USB Overdrive - 10.4.8driver for usb mice, trackball, joystick, gamepad |
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No Longer Working in 10.5.2 



- Version: 10.4.8, 4/18/2008 03:16AM PST
tuqqer
Friday, April 18, 2008:
I've been a fan of USB Overdrive for years (I posted a glowing report a few months ago), but as of 10.5.2, this utility no longer works, and the developer is not responding.
It simply doesn't recognize any mouse that we've tried with it. Normally, once you install USB Overdrive and restart your Mac, you can go into its System Pref, and click on any of your mouse's buttons, and the utility will tell you which button that is corresponding to. You can then set up any actions you'd like to that button. However, it's no longer doing this, rendering the program utterly useless.
I'm posting this to make sure others are purchasing this program, at least until they start responding to problems, and come out with an update beyond 10.4.8.
I've been a fan of USB Overdrive for years (I posted a glowing report a few months ago), but as of 10.5.2, this utility no longer works, and the developer is not responding.
It simply doesn't recognize any mouse that we've tried with it. Normally, once you install USB Overdrive and restart your Mac, you can go into its System Pref, and click on any of your mouse's buttons, and the utility will tell you which button that is corresponding to. You can then set up any actions you'd like to that button. However, it's no longer doing this, rendering the program utterly useless.
I'm posting this to make sure others are purchasing this program, at least until they start responding to problems, and come out with an update beyond 10.4.8.
Quite useless with a Logitech G9 mouse 



- Version: 10.4.8, 4/2/2008 04:27PM PST
Ocker
While this version detected and was useful for my Razer Copperhead gamer mouse, it failed to recognise my Logitech G9, also a gamer's mouse. The G9 could not be configured in any way and only left me with MacOSX's default 2-button operation. It was galling when the G9 was first plugged in to have it thought of by Leopard as a keyboard with the mandatory keyboard indentification process following.
For the same shareware price, the alternative SteerMouse was a better option for both mice. I much prefer the G9 to the Razer so I was forced to uninstall USB Overdrive in favour of SteerMouse. SteerMouse's default settings are fine for the G9.
So while USB Overdrive has been great in the past it needs updating to work with newer products.
For the same shareware price, the alternative SteerMouse was a better option for both mice. I much prefer the G9 to the Razer so I was forced to uninstall USB Overdrive in favour of SteerMouse. SteerMouse's default settings are fine for the G9.
So while USB Overdrive has been great in the past it needs updating to work with newer products.
Buyer beware.