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 USB Overdrive - 3.0.1Driver for usb mice, trackballs, joysticks, gamepads, keyboards. |
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Product Description:
The USB Overdrive is a device driver for Mac OS X that handles any USB mouse / trackball / joystick / gamepad / media keyboard and any Bluetooth mouse from any manufacturer and lets you configure them either globally or on a per-application, per-device basis.
It reads all kinds of wheels, buttons, switches and controls and assigns them to useful actions like clicking, typing, scrolling, launching, opening documents and so forth. The USB Overdrive can easily handle several USB devices at once and can assign different settings to each one.
The new version is smarter, faster, more powerful and easier to use. It supports the new 64-bit kernel in Snow Leopard and comes with a much better user interface. The USB Overdrive now includes support for media buttons on most USB keyboards and talks to many additional input devices that were previously not handled.
It reads all kinds of wheels, buttons, switches and controls and assigns them to useful actions like clicking, typing, scrolling, launching, opening documents and so forth. The USB Overdrive can easily handle several USB devices at once and can assign different settings to each one.
The new version is smarter, faster, more powerful and easier to use. It supports the new 64-bit kernel in Snow Leopard and comes with a much better user interface. The USB Overdrive now includes support for media buttons on most USB keyboards and talks to many additional input devices that were previously not handled.
What's new in this version:
- Fixed some user interface mistakes
- Added support for media buttons on Logitech keyboards
- Restored support for scroll buttons on various Logitech mice
- Restored specific support for Logitech G5 and MX518
- Fixed freewheel scrolling for Logitech mice that have it
- Restored specific support for the Griffin PowerMate
- Added specific support for the Kensington SlimBlade Trackball
- Added specific support for the World of Warcraft gaming mouse
- Restored left-handed configuration of the Wireless Mighty Mouse
- Relaxed HID compliance requirements to better support bad devices
Operating System Requirements:
This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:
- Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
- Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
- Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
- Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
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| Overall Rating: |   (3.7) |
Features: | (4.3) |
Support: | (3.7) |
| Ease of Use: | (4.0) |
Quality / Stability: | (3.7) |
Price: | (4.0) |
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Too many problems - Version: 3.0.1, 10/25/2009 03:20PM PST
rskinner
I gave USB Overdrive another try, despite difficulties in the past, because others speak so highly of it. This time it worked exactly as intended. However, I soon realized that my volume keys and eject key no longer worked. After uninstalling USB Overdrive, my keyboard resumed acting normally.
Great product - Version: 3.0.1, 10/6/2009 04:54AM PST
t0ast.accs
USB Overdrive has been the dominant 3rd party mouse driver for quite some time and been an absolute necessity for more demanding users due to OS X's scarce customizability and poor handling of 3rd party mice and keyboards.
While its previous versions have been limited to controlling and customizing the mouse, 3.0 can also control keyboards, effectively eliminating the need for other drivers such as Logitech Control Center, drivers which often has proven to be unstable, incompatible and incomplete.
Highly recommended.
While its previous versions have been limited to controlling and customizing the mouse, 3.0 can also control keyboards, effectively eliminating the need for other drivers such as Logitech Control Center, drivers which often has proven to be unstable, incompatible and incomplete.
Highly recommended.
MX 518 ? - Version: 3.0.1, 10/3/2009 02:52AM PST
Graham Lee
The info states MX 518 is specifically supported, yet I can't get it to find the 2 extra buttons - anything specific i should be doing?
