Comments on: Revive Your Mighty Mouse Scroll Ball

By: Ludwig

Ludwig — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 09:33:54 +0000

Works perfect, Now I can relax my scroll finger.
It really starts hurting when the stupid ball doesn’t work :(

Thanks!!

By: Aslam

Aslam — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 10:03:20 +0000

It works.

Thanks.!

By: taj

taj — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:41:26 +0000

i got another problem….
i assigned the scroll ball to open the dashboard…but now it is doing the right click function which is assigned to the right side click button…
i clean the ball by all the available method but still …..problem any one know

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:48:15 +0000

great tips guys… upside down on the paper is a life-saver

By: ajb

ajb — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 05:25:44 +0000

i find a clean pencil eraser, rubbed hard on the ball, revives it instantly.

Sometimes little bits of the eraser get inside the mouse, but oddly this helps the ball, and besides, if you tap the mouse against the table edge, they fall out.

By: Complete Guide to Cleaning and Disinfecting Your Mac

Complete Guide to Cleaning and Disinfecting Your Mac — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:01:39 +0000

[...] With Apple’s Mighty Mouse, the scroll ball can be cleaned using a lint-free cloth lightly moistened with water, making sure to rotate the ball itself to ensure complete coverage or you can use something like Wet One. [...]

By: Douggro

Douggro — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:27:14 +0000

Mahvelous! The upside-down paper-scrolling revived the scrollball after other methods failed. Grazie!!

By: Firman Wandayandi

Firman Wandayandi — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:33:03 +0000

A great trick, works pretty well on my Mighty Mouse after pushed hard and wiped the scroll ball.

Thank you so much!

By: Teacher4tc

Teacher4tc — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:18:50 +0000

WOW thank you sooooo much for bring it back to life!

By: Valerie

Valerie — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:47:39 +0000

Ahhhh…. finally I can scroll again! I used your suggestion of alcohol on a cotton pad and scrolled the mouse upside down on paper. This dislodged the crud that was causing my mousing nightmare. Scrolling around on paper alone wasn’t enough to do the trick for my stubborn mouse. Thanks for the fix!

By: CheshireDad

CheshireDad — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:01:30 +0000

After reviewing numerous ideas on the web, this solution was the one I tired first.
It worked perfectly the first time! THANK YOU!!!!

By: Emily

Emily — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:32:57 +0000

Thanks! I just spent ages trying everything I could think of to fix my scroll ball, and was about ready to give up and replace the damn thing… This worked perfectly though!

Saved me from buying a new mouse, and didn’t cost anything but a very faint brown spot on my homework :)

By: Meems

Meems — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:48:34 +0000

Turning it upside down, pressing hard and rolling it REALLY vigorously ended up doing the trick. Compressed air did nothing. Thanks, guys!

By: Danielsan

Danielsan — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:25:10 +0000

Thank you Guys !!! The paper method worked perfectly for me. I rubbed it upside down, vigorously on a piece of white paper and out came some black clutterings… now it works great, after not working at all before !!

Thanks for your help !!!

Daniel

By: fruend

fruend — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 13:19:44 +0000

Purchase a MM from the apple web site using you credit card and then when you have a problem, report it to Apple and they ship a replacement. You get a year’s warranty on the device. that way do the cleanining until the year is almost up and then get a replacement. The inability to easily repair is outrageous. I have shipped back 6 mice within one year .

By: sarah

sarah — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:29:21 +0000

wow! Thanks