scrolling.
but the ball is too depressed now and the 3rd button can't work now. i press down on the ball and its supposed to activate whatever i program it to be on systems preferences, but it doesnt work. it becomes a left click or a right click instead!
any idea how to solve it? or have i rubbed the ball down on the paper too hard and caused permanent irreversible damage?
Yippeee it works...GENIUS
Amazing! Thanks so much!
I just watched the video of how to completely take (cut) apart and clean the mighty mouse. And I'm thinking "OK, I guess I have to buy a new one." But then.................I found your tip and WOW it really worked! Thanks so much!
This is pure genius, thank you very much! :-)
Perfect! It seems we will never reach the paperless office :-).
Thanks, a million! Works like a charm. =)
While I had AppleCare on the phone trying to figure out what the problem was I found this posting. I tried it and it worked great! My mouse would only scroll down but not up.
I told the AppleCare guy how I fixed it.
you did it problem solved thnx
NO WAY thats amazing!!!! worked in seconds. Ive been looking round preferences and al sorts trying to make the stupid ball work again.
thanks :)
Mine stopped scrolling up - Applied the fix and sure enough its has started working again.
Top man thanx
Amazing. I had tried cleaning with alcohol and tried blowing compressed air and followed Apple's directions for cleaning and nothing was working. I tried this trick and it worked in about 30 seconds.
flippin perfect
it worked as soon as i set it down on the paper
Whaaat! That will never work. wait... Cool! it worked.
Thanks, I was on my way to buy a new one, old one would not scroll down. Works fine now.
Absolutely Brilliant!
Amazing.
Good! Brilliant! Excellent!
Absolutely brilliant! I was lamenting the hassle taking my mouse into an Apple Store was going to be, but low and behold! IT WORKS AGAIN! Thank you so much.
I have a wired mouse...about 12 months and 11 days old. It would scroll up but not down. Apple store told me to try some strong clear packing tape on the scroll button to remove anything that might be hindering it...tried that...didn't help. I was just about to drive ALL THE WAY TO THE APPLE STORE to buy a new mouse when I saw this link. I thought everyone was talking about a wireless mouse and didn't think this applied to mine...but I tried anyway...and after about 2 minutes of rubbing the scroll button (upside down obviously) on a white envelope, I saw my screen move up and down vertically!!! Eurika!!! It worked. Thanks ever so much!!!
The paper thing sure does work...Thank.
Didn't work for me
Amazing. I just had this happen. The reverse scroll quit. Followed your instructions and it worked! So KOOL! Thanks!
You rock
i love you!
Thank you! I was going to the store to complain...
I just love the web, you ask it a question and lovely people like you have a solution - my wired mouse would scroll down but not up and your idea worked a treat, now it is zooming about as new ! Many thanks :)
Thank you so much! I've had my wired Mighty Mouse for about a month when it stopped scrolling down. I had been very impressed with its performance up to then, but was worried if these tiny balls were inherently faulty. Took a chance searching for others with the problem, and came across your solution. Bravo. It took about 2 minutes before it started working again.
Yup...weirdest thing I've ever done with a mouse...
If anyone finds that it doesn't work, just keep going. I think I had to do it for quite a while to make it work.
beats the price of a new mouse though!
Thanks much!!!
Thank you!!! This has been driving me crazy for about a month now... not now!
sure worked for me.top tip thanks
YES! First used some alcohol on a piece of paper towel which helped a bit, but rubbing the ball upside down on clean paper did the trick.
My mouse is happy now!
All mice should be happy mice!
In common with so many others, I too had issues with the scroll function of my Apple mouse. I tried the white paper sheet remedy and was truly amazed that it worked rapidly and very effectively,many thanks to the originator of this remedy.
Ha! Thanks! Just found this old post and it worked for me! Took about 2 full minutes.
Didn't work for me. I was rolling that thing around on and off for a long time. It still will not scroll down!
AWEESOMEEEE
You're the coolest.
amazing ... thank you sooooooo much!!
Awesome. Really does work and what a godsend!
this was driving me nuts all week. (i need to stop eating at my desk!)
but i did this trick and it worked! i will advise that i had to press down onto the scroll ball and thats what got it working. not sure if i was supposed to all along but it didnt work just lightly moving it around, i had to press down. so glad it worked!!!
thanks!
your blog is very nice and has good information about
genius
Thank you so much. This worked very nicely.
Wow. I thought for sure I was going to need to replace my mouse. Guess I won't be getting a Magic Mouse as soon as I thought :-).
Didn't work at first. Then I really pushed hard and rolled it around for about 2 minutes. Works great now. For those who say it doesn't work and are about to buy another one, I would suggest trying REALLY hard first. Don't be gentle with it. Worked for me.
Thank you so much for the paper trick. I was nearly driven mad!!
WHAT A BRILLIANT TRICK!
THANK YOU VERY MUCH....
a big thanks for you .
;)
scroll ball moves well in all directions, but scrolling up does not work.. tried your tip, but doesnt work for me.. any other solution??
Fan-freaking-tastic.
Truly, truly so simple and thank you thank you. Now working Up Down Left Right - 360 degree. WOW
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