Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to MacFixIt since the spring of 2008. One of his passions is troubleshooting Mac problems and making the best use of Macs ...

Rosemary Brown describes a problem noted by a few other MacFixIt readers, where a UPS (uninterruptable power supply) seems to "hog" the chain, and produce strange problems for the keyboard and mouse. ...

A recent story in the British press about hungry rodents being implicated in a computer failure reminded me of an incident that happened to me many years ago. I was working for a medical equipment ...

If your Windows 11 PC freezes while in use, but the mouse still moves then this post will be able to help you. This is a problem faced by some Windows 11 users where they have noticed that while using ...

A wireless mouse that works flawlessly with a notebook computer yet won't connect to a desktop computer can be both baffling and frustrating. While the mouse might be designed for use with a notebook, ...

New drivers often mean better compatibility between a device, such as a mouse, and a computer operating system. Sometimes, though, device drivers don't work the way you expect them to. For example, a ...

Although it has gotten us through the last 50 years of computer history, the computer mouse has one big, contemporary design problem: It only works well with 2-D interfaces. That’s fine for a ...

Do you have Mouse Shoulder? It comes from frequent use of a computer mouse, which causes upper body strain. But the mouse is not the culprit. The problem is using a mouse without proper arm support.