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by blindhippo 943 days ago
I gave up trying to use a mouse on OSX years ago (the acceleration curve causes physical pain for me) and leaned into what Apple did right: trackpads. I got an apple trackpad for my desk setup, and otherwise use the built in trackpad on the macbook.

Doesn't help for those who need a mouse device (cad/design/photo-editing, etc), but for what I use it for (software dev/ops work), it's great. Trackpads in a windows ecosystem feel absolutely horrendous to me, so I just use mice there lol.
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cmcaleer 943 days ago
God bless the trackpad on Macbooks. Some Windows laptops come close but none match it.

Thumbs up for Smooze if you're looking to try and have a somewhat usable mouse experience. It's 20 bucks because of course it is, why wouldn't a tool to allow a need that basic cost money? It does have a trial. Maybe another commenter can recommend something free but when I was looking a couple years ago it was the only thing that did it right.

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OmahaBoy69 943 days ago
> Maybe another commenter can recommend something free

https://linearmouse.app/

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cyann 943 days ago
Excellent user experience using a Logitech MX Master 3S with Mos and ScrollReverser.

https://mos.caldis.me/

https://pilotmoon.com/scrollreverser/

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vladvasiliu 943 days ago
YMMV, but I've found that using very high resolution (~3000 DPI) "gaming" mice works very well under MacOS. This works well with my tendency to not move my hand very much when mousing, but still expect the pointer to go to the other side of the screen. Plus, some of those mice have on-board memory which allows customizing their buttons without having some crappy app running in the background (Logitech G vs normal Logitech).

Using a regular mouse does feel like trying to push a string through sand.

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beebeepka 943 days ago
So, that's why my mouse feels totally fine on macOS. Gaming peripherals the win
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toyg 943 days ago
Trackpads are terrible for your wrist though.
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