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How to Change Mouse Speed and Sensitivity

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How to Change Mouse Speed and Sensitivity

The sensitivity of your mouse depends entirely on your mouse handling habits. You may have the habit of using your mouse super quickly or too slow. Sensitivity covers all the features related to your mouse like the pointer speed, direction, and the performance of the right-click button. You may customize all of them easily. Here is how you can adjust your mouse sensitivity settings.

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Customizing mouse sensitivity settings on your Mac

Mac OS provides all the adjustment features to change or manage all of your mouse settings. Follow the simple steps in order to change your mouse settings:

  1. Tap the Apple logo located at the upper-left edge of your window.
  2. Then you have to hit the “System Preferences” tab from the pull-down menu.
  3. Now a pop-out window will appear on your screen.
  4. Hit the “Mouse” option there.
  5. Click on the “Point & Click” option in order to expand the mouse pointer settings page.
  6. Mark the box that reads “Scrolling direction: natural.”
  7. Then you have to tick the box that reads “Secondary click,”
  8. It will be added as the right-click.
  9. Then you may manage between two mouse buttons. To do so, hit the arrow located just below the “Secondary click” option. You can select one of them to use as a basic (primary) click button. This feature is only available on your Apple supported mouse.
  10. Now, adjust the speed of your mouse pointer by sliding down the speed tracker button. You have to drag it either to the left or right side as per your choice. While adjusting the mouse pointer speed, you may feel the modifications in real-time.

Adjusting the double-tapping speed

To avoid any mishap to your task, you have to hold proper control of your mouse’s double-clicking function. It is always recommended to maintain an average mouse clicking speed. In case your mouse speed is too fast, you may minimize it with the few simple steps. Follow these steps to do so:

  1. First of all, hit the Apple icon located at the upper left side edge of your Mac window.
  2. Then hit the “System Preferences” option located in your dropdown menu.
  3. Now tap the “Accessibility” option and look for the “Mouse & Trackpad” by scrolling down your page. If found, click on it to expand the particular page.
  4. Next, you have to adjust the double-tap function of your mouse by navigating the “Double click speed” option.
  5. Hit the box located after the option that reads “Spring loading delay.”
  6. Here you have to adjust the hovering time after which time slot your file will open automatically. Moving to the left side gives you slower sensitivity, and right resembles faster.

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Customizing the mouse scrolling speed

In case you want to adjust the mouse scrolling speed, then follow these simple points:

  1. First of all, tap the Apple logo situated at the upper-left edge of your window.
  2. Then you have to hit the “Mouse Options.”
  3. Now drag the slider that reads “Scrolling speed,” either left or right, in order to adjust the scrolling momentum of the mouse.
  4. Then you have to hit the “OK” tab if you agree with the changes that you have made.

Modifying Apple’s magic mouse gestures

Mac OS allows you to set and adjust some of the unique gestures provided by Apple. Follow these steps to make adjustments in the gestures of your mouse:

  1. Go to the Apple logo and hit it.
  2. Then go to the “System Preferences” option located inside the pull-drop menu.
  3. Now hit the “Mouse” option here.
  4. Tap the “Point & Click” option.
  5. In case you wish to enlarge your content by zoom-in feature, you can do so. For this action, you have to double-tap your mouse button on your desired window or webpage. To enable this great feature, you have to tick the box reading “Smart zoom.”
  6. Then choose the “More Gestures” option to view all the possible choices.
  7. In case you wish to activate the scroll and swiping features with the help of your fingers and mouse button, you can do it effortlessly as well. For doing so, you have to check the box first, which reads the “Swipe between pages” option.
  8. Next, tick the box, which says, “Swipe between full-screen apps.”
  9. Now the final option is “Mission control.” It allows you to access the mission control feature by clicking the mouse button very softly.

Source : https://start-product-activate.com/how-to-change-mouse-speed-and-sensitivity/

Alex Smith a creative person who has been writing blogs and articles about cyber security. He writes about the latest updates regarding mcafee.com/activate and how it can improve the work experience of users. His articles have been published in many popular e-magazines, blogs and websites.

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