XENOPHILE  WTF is Microsoft's problem with naming this driver? Their website says "IntelliPoint 7.01". The downloaded disk image is labeled as "Microsoft-Mouse-d260". Mount the disk image and within it is contained a file called "Microsoft Mouse Installer". The Finder's Get Info shows version 1.0.

I only installed the MS driver to see how it compared to my old workhorse, USB Overdrive. It worked well enough but I'll definitely be sticking with USB Overdrive.   
(Version 7.01)

MR.LON  More and more i get angry about this driver.

Developer, please tell me what it is so difficult

about to make this driver universal for all your

mac products???????????????????????????????????

TELL ALL OF US!!!!!!

Again i'm very dissapointed   
(Version 7.01)

FRANCIS  This version recognizes the Laser Mouse 6000, but there are 5 buttons on the mouse and the software only sees 4. I went back to an older 32 bit version, but it is a real pain to uninstall the new version once it is installed.  
(Version 7.01)

KITMOS  I understand what the Intellitype does but is IntelliPoint for? I'm using a MS Wireless Laser Desktop for Mac but not their mouse.   
(Version 7.01)

MARC OPAS  This broke the functionality of my Microsoft Optical Trackball on my Dual 2.0 G5 running 10.4.11. Can anyone help me find the last version of the software, or help me restore functionality? I can't stand not having buttons 4 & 5 for back and forward!  
(Version 7.01)

NOTHINGISTRUE  OSX 10.6 compatible Version 7.0.1 is available here:

http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/download/DownloadResult.aspx?category=MK&type=Mouse&name=B75-00113&os=mac104x57&lang=en  
(Version 7.0)

MIKETALA  it wont install in my intel mac with snow leopard. what gives.  
(Version 7.0)

STEVEN GOODHEART  From the MS website on 2009-09-02:

IntelliType Pro and IntelliPoint for the Mac version 7.0 is compatible with the 32-bit version of Mac OS® X 10.6 (Snow Leopard™). Microsoft Hardware is developing a 64-bit compatible version. This version will be availalbe on or before 10/2/2009. While in 64-bit mode, only basic device functionality will be available.

http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/downloads/default.mspx  
(Version 7.0)

ZOFO  Snow Leopard compatibility coming anytime soon?  
(Version 7.0)

MACINEN  What are you (or some of you) complaining about? Just because it's from Microsoft? Didn't you know there is mac-people in MS who are committed to doing mac-things.

Anyway, this driver works very well with my new Arc Mouse (white), amazingly solid driver. One of the good things is that there is this option "handled by mac os" in every choice of buttons (one advantage compared to f.ex. SteerMouse). Keep up the good work!  
(Version 7.0)

DER~BOT~HAUS  Well. I love my IME 3.0 with my Mac and these drivers have always corrected the really lame acceleration algorithms Apple does to their mice drivers. Can't ever use Apple drivers again.

Stop with the textbook "Once again MS..." makes you all look like raving sheep. MS's Hardware is top notch and I have never had an issue with their drivers.   
(Version 7.0)

RAYDEEN  Once again, another backward step for Microsoft. Some, but not all of the previous Buttons settings I had been using for years now will not work. And for some bizarre reason, the Preference Pane comes up with the Wheel Button set by default to "Exposé - All Windows," a feature I have never used and currently have disabled. If I try to change it in the global settings, it goes right back to Exposé. Did Apple pay them for this? Why does this software continue to get worse instead of better?  
(Version 6.3)

J3H8R  what the hill? cannot get this to download from any site i've gone to yet, but from the looks of it, this is not a bad thing as it doesn't seem to be compatible with leopard anyway. why did i buy ms?  
(Version 6.3)

OPTIMUS_PRIME  6.2.2 recognizes the Laser Mouse 8000 running Leopard.

all the buttons work and able to be customized even though the box says nothing about Mac compatibility.

So far so good!.....  
(Version 6.22)

HOMMI  I have a natural wireless laser mouse 6000, intellipoint 6.2.2 , MAC OS 10.5 and the large and small thumb buttons does not work in safari ( back / forward ).

:(  
(Version 6.22)

RPAEGE  What a mess. This doesn't work at for me in Leopard as I can't open the preference pane. WHY does MS post this trash without carefully testing it first?  
(Version 6.22)

CROPP  Leopard compatible 6.2.2 is available here:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/f/5/6f50ba7d-bce8-4d62-9208-0edf308bd047/Microsoft-Mouse-X-d203.dmg  
(Version 6.21)

OSKMEAD  In 10.4, works great, but in Leopard working only partially. Don´t open applications buttons :(  
(Version 6.21)

RUDHY  My Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer for Bluetooth is working only partially with this. I can't get horizontal scrolling to work and I can't use keystrokes with only modifiers (ex. shift, alt). I used to have cmd under my thumb and IntelliPoint for Mac doesn't allow me to set this (I CAN do this under Windows - not 'cmd' of course, but setting for example 'shift' under 4th button works great ).

Anybody have solution for this? System 10.4.10, IntelliPoint in newest version (6.21), but I've tried 6.2 as well.  
(Version 6.21)

PAUL C  I've installed 6.1 and still can't figure out how to get the CD door to open -- help!

With thanks,

Paul  
(Version 6.21)

MACINEN  I bought my Microsoft Natural Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 today and downloaded the driver from the disk(6.1). Great - Unbelevably well done driver for Mac - and from Microsoft! I haven't even seen this latest driver (6.21) but will download it shortly. Goodbye Logitech and USBOverdriveX!  
(Version 6.21)

ISKIPPY  Colour me impressed.

The first thing you will notice, as others have pointed out, is that Microsoft has finally implemented these as fully featured preference panes, rather than just launchers for applications. This is the way it's supposed to be; score one for Microsoft.

Also, there are a lot more commands available to assign to either keyboard keys or mouse buttons. Exposé commands are now offered natively under both IntelliType and IntelliPoint, as are commands for Spotlight, Dashboard, and Front Row.

I am quite impressed with this update. Say what you will about Windows and Office, but this is a solid driver and configuration package for Microsoft's hardware.  
(Version 6.21)

EAKSTER2  Yep Chris it was version 6.1 !!!

I downloaded the same thing, I had 6.2 before and was wondering why the installer had trouble.

I just re-downloaded it now and its the real 6.21

Re download :)  
(Version 6.21)

CHRIS REED  The biggest computer company in the world and upgrade version 6.21 seems to be 6.1 on the site and now 6.1 installed on my mac. Go figure. No difference at all as far as i can see, but not a single problem with this app in many years.  
(Version 6.21)

AIRSMURF  Since version 5.x Microsoft has added a whole slew of mouse assignments including commands for Exposé, Spotlight, Dashboard and Frontrow. Most importantly, they've added "Handled by Mac OS" as an assignment, finally solving the long standing problem of users being unable to close Firefox browser tabs with the middle mouse button.

Also the Microsoft Mouse Preference Pane is finally a card carrying member of System Preferences. No longer is it just a launcher for a separate manager application. Not that this makes much functional difference – it just used to be mildly confusing and just not very Mac-like :)  
(Version 6.1)

TONYBOY  I have to admit, I haven't been very impressed with Microsoft's Mac products in the last little while, and I was prepared to dislike this product from the start, but so far so good...

The feature set is fairly complete and the interface is nice and clean as well...

The only oddity is that I'm actually reviewing the newer 6.1 version, which isn't posted here on MU, but is available from http://download.microsoft.com/, not in the standalone package (v6.0) but as a bundle for the IntelliType keyboard. Odd...  
(Version 6.0)

MUGGSY  It killed my computer. Since I installed the driver onto my precious old Beige G-3, I cannot start-up in OSX. Now I have to rip the thing down to its guts to find out what went wrong.  
(Version 6.0)

FITZAGE  I was happy to see that this now supports my older Intellimouse Explorer, which 5.1 did not. However, it gives bogus battery readings, and when told to remind me in a week or something, it pops right back up. Sometimes, deselecting the checkbox to tell it not to remind me works, but after restarting my computer it kept spawning a whole bunch of notifications, and unchecking the checkbox would only make them disappear briefly.

It's very annoying. I'm disabling it for now.  
(Version 6.0)

CDAVEY  If anyone is wondering, this does work on an Intel Mac. It loads a System Preference Pane and you can set up the mouse. I thought that only Universal panes would work but it looks like MS got around it.  
(Version 6.0)

M PREWITT  Seems to work well. Have had no problems. It's just a run-of-the-mill mouse driver with some configuration options for various MS mice. Features are presumably dependent on which mouse you own.

Is it just me, or is anyone else irked by the fact that there are never ANY release notes for the various incarnations of this driver since about version 4 or so?  
(Version 6.0)

DUOZMO  Works great. Lets you reassign all keys on Microsoft keyboards and mice. Version 5.4 works with Tiger, as opposed to 5.1 which does not.  
(Version 5.4)

SCOTT  From the website:

IntelliPoint software enables you to customize the unique features of your Microsoft® mouse. You can reassign mouse buttons to perform commands, shortcuts, and application-specific functions. You can also modify mouse settings, such as pointer speed and updated horizontal scrolling.

My guess is that is has to do with improved horizontal scrolling.  
(Version 5.4)

ANONYMOUS  Yes, but how do you UNINSTALL it??  
(Version 5.1)

BAFUSILIER  Tiger seems to break it...waiting on an updated version.  
(Version 5.1)

MIZZE  Works good for me... G5/Dual 2Gig/OSX 10.3.7 - IntelliMouse Optical, no problems so far.  
(Version 5.1)

KEVIN CLANCEY  OSX, OS9, and my Virtual PC XP Home programs were upgraded

with Microsoft's 5.1 driver.

All acted up!

Curser not moving when directed,

buttons sticking, etc.

Almost took the mouse apart.

Saw posts on Google that

stated problem was not me.

Went back to old drivers, and

all problems went away.  
(Version 5.1)

ANONYMOUS  thanks skippy, it works properly again. I had precisely the same experience as others with my explorer too. do microsoft even test these 'updates' before they post them?  
(Version 5.1)

SKIPPY  Yuck. Stick with version 3.1 if you can.

http://download.microsoft.com/download/opticalmouseblue/Install/3.1/MacOS/EN-US/IntelliPoint3.1.OSX.sit  
(Version 5.1)

DAVID  The extra buttons no longer work, and the control panel no longer offers most of the programmable features. I am looking for a v5.0 to fall back to. Microsoft cannot have conducted even nominal testing on this. Lazy programming.  
(Version 5.1)

ANONYMOUS  5.1 dos not recognize the IntelliMouse Explorer...  
(Version 5.1)

DARREN  Installed on my PB - I use an Intellimouse Explorer 2.0 with it. The driver worked fine at first, no loss of features; however, for the first time ever I began receiving messages that my signal was low - which is not the case.

Messages kept popping up with increased frequency - just like on my Windows box.

Then last night I began experiencing an odd slow-down to the tune of "click", wait 5 seconds, then what I clicked would activate or whatever.

Rebooted, installed 5.0 drivers, all things back to "normal" with zero oddities.

And yes, I'm a zealot for system maintenance (permission repairs, cache flushing, etc., via Cocktail), so my system is in excellent shape. The only thing different was the 5.1 driver on my system, nothing else. While it worked, it didn't work well enough to keep, nor did it offer anything the 5.0 driver couldn't do.  
(Version 5.1)

ANONYMOUS  Same result here, 5.1 dos not recognize the IntelliMouse Explorer  
(Version 5.1)

SEAN  Utter rubbish. Version 5 was bad in that it stopped you from being able to map the scroll wheel. 5.1 Slows down the mouse to a crawl and doesn't recognise my Intellimouse Explorer.

AVOID THIS VERSION.  
(Version 5.1)

MACHIPPY  what are you guys doing wrong. i have a g4/500 10.3.5 and everything works fine for me. For people playing games u have to disable the app in prefs. All 5 buttons work great. BEST GAMING MOUSE THERE IS. rating software not hardware but i give hardware 4 because mosue cord does wear out but easy fix  
(Version 5.1)

ANONYMOUS  AVOID THIS VERSION!!!!

I'm not sure what Microsoft is smoking... version 5 works great but this latest version makes your mouse slow, and loses functions?

Downgrade...... I'd rank it a zero!  
(Version 5.1)

FRANKS  This version will result in loss of functionality after instelled. It definitely does not work with OSX 10.3.5.

Make sure you have version 5.0 to re-install if your brave enough to install version 5.1—btw, it is not available as a download from M$.  
(Version 5.1)

ANONYMOUS  Typical of Microsoft software, version 5.1 does indeed remove functionality from the original IntelliMouse Explorer for no discernable (or explained) reason. The back and forward buttons cease functining.

Wonderful reminder why I don't use a PC with a Microsoft operating system.  
(Version 5.1)

ABSTRACTION  Still doesn't work with (or even detect) my Bluetooth Intellimouse Explorer.

It's a great mouse so it's sad that MS can't make a decent driver for it (or any even a shitty driver for that matter).

Back to the built-in Apple drivers which work perfectly well, albeit without any decent features.  
(Version 5.1)

WARNING!  5.1 does not work with Intellimouse Explorer and MS's download website tells it will, but it won't. Version 5.0 stills works. Go back, young man or woman, go back...to version 5.0.  
(Version 5.1)

ANONYMOUS  ver3.1 is still the best. don't bother with this unless you want to loose functionality.  
(Version 5.1)

ANONYMOUS  My IntelliMouse Explorer had a red X in the buttons menu after installing 5.1. Downgrading to 5.0 brought it back. Download.com has the 5.0 installer. :)  
(Version 5.1)

RAY  i dont know what u guys are on about... mine works perfectly... much better actually.. easyer to use and adds some new features.  
(Version 5.1)

ANAD  All my buttons work great and there is a fantastic improvement over 5.0.

I do love this mouse.  
(Version 5.1)

ANONYMOUS  Completely HOSED my optical IntelliMouse. Lost ability to use side-buttons, which leads me to believe it didn't recognize the mouse AT ALL. I wouldn't recommend this update to anyone. I reverted back to 3.1 and it works fine again. Beware.  
(Version 5.1)

ANONYMOUS  The new installer didn't see the side buttons on my Intellimouse Explorer. Actually, it showed only an X-ed out mouse (not mine). So I had to reinstall the old driver.

Beware: Microsoft strikes again!  
(Version 5.1)

LAZENMONK   I also had to go back to the 5/24/03 update... new driver did not see 2 side buttons on 5 button mouse!  
(Version 5.1)

ASHAMI  Absolutely no problems with installation or use. My IntelliMouse Exporer runs like a champ.  
(Version 5.1)

ANONYMOUS  Microsoft Explorer not supported.

Stay away from this 5.1 release if you get a microsoft explorer. I was obliged to go back to the former version (with MS it is wise to keep archives of old version since the old version is not on the server anymore)

Rating based on the software only. The hardware is very good.  
(Version 5.1)

ANONYMOUS  either there alot of liars here or very stupid people. i have been using ms drivers since optical mouse came out and I never have any problems with it.

go good job MS on a great true APPLE mouse   
(Version 5.1)

MITCH KRAMER  I have an older Intellimouse Explorer. The new drivers won't recognize the mouse as anything other than a standard wheel mouse, therefore I have no control over the forward/back buttons on the side. This driver is bad news... even worse than the old one... I was hoping at least it would be an actual prefpane instead of a prepane that launches some horrible application.  
(Version 5.1)

ANONYMOUS  Removed features, horrific support, lousy manual and help. STAY AWAY.  
(Version 5.0)

WHYTOI  You can actually map button 4 and 5 (or any other button) to work with Expose. The trick is to first map the mouse buttons to certain key/key combo eg. Fn 9, 10, 11. And then go over to Expose and map those specific key/combo to the respective Expose actions.

Just need to use a bit of brain here. Hopefully the enxt version to MS's driver offering would offer a more direct solution.  
(Version 5.0)

ANONYMOUS  If you read the "User Guide" under Help, it talks about selecting the "Wheel Tab" to set the scrolling movement. Well, there *is* no "Wheel Tab" in which to adjust these settings... What's the deal with this, M$?  
(Version 5.0)

ANONYMOUS  I installed this driver and then I could not use the Expose Show Desktop feature. I tried everything to make it work. All 5 mouse buttons worked, but I couldn't do the desktop thing.

I then installed version 3.1, rebooted, uninstalled, rebooted, and now I have full controll over the mouse buttons and they can all be used with Expose for all features.

Avoid this like the plague !!  
(Version 5.0)

BILL  Installed the software, rebooted, spent the next eight hours trying to get my B&W to boot again. Finally, after repeated PRAM zaps, managed to get it to boot to the Panther CD, so I was able to erase the disk & reinstall.

My advise: avoid this like *poison*. If you've got a M$ mouse, use it without the driver, or toss it and get a good mouse.  
(Version 5.0)

ANONYMOUS  My Intellimouse Explorer (which formerly was perfect with OS 9 software) when upgraded to the X 5.0 driver works with OS 10.3.2, except for two problems. The cursor now fails to automatically move to the default position on the next small screen, after I, for example, close a document. Secondly, the speed of scrolling, instead of responding to the analog scale that is illustrated in the set up, has only two speeds, slow and fast. Can these be fixed?  
(Version 5.0)

AG90KEN  Do not install this driver if you do anything more than basic web browsing or word processing. The ability to map keystrokes to wheel movement has been removed and really cripples the functionality of this mouse. I have reinstalled 3.1 and had to remap all the wheel settings because 5.0 didn't support them....so they were lost. Save yourself the heartache and stay with 3.1.  
(Version 5.0)

ANONYMOUS  This driver makes OS X 10.3 crash like mad. It starts out okay, but eventually you're computer won't be able to wake from sleep, startups will hang and after awhile your computer won't startup altogether. I'm curious to know if anybody has had as much grief with this driver as I have. I'm on a Dual G5.  
(Version 5.0)

JOAO NEVES  Driver works fine here BUT....

feature to assign keystrokes to the scroll wheel has been removed.

I really need this feature - it lets you use the scroll wheel in apps that do not support it natively (Lightwave...)

I have lost the old driver and can't download it with the link posted........

Anyone know where I can get it?

joao  
(Version 5.0)

ANONYMOUS  For all of those who have lost functionality. You need to use the Applications ->Utility -> Intellipoint Uninstall. Restart. Make sure Classic isn't running and reinstall the driver. This brings back all the old options.  
(Version 5.0)

ROBERT PAEGE  This driver has disabled some mouse functions in my favourite game, Everquest. Before this driver i could "strafe" left and right using the three and four buttons on the intellimouse. I can't do that anymore and i can't find a way to make it work. I'm going to have to go back to the old driver.  
(Version 5.0)

MIKE  I don’t understand the reason for this driver, I use the current one (3.1) in OS X. I loaded the new driver (5.0) on my iBook and compared it the older version on my G5, the Wheel tab, which allowed you to customize what the wheel does when you click it is gone. I am staying with the old one until it causes problems.

What’s lost in the Wheel tab:

Roll Wheel

Forward and Backward – being able to assign how many lines to move up or down in either direction

Press and Roll Wheel

Forward and Backward - being able to assign how many lines to move up or down in either direction

This is a great feature that has been replaced by a generic “Scroll Speed” slider

Why?  
(Version 5.0)

KRIEGMAN  Worked fine for me and cleaned up scrolling issues with browsers.  
(Version 5.0)

MASTERKEW  So, ah, you know that you don't NEED to use these drivers, right? if you can 'handle' only have ing an equivalent of a 2 button mouse and scroll wheel then OS X supports the mouse just fine.

Far better than the official drivers. Every time I install Microsoft's drivers the movement gets choppy.

*shrug* I doubt I'll bother downloading them.  
(Version 5.0)

ISKIPPY  My god, what a pile of crap! Thanks for making scrolling with my scroll wheel incredibly painful!

I used to have my scroll wheel set to scroll three lines at a time when rolled, and one page at a time when I held the wheel button down. Well, they removed that feature, and replaced it with the slider to set basic scroll speed, and accelerated scrolling, which disables the aforementioned slider and makes each roll of the scroll wheel scroll perhaps half a line at a time.

Thank you, o anonymous one, for pointing out the older drivers! I'll be more wary the next time I "upgrade" a Microsoft product!  
(Version 5.0)

ANONYMOUS  If some of you would stop whining for just a couple of seconds, you might notice that, after you open the MS Intellimouse app, there is a HELP menu. All you have to do is move your MOUSE up to the HELP menu, and select USER GUIDE. And, they actually did a very nice job of documenting it. All you have to do is follow this "new" Apple convention (hardly new), and seek out the help menu.

By the way, the sarcasm wasn't directed at those here with legitimate problems.  
(Version 5.0)

ANONYMOUS  You can still find old 3.1 drivers:

download.microsoft.com

download

opticalmouseblue

Install

3.1

MacOS

EN-US

IntelliPoint3.1.OSX.sit

Just rebuild the hyperlink.  
(Version 5.0)

ANONYMOUS  Now the back and forward buttons doesn't work in Safari anymore after installing this with my IntelliMouse Optical USB mouse....great work Microsoft. It's undoubtedly deliberate!!!  
(Version 5.0)

DBOROD  This upgrade includes no READ ME file or changelog. I poked around inside the PKG (the only item on the disk image) and there is nothing useful.

The Microsoft web site contains no information (as far as I was able to find) about what bugs are fixed (if any) with this version, what features (if any) are new in this version.

I guess we're just supposed to automatically upgrade and be thankful that Microsoft has deigned to release a new version.  
(Version 5.0)

ANONYMOUS  To Bruce Giancola- This might be a problem with the mouse hardware. I had a similar problem where after the mouse worked fine for over a year, it began to have dropouts where it just went dead, then sometimes came back (sometimes it didn't). There seems to be a known problem with these MS mice where the cord comes loose inside the mouse. I contacted MS support (who was actually very helpful), and after having me test a number of things (update software, test other computer), eventually sent me a new mouse under the lifetime warranty that the IntelliMouse has. Plugged the new mouse in and the problem is completely gone.  
(Version 3.1)

BRUCE GIANCOLA  When using the IntelliMouse for a while, my USB port becomes inoperable. I can switch ports and it will operate for a while but then again become inoperable. I am using the IntelliMouse on a Dual 1.25 Ghz Power Macintosh with silver front and am running OS X 10.2.6. I have switched back to the standard Apple mouse and have not experienced the same problem.  
(Version 3.1)

ANONYMOUS  Good stuff, works great. Better cursor movement than any other program does.  
(Version 3.1)

ANONYMOUS  Did not detect my mouse on the first install (a picture of a standard mouse with an X through it was all i got). There was an uninstall, so i did that and tried again. Worked OK on the second try. My back and forward buttons (on the side) worked in safari, no luck so far in the finder.  
(Version 3.1)

DAN  Good piece of sofware but BOO microsoft, you guys could at LEAST have made it a preference pane.  
(Version 3.1)

ELANGO  I also don't see what's new over v. 3.0 of the drivers. But 3.0 and 3.1 do have an uninstall feature -- slightly hidden in the Utilities subfolder of the Applications folder. Now if only there was a way to have plug-n-play for the mice..  
(Version 3.1)

SHAITAN  Works just as promised! Not sure what's new, but no problems installing.  
(Version 3.1)

RAFAEL  The programmer for MS's mouse drivers is the same person that made the highly acclaimed USB-Overdrive for OS 9 and X (although his IntelliPoint work only includes X). I found these drivers just as acceptable and configurable as USB-Overdrive, it's free but unfortunately detects if you're using a MS mouse or not. If it weren't for the crappiness of MS's optical mice (and I've had so many of them it's not even funny!) I'd definitely use this software.

Well... unless MS comes out with a corded dual optical I'll stick with my dual optical from Logitech (and USB-Overdrive).  
(Version 3.1)

ANONYMOUS  This driver causes a SEVERE kernel task usage when PowerChute PE is installed, and as is typical for Microslosh software, there is no uninstall feature. Furthermore, any support request requires their crummy .NET crap. I'll keep my privacy, thank you.

Get yourself a Logitech mouse instead.  
(Version 2.1)

DJD  Who are they trying to kid?! This "updated" driver has exactly the same problem the first one had ...unless the Intellipoint control panel is renamed in OS 9 - the OS X preference pane launches OS 9!!!  
(Version 2.1)