BARRYMOVES  Logitech G5 Mouse FAIL (does not recognise).

I'm going to try SteerMouse instead...  
(Version 2.7)

MEGAMAN  I recently bought the Logitech DiNovo Edge for Mac and thought I'd give LCC the opportunity to take ownership of the new keyboard and my MX Revolution.

I played around with LCC a while ago and it seemed stable to I took the plunge and installed it again (was using SteerMouse) thinking it would be cool to have full customisation and be able to check battery status.

Well, I gave it a few days to impress me...but in the end I had to get rid of it.

First, LCC wouldn't allow my Mac to go to sleep at its designated time. I had to do it manually.

Secondly, every time my MX Revo would wake from sleep mode, it would forget the custom buttons I had set up for In Design and Illustrator - forcing me to perform a restart.

The icing on the cake? My Revo would loose its right click function all together. WTF???

I am absolutely flabbergasted that in today's day and age, with some truly amazing programs out there - many of which seem pretty simple, yet provide an invaluable function and are on the whole, robust - that Logitech are still fumbling around in the dark. Seriously, WTF is wrong with this company? They announce to the world that they have Mac compatible hardware, yet seemingly can't find a decent programmer on the entire planet to write some decent code for their stuff to work as advertised. AS ADVERTISED LOGITECH!!!!! EVER HEARD OF FALSE ADVERTISING???

Anyhow, I'm back to my trusty SteerMouse and have re-mapped the new keyboard using Keyboard Maestro - works perfectly!!!

LCC has been flawed since its inception. It would be smarter for Logitech to commission a software company to develop something that works and add value to their product range. This includes both Mac and PC drivers - from what I understand, PC drivers aren't all that much better.

Thankfully there are 3rd party developers out there who know what the hell they're doing.

Such a shame, cause Logitech make some good peripherals.  
(Version 2.7)

BARTLEBY1945  Bought the diNovo Mac edition about two weeks ago. Still cannot get the computer to recognize the keyboard (No Logitech Device Found.) I updated to 2.7, tried reinstalling and removing and reinstalling, repaired permissions, ran Disk Warrior, cleaned cache files, eliminated haxies—did everything imaginable, but nothing has worked. My G-5 has never been restarted so much! Oddly enough, I can find the Logitech device fine—it's right in front of me! Anyway, back and forth with Logitech and they have no ideas. It's a nice enough keyboard, but $100 for a functionless device? I don't think so.  
(Version 2.7)

BARTLEBY1945  Bought the diNovo Mac edition about two weeks ago. Still cannot get the computer to recognize the keyboard (No Logitech Device Found.) I updated to 2.7, tried reinstalling and removing and reinstalling, repaired permissions, ran Disk Warrior, cleaned cache files, eliminated haxies—did everything imaginable, but nothing has worked. My G-5 has never been restarted so much! Oddly enough, I can find the Logitech device fine—it's right in front of me! Anyway, back and forth with Logitech and they have no ideas. It's a nice enough keyboard, but $100 for a functionless device? I don't think so.  
(Version 2.7)

DTRUETT1  Thanks, LIVINGLIFE. It was worth a try, but didn’t work. I tried it both with all of the install/uninstall/restarts, then adding just those LCC prefs back, and deleting the other LCC prefs and adding just the three back. No go either way.

There are so many things wrong with this software, it’s hard to know where to start. For one, I’m typing this in OmniWeb. I have a vertical scroll setting just for OW. With the Device Settings open for the mouse driver (Revolution MX), I can set the scroll slow enough so that in Click to Click mode, it’s the correct speed. I have to set speed all the way to slow and acceleration at max. As soon as I close that window, it reverts to the default scroll, which is to fast for a browser. In other words, it doesn’t remember or use the application settings.

For those who are attempting to get some Mac functionality similar to SteerMouse and a keyboard that works, here are some things I found:

• To get the scroll wheel to have any function other than Logitech’s SmartShift (the push-down setting for the wheel is grayed out by default), you need to choose vertical scroll, click the Configure DumbShift {SIC} tab, and choose to start in either click to click or free spin mode. You just have to stumble onto that one.

• For the keyboard, to use the standard function keys, if you check the box that supposedly lets you use F13-F19, it won’t work. This is just unbelievable! As an example, i went into QuicKeys to assign some keyboard shortcuts to open things in the Finder. I set F14 to open a document and LCC to let me use the Fkeys as standard function keys. So, i press F14. What do I get? Display dimming! Even on my Apple Aluminum keyboard, F1 is display dimming. When you press F16-F19 in QK, it won’t even show the keystroke.

To set up F1-F6 to act as regular, assignable function keys, I had to check the box that says use standard function keys, choose keystroke for each one, type the Fkey into “Type a key...” then go back to general and uncheck the box. That’s because the only way to get any function from F16-F19 is to use let LCC control it, then set up an action. This seems OK, but, for example, I assigned F18 to open The Hit List. I'd love to assign Command-F18 to open the Quick Entry window, but I can’t.

At this point, with the scrolling issues, I’m actually considering just going back to SteerMouse and using MaxMenus to create a popup menu with the things I use for my Fkeys from the button on the Revolution mouse.

They make such great hardware and such incredibly poorly designed software. What a shame.  
(Version 2.7)

LIVINGLIFE  Using LCC 2.7 with SteerMouse 3.9

Please excuse the long post . . . 

Preliminary responses to earlier comments:

Don, the Uninstaller is in the /Applications/Utilities/ folder. I’ve used it a few times. To those who have had the LCC 2.7 lose a given mouse or keyboard, just do the process of re-establishing contact by pressing the related buttons on the device and the receiver and the current device will appear. I have not been able to get LCC 2.7 to display both either, but the settings seem to be stored. A restart has been reported to be able to resolve the issue.

I would be using 2.7, but the issue of F13 unable to do anything other than taking screenshots is a deal breaker for me. I need full control over the Function Keys (I use a Logitech S 530 Mac). I’ve had to go back to LCC 2.1.3.

I have also worked out a way to use LCC 2.7 AND still be able to run SteerMouse 3.9, I would be VERY interested in knowing if it is of any use to other or if someone has been able to solve the LCC 2.7 F13 nightmare! Logitech hardware is wonderful; the software is a nightmare for those who need very specific capabilities and are not interested in “bells and whistles”--that’s what AppleScript is for! ;-0

---- The Steps ----

Install LCC 2.7 and then SteerMouse 3.9 separately and set them up according to your preferences. Save the preference files to a separate location--you’ll need them later as they will be getting deleted during any necessary uninstalls--this may take more than one try. The user preference files are:

LCC 2.7:

com.Logitech.Control Center.Device Settings.registry

com.Logitech.Control Center.Device Manager.plist

com.Logitech.Control Center.Assignments.registry

SteerMouse 3.9:

SteerMouse.prefs

jp.plentycom.SteerMouse.plist

These files can be edited with Property List Editor at a later time, if necessary.

Uninstall SteerMouse (if installed)

Uninstall Logitech Control Center (if installed)

With LCC version 2.7(?) the files in Applications/Utilities will be gone as well as the ~/Library/Preference files

With LCC version 2.1.3 use the Uninstall app in the LCC folder

Restart

Install SteerMouse and restore the two Preference files listed above

Restart

Install Logitech Control Center

Restart

Restore the three LCC preference files listed above

Restart

The LCC will no longer be functional, but many (if not most) of the functions established earlier may well be. I was able to still get the Caps Lock indicator in the menubar--very important to me!

Good luck; I am currently running both successfully (LCC 2.1.3 and SteerMouse 3.9), but have not yet been able to get the Caps Lock icon back into the menubar.  
(Version 2.7)

DTRUETT1  Try uninstalling this version.

In the installer it shows file paths at the root level that are at the ~/User level. Still shows the uninstaller in the Apps/Utilities folder, which it’s not any longer. Says you can use the installer to uninstall, which is no longer true.

I have no idea any more where the pieces of this thing are.

You’d think the engineers would take the time to update the “Important Information” in the installer, or is that too much to ask?  
(Version 2.7)

MEGAMAN  I hate to say it, but I've been running 2.7 on my Intel iMac with my MX Revolution and whilst it's only been a few days, this version seems to be running pretty good.

One thing that erks me is that the forward and back buttons don't work in finder windows.

Other than that, not bad.  
(Version 2.7)

NERFGUN  I know a lot of people have had massive issues with this software, but as of 2.7 it seems actually pretty good to me. Running this to control a MX Revolution mouse and it works perfectly. Not quite as flexible as USB Overdrive but... close. You can set individual app prodiles and everything.

No crashes, seems stable with Adobe CS4/Final Cut/etc.   
(Version 2.7)

KENTR  Completely lost the keyboard icon in the Preference Pane. Reinstalled and it's still gone. Only the mouse is available. Cordless Elite Duo.  
(Version 2.7)