Great way to clean your apple mighty mouse scroll ball!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0DH1R_GMQs&feature=RecentlyWatched&page=1&t=t&f=b


that guy is a genius. i know most of you probally know about this but, i almost took mine apart before watching this. it really works!

 

This seems more like a temporary fix. I'm sure theres alot of "loose" crud inside the mouse that will eventually settle and you'll have to repeat the process.

 

Only works for so long. I use to do this, and yes, it worked, but soon enough the mouse would clog up again. I ended up having to repeat this step every 10 minutes. I ended up finally just opening my mouse, and found a HUGE glob of dirt stuck inside.

 

how do you open up a mighty mouse?

honestly, I have not had major issues with the wheel getting dirty, any time it has happened, it took like 5 seconds of turning it upside down and rolling around.

this happens on almost all scrollwheels I have used, the scroll wheels on my microsoft mice are really jacked up, and the fix is the same.

i bet the new logitech wheels don't have this problem though.

the thing I really like about the mighty mouse is how easy the wheel is to use as a button. most other mice nowadays don't have a very good way of middle clicking.

 

Check here. The only problem about opening it up is that you are going to have to break through glue to open it up.

 

that is so odd that it has a little speaker to make scroll ball sounds and side click sounds when it is plugged in, haha, it is so subtle but I guess it is noticeable.

i wonder if there is a way to mess with what that speaker can do? probably not, and I don't know what other function would really be useful.

 

i actually think this works great, at least for me. altough i have to repeat it every other day. i guess it would work better if i washed my hand before every time i touched the mouse.

 

I must be having one of those moments but what is he doing exactly in that video? Turning the mouse upside down and rubbing the trackball on a paper? And that action is cleaning it?

 

Isn't this "tip" listed in the standard user's manual that comes with every mac?

 

I'm glad I sold my BT mighty mouse, it's not a very good mouse...