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USB Overdrive X 3.0.1
USB driver handles most mice, trackballs, other input devices. Shareware ($20)
USB Overdrive is a universal USB driver that handles all USB mice, trackballs, joysticks and gamepads from any manufacturer and lets you configure them either globally or on an application-specific basis. It reads all kinds of wheels, buttons, switches and controls and supports scrolling, keyboard emulation, launching and complex macros as well as all the usual stuff like clicking, control-clicking and so forth.
What's New
Version 3.0.1:
- Fixed some user interface mistakes
- Added support for media buttons on Logitech keyboards
- Restored support for scroll buttons on various Logitech mice
- Restored specific support for Logitech G5 and MX518
- Fixed freewheel scrolling for Logitech mice that have it
- Restored specific support for the Griffin PowerMate
- Added specific support for the Kensington SlimBlade Trackball
- Added specific support for the World of Warcraft gaming mouse
- Restored left-handed configuration of the Wireless Mighty Mouse
- Relaxed HID compliance requirements to better support bad devices
Version 3.0.1:
- Fixed some user interface mistakes
- Added support for media buttons on Logitech keyboards
- Restored support for scroll buttons on various Logitech mice
- Restored specific support for Logitech G5 and MX518
- Fixed freewheel scrolling for Logitech mice that have it
- Restored specific support for the Griffin PowerMate
- Added specific support for the Kensington more...
Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
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USB Overdrive is a universal USB driver that handles all USB mice, trackballs, joysticks and gamepads from any manufacturer and lets you configure them either globally or on an application-specific basis. It reads all kinds of wheels, buttons, switches and controls and supports scrolling, keyboard emulation, launching and complex macros as well as all the usual stuff like clicking, control-clicking and so forth.
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Wizardling reviewed on 29 Mar 2012
What a shame formerly excellent software was never at least fixed in OSX 10.6, let alone 10.7. Worse is the developer continues to sell it without at least making it free or removing it for good. If something doesn't happen soon, I'll be demanding a refund, though actually getting through to someone to make such a demand is another matter...
I've used versions of USBO since I got my Lime Rev. c iMac back in 1999 - the first Mac I ever used with USB. It really is a pity the developer is ruining USBO's formerly great reputation through inaction.
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So to me and also from the reports it seems that USB Overdrive has some issues with Lion and is in need of an update. I would love to continue to use it, but at this time I'd recommend to annybody to wait for some sign of live from the developer if USB Overdrive is still under active development und if there will be a new Version updated for OS Lion before purchasing a license. I will get my SteerMouse license if there are no news here within the next 30 days (which is when my SteerMouse trial period will end).
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Anyway, here's the fix:
- Settings > Any Keyboard, Any Application -- UNtick the Enabled checkbox
That turns everything back on on the Keypad bar the Eject button... which I've gone past anyway with the far superior Dock app called "DiskEject" which is more powerful (even ejects "stuck" DVDs/CDs etc. in all your attached drives). You can get it from here MacUpdate.com and it's FREE.
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Ronl reviewed on 07 Jan 2011
I've been using it for over a decade and it is one of the very first things I install on a new installation.
Excellent support also. Very quick and courteous.
An absolute must have app.
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i don't think so.....
hey Ronl, perhaps you could you ask the dev why he has never replied to my emails and is he planning to over come the conflict that his driver has with the Apple magic trackpad?
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I don't want to _accidentally_ turn this in to an argument, but...
I only know that in the decade I have been using this app Alessandro has always been very helpful and quick to respond. And... the reasons I have contacted him has virtually always been either my fault or... the hardware was using a proprietary code that did not allow him to manipulate it (Logitech for instance... and though I have been using their input devices as long as I can remember... they aren't always perfect... and one of their buttons can not be controlled by Alessandro. Just look at Logitech's own mouse drivers... pathetic.
Anyway... I have had such excellent support from Alessandro over the years that when he tells me it is not possible... I believe him.
So it _MAY_ be that you are asking him to do something that can not be done. Just a guess... and again... I am not attempting to start an argument... nor am I suggesting you may be attempting to start one. I'm just saying what my own experience has been. To see that I am a professional and appreciate excellent apps and hardware... please click on my profile and go to my website. I need my apps to work to create the images I do... USB Overdrive is critical in making my job MUCH easier and quicker.
Again... good luck with your Apple magic trackpad.
Good luck..
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I’m currently in trial mode to finally use my Griffin PowerMate. While this device works fine with USB Overdrive, my MightyMouse doesn’t. I would buy it instantly after a MightyMouse supporting update or at least a note with a predicted timeframe. But I’m probably too old to buy a two year old software which doesn’t fully support my current hardware from a developer that seems to have submerged two years ago.
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Lemming reviewed on 21 Dec 2010
There is some nasty conflict between USB Overdrive and Screen Sharing.
It's frustrating. This used to be a great mouse controller, but no more. At least not for me.
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I've been running v10.4.8 and just tried installing the newer v3. I don't know if it was a conflict with its own older version or what, but it wouldn't recognize my wireless trackball. So I uninstalled v3 and re-installed the old v10.4.8 and all my settings were still there. I don't want to go digging around in my System folder to troubleshoot it like the support page suggests, so I'll just stay with the old version that seems to be working fine for now.
I don't think I have any other drivers that would have conflicted with v3, so I'm a bit disappointed that the v3 installer wasn't smart enough to clean up after the older version of itself. But since I didn't even get this version functioning I'm not going to give it a rating.
Macmaarten reviewed on 09 Dec 2010
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But to directly address your issue: Within System Preferences->Expose and Spaces, define either a function key or a mouse button to toggle Dashboard. Then go into USB Overdrive and set the button on your mouse which you want to use to toggle Dashboard to emulate the keypress or mouse button you set for Dashboard within the Expose and Spaces preference pane.
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I used version 2 for many years with my 5 button mouse but since the dev changed the interface and other things in ver 3 things have gone downhill. The UI looks like some kind of convoluted Microsocks UI with multiple hidden menus and options plus I wasted a day of my life due to a conflict with the griffin Powermate and now I have had to uninstall it completely due to a conflict with the Apple Magic Trackpad.
I paid the dev for a license for v2 and upgrade to v3 and i think it was worth it for 8 years of extra mouse functionality, but now its time to say goodbye and try to find a driver which doesn't conflict with the Magic trackpad.
Adios USB Overdrive, I knew you well........
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You can always go back to the previous version; its download is still available on the developer's website.
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I've got neither of them. Guess you'll just have to live without 'USB Overdrive' then.
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Mid-2007 24" 2.8GHz iMac, 4GB RAM, ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro 256MB VRAM, OS X 10.6.8
I sent the above to USBO support two months ago - still not had a reply :-( I'm not very happy and may have to downgrade to the old 32 bit version. In fact I'm seeing zero useful improvements in the 'new' (cause it's not really now - is USBO still being supported??) 64 bit version. It's not very good at all :-(
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I think it killed my iMac20!!! The screen is black and I can only hear the Drive spin, but it never makes to OSX as I cannot hear no sound when changing the sound level.
How the hell am I going to sue them, if there is no way I can prove it caused the problem.
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if not, or even if you did, you really need applejack - only thing that revived my seemingly dead iMac g5 20Ò
and btw, if you have the fan problem, clean the fan intake - only on g5s- that is HIDDEN directly under where the stand goes into the bak of the iMac. this one foxed even my Mac dealer's techies.
download and install applejack
then use it if there are any problems.
by using a safeboot and typing the applejack magic it runs and fixes stuff.
good luck!
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Right... I'm sure you couldn't have made a mistake.
I've been using this app. for over a decade and it's stable as any app I've ever used on a Mac.
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1.) I cannot choose these two games anymore to configure mouse key settings: "Diablo II (Carbon)" and "Baldur's Gate II". I can select each applications' file in the "Choose" dialog, but when I click "Open" there to choose the application, then the application is not chosen (the popup field still says "Application: Choose Application...") and "Cancel/OK" hangs so that I must force-quit the dialog.
2.) This new Overdrive now can export settings (as documented). But it can only export each single setting for each single application separately. How do I save my whole bunch of more than 30 application settings in one single export file?
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Or maybe it was never that good.
Either way: I'm wondering if USB Overdrive can work, in any capacity, with the thin/aluminum Apple USB Keyboard with Numeric Keypad. The model number is A1243, Apple Part # MB110LL/A)
It's plugged in to a 13" MacBook Pro with its lid kept shut and an external Cinema Display as the primary/only monitor. The Status tab of USB Overdrive shows the Apple Optical USB Mouse (which is plugged into the keyboard), but no keyboard.
I'd love to be able to customize... well, to be honest, the whole keyboard, but that's a different app, I'm sure. Farting around with the media keys would be great, though, and my (misguided?) understanding is, somehow, there's a way to do it.
I've been sure to remove all the SteerMouse components, and I had FunctionFlip installed but disabled it and made sure none of its agents are running.
I fired off an email to their support address, but since it's the weekend I don't expect an immediate reply and figured I could ask around...
Thanks in advance!
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With each new OS update, my functionality is getting
glitchier and glitchier.
As previously mentioned, prefs and status of Apple's
Mighty Mouse is now broken, and I'm also noticing
choppy mouse movement after the last Apple security
update...
Is this software dead? Where is the dev??
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MidooDj rated on 29 Apr 2012
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Wizardling rated on 29 Mar 2012
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MikeMax999 rated on 11 Jun 2011
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Ikir rated on 08 Jan 2011
Mpjstuff rated on 13 Dec 2010