How to unstick the scroll ball on the Apple Mighty Mouse

Mighty_mouseI love my Mighty Mouse, especially the way the little scroll ball allows you to scroll effortlessly in any direction.  A lot of users have reported the little ball starts sticking and this happened to me today, I could scroll down or sideways but not up.  I found a simple and quick fix to deal with the problem and while it’s probably appeared elsewhere on the web I figured I would share it here.

The scrolling problem is because dirt gets underneath it.  First slightly and carefully moisten the ball, I used spit on my fingertip. :)   Then take a clean sheet of paper and turn the Mighty Mouse upside down.  Run the ball rapidly in all directions on the paper.  In about 5 seconds my problem was fixed as the dirt worked itself loose and came out on the paper.  I love my Mighty Mouse again.  :)

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